Mustafa Ondzhel

What area of surgery does Professor Mustafa Oncel specialize in?

Where did Mustafa Ongel receive his education?

• 1987-1993 graduated from Istanbul Medical University;
• 1994–1998 internship (residency) in the specialty “general surgery” at the hospital at the Kartal Research Institute;
• 1998–2003 practicing surgeon in the specialized proctology department of the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio, USA);
• 2007 Certificate (confirmation of qualification) of proctologist of the European Commission on Coloproctology;
• 2008 Official International Fellow of the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons;
• 2009 received a certificate from the Turkish Ministry of Health, confirming the qualification of an oncosurgeon.

What is Professor Mustafa’s experience in general surgery and proctology?

• 1998–2005 practice as a general surgeon at Kartal Hospital (excluding periods of internship in Cleveland, USA);
• 2005–2012 Head of the Department of General Surgery at Kartal;
• 2009–2012 professorship at Gumushane Medical University, head of the Department of Surgery;
• Since 2012, professor, operating surgeon at the Medipol clinic.

Does Dr. Mustafa Oncel have any scientific achievements?

Awards for scientific (medical) activity:

• 2002 grant from the Clinical Foundation (USA, Cleveland) in the nomination “outstanding researcher”;
• 2003 National Society for Colon Surgery – “Best Speaker”;
• 2008 National Award for “Most Successful Scientist of the Year (in the field of health care)”.

Publications in international journals on surgery and oncology:

• results of resection of multivisceral (disseminated) colorectal cancer;
• on the prognostic role of apoptosis-sensitive gene in rectal cancer;
• laparoscopic resection of rectal adenocarcinoma of medium and low localization;
• Multifocal tumors and survival in breast cancer;
• evaluation of the effectiveness of sphincters in perineal burns;
• heparin for adhesion prevention (animal study);
• Quality of life of women after radical mastectomy.

Where is Professor Mustafa Ongel currently practicing?

Professor of Medicine (General and Oncologic Surgery), Head of the Department of Surgery at Istanbul Medipol University.

Operating surgeon at the clinic at the institute, head of the department.

What specialized medical societies does Dr. Mustafa Oncel participate in?

• 1996 Turkish Traumatology Society;
• 1998 Society of Abdominal Surgery (Türkiye);
• 2002 Society of Colorectal Surgeons (USA);
• 2006 Turkish Society of Proctology;
• 2006 European Society of Coloproctology;
• 2008 Eurasian Colorectal Technologies Association (one of the founders).