Dr. Tahir Karadeniz

• Prof. Dr. Karadeniz has served as session chair, panelist speaker, and training course trainer for 30 professional congresses. He has held the post of a Professor of Urology since 2013 and currently, he practices at Liv Hospital Ulus, with a total experience of more than 40 years.
• Prof. Dr. Tahir Karadeniz started his career in 1992 at Okmeydanı Education and Research Hospital. He gained his higher education in urology at Heidelberg University Manheim Urology Clinic in Germany and after coming back in 1995 he was instrumental in the introduction of a few key surgeries like urethroplasty for urethral strictures, partial nephrectomy for kidney cancer and radical cystectomy for advanced bladder cancer.
• He also started offering URS and PCNL for urinary tract stones including surgical treatment for Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children making surgeries done at the hospital a normal affair.
• In 1996, Prof. Dr. Karadeniz received the academic title of Associate Professor in the Urology specialty. In 1998, he took the Clinical Chief/Assistant Chief Center exam, which was the first of its kind in Turkey, and became the Urology Clinic Chief at Okmeydanı.
• Prof Dr Karadeniz received higher education in the USA in the fields of specialization such as Female Urology, Urinary Incontinence, Urological Cancer, and Surgery between 2000-2002.
• He also got to learn radical cystectomy and intestinal artificial bladder surgery in Switzerland, one that he later practiced in Okmeydanı. He began conducting radical prostatectomy of prostate cancer and treating female urinary stress incontinence as standard surgeries.
• He completed the European Association of Urology (EAU) Board examination in 2003. While heading the clinic from 1998 to 2012, he nurtured 12 urology specialists; all of them were undergoing Medical Specialization Training.

Conditions treated by Prof. Dr. Tahir Karadeniz

• Polycystic kidneys
• Stones in the kidney or ureter
• Chronic kidney disease
• Glomerulonephritis
• Erectile dysfunction
• Kidney failure
• Bladder cancer
• Orthotopic bladder
• Prostate cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Testicular cancer
• Female urology (Urinary incontinence, Overactive bladder, Treatment of chronic cystitis)
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Area of Interest

• Surgery of the urethra
• Reconstructive urology
• Microscopic surgery of varicocele
• Stone surgery
• Robotic urological surgery
• Robotic partial nephrectomy for kidney cancer
• Robotic radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer
• Robotic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer
• Robotic radical cystectomy for advanced bladder cancer
• Robotic nephroureterectomy
• Robotic adrenalectomy for adrenal cancer

Qualification

• 1992: Urology Specialist at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital.
• 1995: Advanced training at Heidelberg University Manheim Urology Clinic in Germany

Work Experiences

• Liv Ulus Istanbul Hospital from 2017 to date
• Medicana International İstanbul: 2012 - March 2017
• Head of Urology Department: SB Okmeydanı Educational and Scientific Hospital, 1998-2012
• Specialist Urologist: SB Okmeydanı Educational and Scientific Hospital, 1992-1998
• Lieutenant Dr: Urology Department of Denizli Military Hospital
• Compulsory duty: Kastamonu, Seyidiler Health Centre, 1982-1984