Areas of Expertise

• Biopsy
• Abscess drainage
• Varicose vein treatment
• Port and permanent dialysis catheter
• Lung and abdominal fluid drainage
• Bile duct drainage
• Nephrostomy
• Oncological interventional treatments

Education and Training

• 2003–2010 Ege University, Faculty of Medicine
• 2010–2015 Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine

Experience

• 2015–2016 Adana Marsa Maternity Hospital
• 2016–2017 Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital
• 2017–2019 Adana City Hospital
• 2019–2023 Çukurova University, Faculty of Medicine

Languages

• English

Courses and Certifications

• Turkish Interventional Radiology Diploma
• European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR)

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Radiology (TRD)
• Turkish Society of Interventional Radiology (TGRD)
• European Society of Radiology (ESR)
• Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)

Selected Scientific Publications

• Piskin FC, Balli HT, Erdoğan KE, et al. Whole tumor volumetric ADC analysis: relationships with histopathological differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma. Abdom Radiol. 2021;46:5180–5189.
• Balli HT, Aikimbaev K, Burak IG, et al. Reduction of Hepatopulmonary and Intrahepatic Shunts after Treatment with Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2022;45:1842–1847.
• Boral B, Ballı HT, Sözütok S, Pehlivan UA, Aikimbaev K. Clinical and prognostic significance of CD14(+) HLA-DR(−/low) myeloid-derived suppressor cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with Yttrium-90 radioembolization. Scand J Immunol. 2022;95:e13132.
• Gulek B, Arslan M, Sozutok S. Results of long-term performance and follow-up of endovenous laser ablation for great saphenous vein incompetence. Pak J Med Sci. 2018;34(6):1332–1335.
• Sozutok S, Piskin FC, Balli HT, Onan HB, Kaya O, Aksungur EH. Efficacy of endovascular ovarian vein embolization in pelvic venous congestion syndrome. Pol J Radiol. 2022;87:510–515.