OUR DOCTORS

Prof. Yılmaz Çakaloğlu M.D.

Appointed to Associate Professor in Internal Medicine in 1989, became a Gastroenterologist in 1991 and promoted to Professorship in 1996 in Internal Medicine Department of Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.
Clinical Research Fellow at Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK in 1991-1992.
Author of 76 international (PubMed, full-text) publications ( h-index 31, citation 4816 – by 12 of February, 2021).
Academic interest and research fields; viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease (alcoholic/nonalcoholic), cirrhosis and its complications, liver transplantation and autoimmune and drug induced liver disease

Turkish Liver Foundation (President) , Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL; Founding member, secretary, president and member), Turkish Association of Gastroenterology, EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver), AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases), AGA (American Gastroenterological Association), European Board of Gastroenterology member.
Primary fields of clinical interest:
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy.

Education	Institution	Year
Clinical Research Fellowship	Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College School of Medicine, London, U.K.	1991 - 1992
Gastroenterology Residency	Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine	1989 - 1991
Internal Medicine Residency	Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine	1982 - 1986
Medical Education	Uludag University, Uludag School of Medicine	1975 - 1981

Title	Institution	Year
Professor / Visiting Active Staff	American Hospital, Gastroenterology-Hepatology Department	2021 - To date
Professor / Head of Department	Memorial Sisli Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2008 - 2021
Professor / Visiting Active Staff	American Hospital, Gastroenterology-Hepatology Department	2000 - 2007
Professor	Internal Medicine, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine	1996 - 2008
Professor / Visiting Active Staff	Florence Nightingale Hospital, Gastroenterology-Hepatology Department	1995 - 2000
Attending Physician / Assoc. Prof.	Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Transplantation Program	1992 - 1996