Assoc. Prof. Muhammed Zübeyr Üçüncü

Assoc. Prof. Muhammed Zübeyr Üçüncü: bariatric and general surgery specialist

Assoc. Prof. Muhammed Zübeyr Üçüncü is a bariatric and general surgery specialist with 15 years of experience. He has practiced at Istanbul Cerrahi Hospital and Central Hospital Etiler in Beşiktaş, and has been on the academic faculty of Istanbul Gelişim University since 2015. His areas of interest include gastric sleeve surgery, gastric bypass, revision bariatric surgery, metabolic and diabetes surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal, breast and endocrine surgery, trauma and emergency surgery, and surgical oncology.

Education and training

• Medical degree: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, 2008

• Specialization: general surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, 2013

• Associate professorship: general surgery, 2022

Professional highlights

• General surgery specialist at Arnavutköy State Hospital (2014 to 2016), Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital's Breast Health Center (2017 to 2019) and Derindere Hospital (2019 to 2021).

• Faculty member at Istanbul Gelişim University since 2015; participant in international bariatric surgery education, including the IFSO-EC webinar series and the VII Live Surgery Workshop on laparoscopic bariatric surgery in Rome.

• Author of more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in international and Turkish journals.

• Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), the Turkish Obesity Surgery Society, the Turkish Surgical Association, the Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery and the Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases Societies.

Assoc. Prof. Muhammed Zübeyr Üçüncü's academic role and international bariatric surgery training reflect his ongoing engagement with the field.

Transcript

Hello, I'm Dr. Muhammed Üçüncü. I am a general surgery specialist, and in recent years I have focused particularly on obesity surgery. I follow the current treatments in this field closely, and together with Flymedi I check the information on its website about these current treatments and the treatments we perform today, to help our patients get more accurate information.