Prof. Dr. A. Bülent Oktay
Urology
About A. Bülent Oktay
Prof. A. Bülent Oktay, M.D. is a specialist working in medical units and clinical services focused on kidney transplantation and urology. He graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine and has been practicing at Acıbadem Health Group Bursa Hospital since 2011. His clinical interests include transplant care and urologic surgery, with experience in endourology and multidisciplinary management of kidney transplant patients.
He is an active member of several professional organizations: the Turkish Urology Association, the Coordination Association of Organ Transplant Organizations, the Bursa Urology Association, the Endourology Association, the European Association of Urology, and the World Society of Endourology. These memberships reflect his commitment to advancing urologic and transplant medicine through collaboration, education, and adherence to international standards of care.
Subspecialties
- Kidney transplantation
- Kidney transplant care
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- Laparoscopic pyelopyelostomy
- Calcium oxalate urolithiasis
- Retrocaval ureter
- Ureteral obstruction
- Ureteric aspergilloma
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Von Hippel-Lindau disease
- Adrenal ganglioneuroma
- Nocturnal enuresis
- BCG immunotherapy
Education
- 1995 Uludag University Faculty of Medicine / Professor
- 1990 Uludag University Faculty of Medicine / Associate Professor
- 1987 Uludag University Faculty of Medicine / Assistant Professor
- 1983 Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Urology
- 1980 Bursa University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2011 Acibadem Health Group
- 2001 – 2011 Department of Urology, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine
- 1987 – 2011 Department of Urology, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine / Faculty Member
- 1992 – 1996 Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Office Purchasing Commission Member
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Urology Association
- Coordination Association of Organ Transplant Organizations
- Bursa Urology Association
- Endourology Association
- European Urological Association
- World Society of Endourology
Selected Publications
- Colonic perforation during pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy and its treatment: A case report. Turkish Journal of Urology. Volume:35, Issue:2 Page:153-156 June 2009 Doğan HS, Kılıçarslan H, Oktay B.
- Treatment of retrocaval ureter by pure laparoscopic pyelopyelostomy: experience on 4 patients. Urology 2009 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print] Dogan HS, Oktay B, Vuruskan H, Yavascaoglu I.
- The impact of urokinase gene 3”-UTR t/c polymorphism on childhood calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Int Urol Nephrol, 40:563-8, 2008 25. Ozturk M, Kordan Y, Cangul H, Dogan HS, Kilicarslan H, Vuruskan H, Oktay B.
- Genetic evaluation of von Hippel-Lindau disease for early diagnosis and improved prognosis. Int Urol Nephrol 40:615-20, 2008 Akçaglar S, Yavascaoglu I, Vuruskan H, Oktay B.
- Cytokine gene polymorphisms can alter the effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy. Cytokine. 2006 Jul;35(1-2):1-5. Epub 2006 Aug 30 Basturk B, Yavascaoglu I, Oral B, Göral G, Oktay B.
- Elevated plasma concentrations of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in patients with unilateral ureteral obstruction. Urol Res, 33(6), 465-469 (2005) Vuruskan H, Caliskan Z, Kordan Y, Ozakin C, Yavascaoglu I, Oktay B.
- Cytokine gene polymorphisms as potential risk and protective factors in renal cell carcinoma. Cytokine, 30(1), 41-45 (2005) Basturk B, Yavascaoglu I, Vuruskan H, Goral G, Oktay B, Oral HB.
- An unusual cause of ureteral obstruction in a renal transplant recipient: ureteric aspergilloma. Transplant Proc, 37(5), 2115-2117 (2005) 22. Vuruskan H, Ersoy A, Girgin NK, Ozturk M, Filiz G, Yavascaoglu I, Oktay B.
- Coincidental adrenal ganglioneuroma-a case presenting with enuresis nocturna. Int Urol Nephrol, 36(4), 479-480 (2004) Yavascaoglu I, Vuruskan H, Kordan Y, Caliskan Z, Oktay B.
- A renal transplant recipient with pulmonary tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniasis: review of superimposed infections and therapy approaches. Cinical Nephrology, 60: 289-294, 2003 A. Ersoy, M. Gullulu, M Usta, T. Ozcelik, E. Yilmaz, E.K. Uzaslan, H. Vuruskan, M. Yavuz, B. Oktay, K. Dilek, M. Yurtkuran.
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