Feza Yarbug Karakayali

Dr. Feza Yarbug Karakayali is a colorectal and transplant surgeon at Başkent University Istanbul Hospital. She won first prize for her video presentation at the Turkish Colon and Rectal Surgery Congress. Dr. Karakayali specializes in rectal tumor excision and complex abdominal surgeries. She completed an observership in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

• Won the Young Researcher Award from the Turkish Society of Vascular Surgery.
• Treats obstructive defecation syndrome using laparoscopic ventral rectopexy.
• Performs minimally invasive transanal surgery and single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy.
• Works at a center with a 94.4% success rate for living donor kidney transplants.