Who is Op. Dr. Murat Üstün?

In his private practice, he focused on endoscopic diagnostic and treatment methods as well as obesity surgery. In 2004, he worked with Dr. Vincent Frering on laparoscopic bariatric surgery at Polyclinique du Beaujolais in France, where laparoscopic cholecystectomy was first performed. From this year onwards, he worked at three different centers in France. Upon returning, he began performing endoscopic gastric balloon applications and laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgeries. After deciding to focus on obesity surgery, he visited and worked at different centers in Frankfurt, Vienna, Hamburg, Athens, Madrid, and Montreal to increase his experience. He collaborated with Dr. Karl Miller, Dr. Rudolph Weiner, and Dr. Robert Ruthledge.

Op. Dr. Murat Üstün personally established and managed many surgical and social purpose sites such as medicorium.com obesity and surgery portal, obezitecerrahisi.org obesity portal, and kelepcekardesligi.com gastric band support forum. Between 2010-2011, he served as the Coordinator in the formation of Turkey’s first Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Center. He continues to work in the private sector.

Dr. Murat Üstün continues his work at the obesity surgery clinic Istanbul Bariatric Center.

Many Firsts in Obesity Surgery

Parallel to the worldwide decline in the use of gastric band surgeries, he was among the first few surgeons in the country to apply advanced techniques such as laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic gastric bypass. With his increasing experience in this field and complication rates at world average levels, he became one of the leading physicians in his field. Therefore, he also became a reference center for complication surgery and revision surgeries.

He is the first practitioner in our country of surgeries such as laparoscopic gastric plication (stomach folding), endoscopic gastric plication (Apollo), laparoscopic single anastomosis duodenoileostomy (SADI-S), and laparoscopic gastric loop bipartition. Aside from obesity and metabolic surgery, his most important professional interest is endoscopic treatment methods. He is the first practitioner in our country of the Esophyx method in endoscopic reflux treatment. He also applies endoscopic reflux treatment methods such as MUSE, GERD-X, and Stretta.

The First Workshop in the Private Sector in Obesity Surgery

Believing that knowledge grows when shared, Dr. Üstün has been serving as a Key Opinion Leader in the field of bariatric surgery for the company Covidien (now Medtronic) for 6 years, providing bariatric and metabolic surgery training to his colleagues. In these workshops, held 9 times, approximately 35 surgeons received training and started obesity surgery. During these trainings, numerous live broadcasts were conducted, one of which broke the country’s live surgery broadcast record with 8 hours, during which two sleeve gastrectomies, one gastric bypass, and one SADI-S surgery were performed.

Believing that advanced technology will greatly contribute to excellence in surgery, Üstün has also achieved technological firsts such as the first use of the I-drive battery-powered stapler in sleeve gastrectomy, the first use of V-Loc suture in obesity surgery, the first sleeve gastrectomy with the Storz Spies laparoscopy system, and the first three-dimensional laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Op. Dr. Murat Üstün continues his work on Obesity and Obesity Surgery in London and Istanbul.