In 2022, Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı settled in Istanbul as the Chair of the Department of Surgery and Organ Transplantation at BahçeÅŸehir University Medical School. His main interests include advanced hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer surgery, as well as sophisticated techniques in live donor liver transplantation for both pediatric and adult patients. Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı has developed and published techniques for liver regeneration in staged cancer and organ transplantation surgery, such as cancer operations and the Rapid Procedure in live donor liver transplantation for patients with cirrhosis. Dr. Balcı and his team have developed and published transplant techniques such as heterotopic partial liver transplantation for infants. Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı has also developed a special software called Livervision, which is used for 3D visualization and surgical planning of the liver, and is currently utilized in many centers across Europe and America.
Educational Background
Professional Training
Medical Diploma
Medical School
Ankara University - 1994-2000
Expertise
General Surgery Residency
Ankara University - 2000-2005
Certificate for Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG Certificate number: 0-733-111-9
General Surgery Residency
Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
2000-2005
Clinical Fellowship
Organ Transplantation Unit, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2005-2008
Clinical Instructor in General Surgery
Dept. of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
2008-2009
Clinical Research Fellowship
Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, USA
2009-2010
Clinical Research Fellowship
Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York /NY, USA
2010-2010
Clinical Research Fellowship
Liver transplant and HPB Surgery Unit, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, S. Korea
2010-2011
Transplant Surgeon
Dept. of Surgery and Transplantation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
2011-2012
Assoc. Professor of Surgery
Dept. of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
2012-2013
Prof. Dr.
Director Liver Transplantation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2013-2022
Prof. Dr.
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Turkey
2022-Present
Liver Surgery
Contributions
First Rapid Procedure in Liver Cancer and Cirrhosis Patients Worldwide (Two-stage Liver Transplantation)
New Surgical Applications in Liver Cancer Surgery: ALPPS Procedure (Two-stage Liver Surgery)
A New Liver Transplantation Technique in Infants and Small Children with Severe Liver Disease: Flip Procedure
LiverVision® Software
Project
The 3D visualization of the liver and computer-assisted liver surgery simulation. It is used in many advanced centers around the world; an AI-assisted 3D simulation program for planning liver transplant donor surgery and advanced liver cancer surgery.
Scientific Activities
Turkish Surgical Association
National Vascular Surgery Association
European Society of Organ Transplantation
Asian Society of Transplantation
European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
Asia-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
About
Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı has developed LiverVision software, a specialized software for three-dimensional liver imaging and surgical planning, which is currently used in many centers across Europe and America for the design and implementation of these operations.
He currently works as the Director of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation at BahçeÅŸehir University Faculty of Medicine in Istanbul. Prof. Dr. Deniz Balcı actively participates in numerous national and international associations, serving as a board member of the International Society of Liver Surgeons and the International Living Donor Liver Transplant Group. He also serves as the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Advanced HPB Special Interest Group of the International Liver Transplant Society.
Awards and Honors
Turkish Surgical Association
First Place in the Written Stage of the Surgical Board Examination, April 2005
Research Support Award, International Liver Transplantation Society
International Liver Transplant Society Meeting, Paris, Fransa TEMMUZ 2008 Balci Deniz, Taner BC, Dayangac M, Akin B, Yaprak O, Duran C, Killi R, Yuzer Y, Tokat Y. TWO YEAR FOLLOW UP OF MICROSURGICAL HEPATIC ARTERIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS WITH INTRAOPERATIVE DOPPLER EVALUATION IN LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: REDO WHEN NECESSARY. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 14( 7): S173-S174, 2008
Turkish Surgical Association International Education Support Award JANUARY 2010
Project name: Comparison of the Long Term Outcomes Of Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Left Lateral Graft Transplantation Balci D; Facciuto M; Iyer K; Kerkar N; Schneider B; Suchy F; Emre, S; Schwartz M; Miller C; Florman S. Mount Sinai Experience with 178 Consecutive Left Lateral Segment Liver Comparison of Living Versus Deceased Donor Grafts Oral Presentation American Transplant Congress Philadelphia, 2011