Prof. MD. Adalet Demir
Thoracic Surgery
Areas Of Interests
Leading Thoracic Surgery with Innovation and Compassion at Liv Hospital
Prof. MD. Adalet Demir is a distinguished thoracic surgeon at Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir, celebrated for her cutting-edge expertise in minimally invasive and open surgical treatments of lung cancers and complex thoracic conditions. With an extensive educational background from İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and advanced training at Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, complemented by specialized lung transplantation education at Leuven University Hospital in Belgium, she brings unparalleled clinical excellence to patient care. Her practice encompasses a broad range of thoracic surgical interventions including VATS thymectomy, mediastinal mass biopsies, pediatric thoracic surgery, and cutting-edge lung transplantation procedures.
Prof. Demir’s approach prioritizes patient comfort and swift recovery enabled by state of the art surgical technology and evidence-based protocols. Patients at Liv Hospital benefit not only from her technical skills but from her compassionate, patient-centered philosophy that tailors advanced treatments to individual medical needs. She is deeply committed to enhancing clinical outcomes through innovative, minimally invasive techniques that reduce hospital stays and complications, delivering world-class care to those facing complex thoracic illnesses.
As a dedicated educator, Prof. Demir mentors surgeons and medical professionals, fostering excellence in surgical techniques and a research-driven approach grounded in evidence-based medicine. She heads several professional societies’ lung transplant research groups, actively contributing to national and international collaborations. Her dual role as a clinician and researcher at İstinye University and Liv Hospital ensures patients receive treatments informed by the latest scientific advancements while promoting continuous medical education and innovation in thoracic surgery.
- European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
- Istanbul Chamber of Medicine
- Turkish Association of Thoracic Surgery.
- Turkish Association of Thorax
- Turkish Association of Respiratory Researches
- Association of Lung Cancer
- Association of Lung Cancers
- National Thoracic Oncology Congress, p38, Antalya, 2008 (The Best Poster Award) Demir A, M.Z. Gunluoğlu, N. Dağoğlu, A.Turna, Y. Dizdar, K. Kaynak, ş. Dilege, N.M. Molinas, D. Yilmazbayhan, S.İ.Dinçer, A.Gürses “The role and prognosis of thoracic surgeon in the treatment of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of chest wall”.
- National Thoracic Oncology Congress, 109, Marmaris, 2007, (BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD) Melek, H., M. Günlüoğlu, A. Demir, B. Medetoğlu, H.V. Kara, A. Ölçmen and S.İ. Dinçer, "The superiority of CT with integrated PET (PET-CT) on PET fusion BT in the mediastinal stage of lung cancer".
- Toraks Society 9th Annual Congress, 92, Antalya, 2006. (THE BEST DISCUSSION POSTER AWARD), Fazlıoğlu, M., C. Kocatürk, Y. Sönmezoğlu, A.G. Cevik, A. Demir, N. Ürer, A.Turna, S.İ. Dinçer M.A. Bedirhan and A. Gürses, “Survival effect of resection type and invasion depth in NSCLC with chest wall invasion”.
- 2nd National Thoracic Oncology Congress, 39, Çeşme, 2006. (THE BEST POSTER DISCUSSION AWARD) Günlüoğlu, M.Z., A. Demir, H. Akın, D. Sansar, H.V. Kara, A. Ölçmen and S.İ. Dinçer, “Mediastinal lymphatic metastasis pattern in left upper lobe small extracellular lung cancer”, .
- Turkish Thorax Society, 16th Annual congress, April 3-7, 2013, Antalya, Turkey (THE BEST ORAL PRESENTATION OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION WORKING GROUP AWARD). Adalet Demir, Songül Büyükkale, Nur Dilek Bakan, Özgür İşgörücü, Nurgül Pakdemir Bilgin, Orçun Önal, Adnan Sayar. Early period surgical complications in lung transplantation. Turkish Society of Thorax, 16th Annual Congress, April 3-7, 2013, Antalya
