Prof. Dr. Recep Aktimur

Obesity and metabolic surgery

Sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and revisional bariatric surgery

Advanced laparoscopic surgery

Laparoscopic surgery for stomach, colon and rectal cancer

Reflux surgery

Gallbladder surgery

Hernia surgery

Thyroid and goiter surgery

2003 — Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, medical degree.

2009 — Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, specialization in General Surgery.

2016 — Associate Professor of General Surgery.

2023 — Professor, Department of General Surgery, Altınbaş University Faculty of Medicine.

2009–2010 — Erzurum Hınıs State Hospital, General Surgeon and Chief Physician.

2010–2011 — Diyarbakır Military Hospital, General Surgery.

2011–2015 — Samsun Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery.

2015 — Samsun Medicana Hospital, General Surgeon.

2015–2017 — Samsun Medical Park Hospital, General Surgery; associate professor from 2016.

Since 2017 — Liv Hospital Samsun, General Surgery.

Turkish Surgical Association

Turkish Obesity Surgery Society (TOSS)

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

Turkish Association for Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery (ELCD)

Metabolic Surgery Association

2009 — VI KEPAN Congress, Ankara: research on probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in experimental bacterial translocation selected among the five best studies.

2015 — 5th National Hernia Congress, Muğla: Best Video Presentation Award for mini gastric bypass in a patient with previous Nissen fundoplication.

Aktimur R, Demirkan AK. The Effect of Antidepressant Use on Weight Loss After One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Hitit Medical Journal. 2025;7(3):432–441. DOI: 10.52827/hititmedj.1717189.

Çetinkünar S, Erdem H, Aktimur R, et al. The effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on morbid obesity and obesity-related comorbidities: A cohort study. Ulus Cerrahi Derg. 2015;31(4):202–206. DOI: 10.5152/UCD.2015.2993.

Aktimur R, Güzel K, Çetinkünar S, Yıldırım K, Çolak E. Prospective randomized comparison of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy with new facilitating maneuver vs. conventional four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Ulus Cerrahi Derg. 2016;32(1):23–29. DOI: 10.5152/UCD.2015.3041.