Prof. MD. Adem Uçar

Education

• 1995 — Mersin Science High School
• 2001 — Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University (Doctor of Medicine)
• 2001 – 2005 — Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Department of Radiology (Residency in Diagnostic Radiology)
• 2008 — Harvard University, Boston Children's Hospital, Vascular Anomalies Center, Interventional Radiology (Observership / Fellowship)
• 2010 — Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (Observership)

Professional Experience

• 2006 – 2016 — Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology Unit (Faculty Member)
• 2013 – Present — Liv Hospital Ulus, Department of Radiology

Scientific Awards

• First Prize, Clinical Category — 32nd National Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery For the study titled "Pedicle-based breast reduction technique determined by Doppler ultrasonography in patients with severe gigantomastia" (Başaran İK, Güven E, Arıncı A, Yazar M, Uçar A, Kuvat SV).
• First Prize — 7th National Congress of Radiation Oncology For the paper titled "Changes in the carotid arteries and risk factors in patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy for head and neck cancer" (Kadehçi Z, Uçar A, Oflaz H, Dizdar Y, Altun M).

Certifications

• Diploma of the Turkish Society of Interventional Radiology — Turkish Society of Interventional Radiology, 01.08.2016

Diploma of the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) — CIRSE, November 2017

Selected International Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Aydin K, Ucar A, Oguz KK, et al. Increased gray matter density in the parietal cortex of mathematicians: a voxel-based morphometry study. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2007;28(10):1859–64.
• Başaran K, Ucar A, Guven E, et al. Ultrasonographically determined pedicled breast reduction in severe gigantomastia. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2011;128(4):252e–9e.
• Ucar A, Yahyayev A, Bakkaloglu H, et al. Cutting-balloon angioplasty in transplant renal artery stenosis as first-line treatment in the early postoperative period. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2011;34(Suppl 2):S70–3.
• Yekeler E, Dursun M, Gun F, Kilincaslan H, Ucar A, et al. Sialoblastoma: MRI findings. Pediatric Radiology, 2004;34(12):1005–7.
• Sayin OA, Ugurlucan M, Dursun M, Ucar A, Tireli E. Bifid cardiac apex: a rare morphologic structure. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006;131(2):474–5.
• Turkmen C, Ucar A, Poyanli A, et al. Initial outcome after selective intra-arterial radionuclide therapy with yttrium-90 microspheres as salvage therapy for unresectable metastatic liver disease. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 2013;28(7):534–40.
• Ozkan ZG, Poyanlı A, Ucar A, et al. Favorable survival time provided with radioembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with and without portal vein thrombosis. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 2015;30(3):132–8.
• Yanar F, Agcaoglu O, Sarici IS, Sivrikoz E, Ucar A, et al. Local thrombolytic therapy in acute mesenteric ischemia. World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2013;8(1):8.
• Hocaoğlu E, Emekli U, Cizmeci O, Uçar A. Suprafascial pre-expansion of perforator flaps and the effect of pre-expansion on perforator artery diameter. Microsurgery, 2013.
• Kasikcioglu E, Elitok A, Onur I, Cimen A, Ucar A, Oflaz H. Acute effects of smoking on coronary flow velocity reserve and ventricular diastolic functions. International Journal of Cardiology, 2008;129(1):e18–20.
• Alis H, Bozkurt MA, Oner OZ, et al., Uçar A, Inci E, Aygun E. Acute pancreatitis caused by post-cholecystectomic hemobilia. BMC Gastroenterology, 2010;10:75.
• Guven K, Rozanes I, Ucar A, Poyanli A, Yanar H, Acunas B. Pushable spring coil embolization of pseudoaneurysms caused by gluteal stab injuries. European Journal of Radiology, 2010;73(2):391–5.

Selected National Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Uçar A, Rozanes İ. Chemoembolization. Istanbul Medical Chamber, Journal of Clinical Development, 2010;23(2):62–66.
• Uçar A. Oncological Local Ablation Methods. Türkiye Klinikleri J Radiol-Special Topics, 2013;6(1):15–22.
• Uçar A. Evaluation of Response to Oncological Therapy. Türkiye Klinikleri J Radiol-Special Topics, 2013;6(1):68–72.
• Acunaş B, Uçar A. Interventional Radiological Methods and Their Indications. Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of General Surgery–Special Topics, 2010;3(1):42–5.
• Güven K, Bakır B, Uçar A. Radiological Diagnosis of Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas. Turkish Journal of HBB, 2009;5(1):1–10.

The full list of publications is available through the official Liv Hospital profile page and PubMed.