Meet your specialist
About Selcuk Kihtir, M.D.
Selcuk Kihtir, M.D. is a breast surgery specialist at Florence Healthcare International, caring for patients who travel to Istanbul from around the world. Care is delivered alongside a multidisciplinary team, with a dedicated coordinator supporting international patients in their own language — from the first message through to follow-up after you return home.
Areas of care
Explore the conditions Selcuk Kihtir treats and the treatments available — or request an appointment for a personal consultation.
Clinical focus
Surgery for Breast Cancer and Benign DiseasesThyroid SurgeryGallbladder Surgery
Experience
- 2009-Current Florence Nightingale Hospital, Kadikoy, Istanbul General Surgery and Breast Surgery
- 2004-2009 Anatolia Medical Center, Tuzla, Istanbul General Surgery and Director of Emergency Surgery
- 2000-2004 Memorial Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey General Surgery and Director of Emergency Surgery
Education & training
- 1999 Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, USA Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY General Surgery Specialty Training
- 1996 New York Medical College, New York, USA Hand Surgery Fellowship
- 1991-1992 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.Texas General Surgery Internship
- 06.2004-09.2004 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore USA Breast Diseases Observership
- 2004 Stanford University, California , USA Cyber Knife Radiosurgery Stereotactic Treatments in Pancreas and Liver Cancer
- 1991 Marmara University Medical Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey Medical School
- 1984 Saint Joseph French High School, İstanbul, Turkey
Selected publications
- 1. G Stringel M.D.-J.L Zitsman M.D.-I Shehadi M.D.-S Kihtir M.D. Laparoscopic Apendectomy in Children. The Journal of the Sciety of Laparoscopic Surgeons. 1997 Jan-MAR,1(1):37-9
- 2. Miglietta M. M.D.-Kihtir S.M.D.-Schwartz K.S,J M.D. Gastric Perforation During Endotracheal Intubation. Contemporary Surgery, 1999 55(4):193-199
- 3. Factors Affecting Early Mortality in Penetrating Abdominal Vascular Trauma. T Robb DO-PbarieM.D.-S Kihtir M.D.-S Eachempatti M.D. Weill Medical College of Conell Uninersity NewYork NY.
- 4. Selçuk Kihtir Chapter of Breast Cancer Textbook of General Surgery. Europa Medical Publishing Co, Halil Bilgel (Ed): 3:18.319-332,2007
- 5. Selçuk Kihtir Chapter of Thoracic Trauma Textbook of Trauma Surgery. Ulusal Kitabevi, Tugrul Kihtir (Ed): 9:95-101,1995
- 6. Selçuk Kihtir Chapter of Heart Trauma Textbook of Trauma Surgery. Ulusal Publishing Co, Tugrul Kihtir (Ed): 9:111-119,1995
- 7. Selçuk Kihtir, Tuğrul Kihtir. Chapter of Neck Trauma 2:12.253-259,2007
- 8. Tugrul Kihtir, Selçuk Kihtir Chapter of Trauma Scoring Systems Textboof of Trauma. İstanbul Medical Publishing Co, Cemalettin Ertekin (Ed): 1:6.65-72,2005.
International patients are supported in their own language by a dedicated coordinator — from your first message through to follow-up after you return home. Share your reports for a medical second opinion before you travel.
