Duodenal Switch Kagithane

The World Obesity Center offers the safest and most effective weight loss treatments for you with its physicians, each of whom has at least 10 years of experience in obesity or diabetes surgery. The first principle of the World Obesity Center, which has always followed the innovations in its field since its establishment, is never to compromise on patient safety. We, as the World Obesity Center, always use the most accepted and high quality materials in the world in all non-surgical and surgical weight loss treatments we apply.  In addition to the experience of the physician, it is our first priority to never compromise on the quality of the materials used during our treatments or in terms of hospitals. Physicians of the World Obesity Center consist of academicians who do not break their ties with the scientific world, constantly follow and contribute to scientific developments, and give lectures at the university on certain days of the week. For us, our patients are teammates because we all have the same goal; to banish obesity from our lives, to have much more free and happy days. We know that every person who gets rid of obesity and its co-morbidities will be a much stronger, more successful and productive individual first for himself and then for his family, environment and country. Obesity is not just an individual problem, it is a national problem and it affects all of us.   In our country and all over the world, one of the biggest dangers for people struggling with

Our Clinic is in the Şişli - Mecidiyeköy , center of Istanbul, Dr. Fırat is a member of IFSO and TOSS, he is doing obesity and metabolic surgery for 7 years and he has done over thousand of cases who has obesity or obesity related problems.  Our hospitals are in near our clinic and they are all experienced and provide comfortable and reliable service. Dr. Fırat can apply all types of gastric balloons including swallowable one  and this type of balloon does not require endoscopy or anesthesia. Although Gastric sleeve surgery is most common surgery type we prefer for obesity, gastric bypass or other types of metabolic surgery procedures can be done safely. 

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The Founder of Karatepe Clinic, Prof.Dr. Oğuzhan Karatepe was born in Ardahan in 1978. Having studied medicine at Istanbul University, Karatepe received general surgery specialization training for 5 years at Istanbul Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital. Oğuzhan Karatepe, who was entitled to receive the title of associate professor at Bezmialem Vakıf University in 2011, received the title of professor while working at Yeni Yüzyıl University in 2015. Performing many prestigious surgeries such as cancer surgery and organ transplantation in Turkey and abroad throughout his working life, Prof.Dr. Karatepe has specialized in laparoscopic surgery, invasive pancreatic surgery, liver surgery and bariatric surgery. Karatepe, which is hope for advanced cancer patients, also gave hundreds of patients struggling with obesity the opportunity to start a new life. Founding Karatepe Clinic to give hope to more patients, Prof.Dr. Oğuzhan Karatepe continues to give hope to people by performing pancreatic cancer and obesity surgery with his colleagues, with whom he combines his surgical experience. Karatepe, a yoga instructor, certified diver and surfer, is married and has two children.