Dr. Kıvanç Derya Peker, Prof. GI Surgery, M.D., Ph.D., FTBS(Tur)

I studied at Istanbul Medical Faculty (Çapa Medical Faculty). After completing my studies, I received my General Surgery Residency training at the same institution. I was assigned to Bayburt for compulsory service. After a short period of service, I won a position for a subspecialty residency in Gastroenterology Surgery at Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital.

During my residency, I obtained the qualification from the Turkish Surgical Society and was awarded the Nevin Baykent Health and Education Foundation Scholarship. This allowed me to go to Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, where I worked and observed in both liver, bile duct, and pancreatic surgery (for 3 months) and in the Obesity Surgery Center (for 6 months).

Upon returning to my country, I successfully completed the subspecialty exam and was appointed as a Gastroenterology Surgery Specialist at Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Clinic. In this clinic, I performed numerous pancreatic, obesity, and stomach cancer surgeries and gradually became the responsible specialist in liver, bile duct, and pancreatic surgery. I was recognized as an educational unit by the Turkish HPB Society.