Bülent Evren Erkul

I am interested in Head and Neck Surgery, Sialendoscopy and Thyroid and Salivary Gland Disease.

I am Professor of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. I received my medical degree from Gulhane Military Medical Faculty in Ankara and completed my residency at Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital in Istanbul. I joined the faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Gulhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, I received Professor degree at 2020. Currently, I am Professor of the Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at Acibadem Kadıkoy Hospital, Istanbul since 2026.

Between 2015-2016, I did my Clinical & Research fellowship on Head and Neck Cancer and Surgery at Medical University of South Carolina, Head & Neck Tumor Center at Charleston, USA for one year. I also worked as an Observer Physician on Head and Neck Cancer and Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Division, Pittsburgh, USA for two months in 2014. I also trained as an Observer Physician on Ear Surgery at House Ear Clinic, Visiting Physicians Program Los Angeles, California, USA in 2007.

Since completion of my fellowship, I frequently practice to patients with tumors of the head and neck region, including skull base, thyroid, and salivary gland and also salivary gland disorders and endoscopy (sialendoscopy). My goal for patient care include a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to each patient to provide the best cure, quality of life, and cosmesis.

For research point of view, I am in interested in moleculer cancer pathways and its translational research on Head and Neck cancers and I did my PhD on Moleculer Oncology, graduated in 2024 at Medical Health University in Istanbul.

I am member of Turkish Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Society, Turkish Head and Neck Cancer Society, European Head and Neck Cancer Society and member and board-member of Head and Neck Surgery Society of Turkey.  


Sessions

09-09
15:30
30min
Controversial and challenging conditions in the treatment of parotid tumors
Bülent Evren Erkul

Controversial and challenging conditions in the treatment of parotid tumors

Head and Neck Oncology
Head & Neck Surgery 4
09-11
08:00
60min
Planning the resection and reconstruction of oral cavity cancers for the best functional and oncologic results
Ehab Hanna, Bülent Evren Erkul, Terry Day, Claudia Montenegro, Nina Irawati, Murat Ulusan
Head and Neck Oncology
Head & Neck Surgery 2
09-11
10:45
60min
Decision making and outcomes in transfacial approaches to parotid stones: A multi-institutional review
Barry Schaitkin, Salma Alsheibani, Selin Ünsaler, Pasquale Capaccio, Carlos Chiesa Estomba, Bülent Evren Erkul, Irena Ivković
Sialendoscopy
Sialendoscopy
09-11
11:45
60min
Surgical margins in oral cavity cancer
Tobias Todsen, Senada Koljenović, Bülent Evren Erkul, Patrick Sheahan, Baris Karakullukcu
Head and Neck Oncology
Head & Neck Surgery 2
09-12
08:00
60min
Complications & Management
Salma Alsheibani, Jeong Kyu KIm, Bülent Evren Erkul, Mahmoud Seif-Elnasr, Ahmed Mohy
Sialendoscopy
Sialendoscopy