Prof. Abuzer Dirican

Prof. Abuzer Dirican is a Professor of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology at Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital. He specializes in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. He co-authored the Liver Transplantation chapter in Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery.

Specialization and Surgical Focus

Prof. Dirican treats conditions involving the liver, biliary tract, and endocrine system. He focuses on surgical oncology, specifically treating cholangiocarcinoma and colorectal metastases. He performed over 300 living-donor liver transplants during his tenure at İnönü University. Additionally, he treats breast cancer–related lymphedema and gastric adenocarcinoma.

Prof. Dirican performs several procedures:

• Liver transplantation
• Kidney transplant
• HLA-typing for transplant compatibility — a laboratory test that matches patients and donors for organ transplants
• Biliary tract reconstructions
• Laparoscopic transanal endoscopic microsurgery — a minimally invasive technique to remove rectal tumors
• Surrenal (adrenal) mass surgeries

Academic and Professional Background

The doctor is the Head of the Department of General Surgery at Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital. Prof. Dirican previously served at the İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute. He held various academic ranks there and became a Professor in 2017. Before these roles, he was a Research Assistant at Trakya University and a specialist at Malatya Beydağı State Hospital.

Education and Advanced Training

• 1995 – Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine – medical degree
• 2000 – SSK Ankara Training and Research Hospital – General Surgery specialization
• 2005–2012 – Anadolu University Faculty of Economics – undergraduate degree
• Clinical and Research Fellowship in Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Research and Scientific Contributions

Prof. Dirican has published in international peer-reviewed journals. His research includes prospective randomized trials on pilonidal sinus disease treatment. He studied matrix metalloproteinases in various cancers to improve prognosis. Furthermore, he analyzed 109 cases of hepatic vein reconstructions in right-lobe transplants and evaluated 304 consecutive living donor liver transplants.

Notable book chapters and publications include:

• "Liver transplantation" in Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery (2016)
• "Laparoscopic ileorectal anastomosis" in Colon and Rectum Surgery (2015)
• "Short and long-term results of the Karydakis flap versus the Limberg flap" in American Journal of Surgery
• "Estimating the probability of lymphedema following breast cancer surgery" in American Journal of Clinical Oncology
• "Lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer" in Colon and Rectum Surgery