• Prof. Serdar Tezelman is a reputed and renowned General Surgeon in Istanbul with over 31 years of experience.
• Currently, he is practicing as a General Surgeon in the Endocrine Surgery Clinic at American Hospital, Istanbul. He joined the hospital in 2009.

SPECIALTY 

• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Endocrine surgery
• Surgery for thyroid cancers
• Cervical lymph node dissections
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
• Parathyroid surgery
• Adrenal gland surgery
• Minimally invasive thyroidectomy
• Single-incision adrenalectomy
• Robotic surgery
• Goiter surgery

TRAINING 

• Medical Education, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 1981
• General Surgery Residency, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul School of Medicine, 1986

CREDENTIALS

• Prof. Serdar Tezelman has been a founding member of various organizations.
• He has received the prestigious International Association of Endocrine Surgeons Award in 1991 and 1993.
• He was also awarded the Scientific Investigator Award of Istanbul University in 1997 and 2007.
• He has authored 12 books and chapters which have been published in native and foreign languages.
• In addition to this, he has also authored more than 150 articles, of which 56 articles have been published in international journals such as Sci H-index 21.

MEMBERSHIP/ EXPERIENCE

• Founding member and Head, the National Association of Endocrine Surgery, 1994 
• Founding member and Board member, European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (2015 - 2018)
• Founding member and National Delegate, European Union Division of Endocrine Surgery (UEMS) (2003 – 2019)
• Member, Turkish Medical Association
• Member, Turkish Surgical Association
• Member, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES)
• Member, International Society of Surgery (ICS)
• Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeon (AAES)
• Member, American Thyroid Association (ATA)
• Member, Endocrine Society
• Member, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
• Member, American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• General Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Koç University (2012-present)
• General Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University (1993 – 2011)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Mount Zion Medical Center, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (1991 – 1993)