İletişim

About Me

Dr. Erkan Kaba

II. University education

A) Medical Science

1999-2005 Karadeniz Teknik University, School of Medicine

Degree: Medical Doctor

B) Postgraduate training

2006-2011 Residency in General Thoracic Surgery, Departmet of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Istanbul, Istanbul Universty, Istanbul, Turkey.

III. Employment History and hospital appointments

2006-2011 Istanbul University, Thoracic Surgery Department                Medical specialty student

2011-2013 Erzurum State Traniee Hospital Thoracic Surgery Specialist, MD

2013-2018 Demiroglu Bilim University, Thoracic Surgery Department    Assistant Professor, MD 

2018- 2023 Demiroglu Bilim University, Thoracic Surgery Department     Associate Professor and head of clinic

2024 – 2025 Demiroglu Bilim University, Thoracic Surgery Department                     Professor and head of clinic

IV. Professional Memberships

2008 Turkish Thoracic Society

2008 European Society of Thoracic Surgery

2008 Turkish Society of Thoracic Surgery

2015 European Respiratory Society

2018 Lung Health and Intensive Care Association

  • V. PUBLICATIONS

1. International Peer-reviewed Journal (SCI & SSCI & Arts and Humanities)

  • Long term outcomes from the early days of minimally invasive thymoma surgery for Myasthenia Gravis patients: a follow-up of 19 years

Erkan Kaba, Berker Özkan, Jahnavi Kakuturu, Eyüp Halit Yardımcı, Eren Erdoğdu, Berk Çimenoğlu, Salih Duman, Alper Toker (2024)

Front Surg. 2024 Nov 12:11:1486282. DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1486282

  • Minimally invasive approaches for en-bloc anatomical lung and chest wall resection.

Hüseyin Melek, Berker Özkan, Hasan Volkan Kara, Tolga Evrim Sevinç, Erkan Kaba, Akif Turna, Alper Toker, Cengiz Gebitekin (2023). 

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2023;31(3):374-380. Doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.23850

  • Prognostic Factors in Patients with Clinic Locally Advanced T4 Lung Cancer: Surgical

Considerations

Erkan Kaba, Tugba Cosgun, Halit Yardimci, Alper Toker (2022)

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Vol. 71 No. 3/2023. DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1759722.

  • Superior Vena Cava Reconstruction in Masaoka Stage III and IVa Thymic Epithelial Tumors

Alper Toker, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Ankit Dhamija, Erkan Kaba, Berker Ozkan, Kemal Ayalp, Berk Cimenoglu, Ghulam Abbas (2022). 

Ann Thorac Surg 2022;113:1882-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.077

  • Outcomes of thymoma after multimodal therapy and determinants of survival: A 16-year experience of a tertiary cancer center 

Naziye Ak, Alper Toker, Murat Kara, Berker Özkan, Melike Ülker, Erkan Kaba, Gülçin Yeğen, Şule Karaman, Nergiz Dağoğlu, Esra Kaytan Sağlam, Ethem Nezih Oral, Ahmet Kızır, Soley Bayraktar, Rian Dişçi, Ferhat Ferhatoğlu, Esra Aydın, Sezai Vatansever, Yeşim Eralp, Adnan Aydıner (2021).

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021;29(4):487-495

doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20529

  • In Spite of Curative Radical Pulmonary Procedures, Lesser Pulmonary Resection Shows More Favorable Prognosis in Surgically Treated NSCLC With Synchronous Isolated Cranial Oligometastases.

 Kaba E, Yardımcı EH, Kakuturu J, Toker A (2021).

Front Surg, 25;8:645870. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.645870.

  • Lung Cancer Surgery in Patients With a History of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Multicentre Study. 

Akcam TI, Samancilar O, Yazgan S, Ceylan KC, Kocaturk CI, Sezen CB, Tezel CS, Gurer D, Bayram AS, Melek H, Ozkan B, Ulker MG, Kaba E, Toker A (2021). 

Heart Lung Circ, 30(3):454-460. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.05.109.

  • An antiquated contraindication for minimally invasive lung surgery: No place to staple the bronchus 

Tuğba Coşgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker (2019).

Turk Gogus Kalp Dama 2019;27(4):521-525 http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.17315

  • Successful Sleeve Resection as a Marker for Proficiency for Robotic Pulmonary Resection 

Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker (2019).

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon  DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0039-1696952.

  • Haemangioendothelioma: a disease with surgical options from robotic surgery to open superior vena cava replacement 

Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Ipek Coban Elbegi and Alper Toker (2019).

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 29 (2019) 449–452 doi:10.1093/icvts/ivz109

  • Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. 

Kaba E, Cosgun T, Ayalp K, Toker A (2019).

Ann Cardiothorac Surg, 8(2):288-291. doi: 10.21037/acs.2019.02.02.

  • Salvage thoracic surgery in patients with lung cancer: potential indications and benefits. Kaba Erkan, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Ayalp Kemal, Cosgun Tugba, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2018). Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 13(1), doi: 10.1186/s13019-018-0693-x
  • Role of surgery in the treatment of masaoka stage IVa thymoma. Kaba Erkan, Ozkan Berker, Erus Suat, Duman Salih, Cimenoglu Riza Berk, Toker Alper (2018). Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 24(1), 6-12., doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.17-00108
  • Superior vena cava resection and reconstruction in mediastinal tumors and benign diseases. Kaba Erkan, Ozkan Berker, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Ayalp Kemal, Toker Alper (2018). Türk Gögüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi, 26(1), 99-107., Doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.14292
  • Spinal cord ischaemia after radical pleurectomy/decortication operation for mesothelioma. Kaba Erkan, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Onat Levent, Ayalp Kemal (2016). 

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 50(6), 1212-1214., doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw207 

  • Robotic anatomic pulmonary resection in octogenarian patients with primary lung cancer: report of seven cases. 

Demirhan Ozkan, Ayalp Kemal, Kaba Erkan, Uyumaz Ulena, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Toker Alper (2016). 

The Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 24(3), 489-494., doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.11879

  • Robotic anatomic lung resections: the initial experience and description of learning in 102 cases. 

Toker Alper, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Kaba Erkan, Ayalp Kemal, Demirhan Ozkan, Uyumaz Elena (2016). 

Surgical Endoscopy, 30(2), 676-683., doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4259-x

  • Lymph node dissection in surgery for lung cancer: comparison of Open vs. Video-assisted vs. Robotic-assisted approaches. 

Toker Alper, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Demirhan Ozkan, Ayalp Kemal, Kaba Erkan, Uyumaz Elena (2016). 

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 22(5), 284-290., doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.16-00087

  • A late visceral hernia after diaphragmatic flap coverage of the bronchial stump. 

Ayalp Kemal, Kaba Erkan, Demirhan Ozkan, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Toker Alper (2015). 

Journal of Thoracic Disease, 7(7), 198-200., doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.07.11 

  • Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions.

Demir Adalet, Ayalp Kemal, Ozkan Berker, Kaba Erkan, Toker Alper (2014). 

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 20(3), 304-309., doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu399

  • Pulmonary artery resections and reconstructions for lung cancer treatment: an anatomical-technical analysis and survival relationships. 

Toker Alper, Demir Adalet, Kaba Erkan, Kapdagli Murat, Ziyade Sedat, Saraçoglu Basak, Erus Suat, Ozkan Berker, Tanju Serhan (2015). 

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 66-74., doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9467

  • Resection of a bronchogenic cyst in the first decade of life with robotic surgery. 

Toker Alper, Ayalp Kemal, Grusina-Ujumaza Jelena, Kaba Erkan (2014). 

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 19(2), 321-323., doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu113

  • Robotic lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions. 

Toker Alper, Ayalp Kemal, Uyumaz Elena, Kaba Erkan, Demirhan Ozkan, Erus Suat (2014). 

 Journal of thoracic disease, 6(7), 937-42., doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.40

  • Factors associated with pulmonary recurrence after pulmonary metastasectomy for sarcomatous disease. 

Tanju Serhan, Saricam Murat, Kaba Erkan, Kapdagli Murat, Dilege Sukru, Toker Alper (2014). 

Surgery Today, 44(5), 914-918., doi: 10.1007/s00595-013-0796-x

  • Has there been a paradigm shift in mediastinal surgery from open to minimally invasive, and from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to positron emission tomography–computerized tomography (PET–CT) in the last decade? 

Toker alper, Erus Suat, Kaba Erkan, Tanju Serhan, Ozkan Berker (2014). 

Surgical Endoscopy, 28(3), 861-865.doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-3233-8.

  • Surgical management of bronchial carcinoid tumors: 11-year experience. 

Dadas Erdogan, Tanju Serhan, Ozkan Berker, Bayrak Yusuf, Kaba Erkan, Dilege Sükrü, Toker Alper (2014). 

Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 22(4), 795-799., doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9397

  • Cardiac metastasis from invasive thymoma via the superior vena cava: cardiac MRI findings. Dursun Memduh, Server Sadik, Cekrezi Bledi, Kaba Erkan, Bakir Baris, Toker Alper (2008). Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 31(s2), 209-212., doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9146-y

2. International Peer-reviewed other Journals

  • Case report: left upper and left lower sleeve lobectomies with robotic surgery 

Alper Toker, Erkan Kaba, Robert Herron, Kemal Ayalp (2022).

J Vis Surg 2022;8:17  http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jovs-2020-04

  • Outcomes of robotic segmentectomies 

Robert Herron, Awori Hayanga, Erkan Kaba, Ghulam Abbas, Alper Toker (2021).

Video-assist Thorac Surg 2021;6:3  http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/vats.2020.03.04

  • Regional distribution of genetic mutation in lung cancer in Turkey (REDIGMA). 

Özçelik N, Aksel N, Bülbül Y, Erdoğan Y, Güldaval F, Karabulut Gül Ş, Bircan A, Can A, Öz N, Şentürk A, Arınç S, Kılıç T, Kurt EB, Günay E, Çağlayan B, Çelebi Aydın D, Başyiğit İ, Savaş İ, Tatar D, Arslan S, Kömürcüoğlu B, Bayram M, Gülmez İ, Doğan ÖT, Özgün Niksarlıoğlu EY, Kaba E, Karaoğlanoğlu S, Aydın Özgür E, Özçelik AE, Özlü T; REDIGMA Study Group (2019). 

Tuberk Toraks, 67(3):197-204. doi: 10.5578/tt.68707.

  • Factors on nodal up-staging in clinical N0 adenocarcinoma patients who had minimally invasive anatomic lung resections 

Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker (2019).

Mini-invasive Surg 2019;3:32 http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2019.024

  • The decision making and techniques in lung cancer patients with aortic resection and reconstruction: surgery for lung cancer with aortic wall invasion 

Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker (2018).

Shanghai Chest 2018;2:87 doi: 10.21037/shc.2018.11.01

  • Robotic approach for mediastinal diseases: state-of-the-art and current perspectives

Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Alper Toker (2018).

Shanghai Chest 2018;2:90 doi: 10.21037/shc.2018.11.04

  • Minimally invasive resection of thymoma. 

Toker Alper, Kaba Erkan, Ayalp Kemal, Cosgun Tugba, Alomari Mazen Rasmi (2018). Mediastinum, doi: 10.21037/med.2018.04.02 

  • False-Positive Finding on Positron Emission Tomography after Lung Cancer Surgery: Back to Operative Report.

      Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker (2018).

Annals of Thoracic Oncology Research.

  • Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: pros and cons. 

Cosgun Tugba, Kaba Erkan, Ayalp Kemal, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2017). Current Surgery Reports, 5(10), doi:10.1007/s40137-017-0192-3

  • Bronchial sleeve anastomosis and primary closures with the da vinci system: an advanced minimally invasive technique. 

Cosgun Tugba, Kaba Erkan, Ayalp Kemal, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2017). Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, doi: 10.21037/vats.2017.08.06

  • Right sided vats thymectomy: “current standards of extended thymectomy for myasthenia gravis”. 

Kaba Erkan, Cosgun Tugba, Ayalp Kemal, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2017). Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, 1(2), doi: 10.21037/vats.2017.05.02

  • What happens while learning robotic lobectomy for lung cancer? 

Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Kaba Erkan, Toker Alper (2017). 

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 3, 27-27., doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.02.02

  • Nodal upstaging: effects of instrumentation and three-dimensional view in clinical stage I lung cancer. 

Toker Alper, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Kaba Erkan (2017). 

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 3, 76-76., doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.04.05

  • Robotic thymectomy—a new approach for thymus. 

Kaba Erkan, Cosgun Tugba, Ayalp Kemal, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2017). Journal of Visualized Surgery, 3, 67-67., doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.03.28

  • Robotic lung resections: video-assisted thoracic surgery based approach. 

Toker Alper, Kaba Erkan, Ayalp Kemal, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan (2017). 

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 2,15-15., doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.01.08

  • Technological innovation in video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Kaba Erkan, Toker Alper (2017). 

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 2, 20-20., doi: 10.21037/jovs.2017.01.03

  • Open surgery for posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumors. 

Kaba Erkan, Alomari Mazen Rasmi, Toker Alper (2017). 

Shanghai Chest, doi: 10.21037/shc.2017.07.01

  • Da vinci robotic system in the surgery for mediastinal bronchogenic cyst: a report on five patients. 

Toker Alper, Ozyurtkan Mehmet Oguzhan, Kaba Erkan, Nova Greta (2015). 

Journal of Visualized Surgery, 1, 23, doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2221-2965.2015.11.08

  • Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma. 

Baccioglu Ayse, Kaba Erkan, Ozmen Sevilay, Demirci Münir (2013).

Journal of bronchology interventional pulmonology, 20(2), 155-158., doi: 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31828e1aa2

3. Presentations

  • Outcomes of thymoma and determinants of survival: A 16-year experience of a tertiary cancer center.

Naziye Ak, Alper Toker, Soley Bayraktar, Berker Özkan, Melike Ülker, Nergiz Dağoğlu,Şule Karaman, Erkan Kaba, Ferhat Ferhatoğlu, Esra Aydın, Esra Kaytan Sağlam, Ethem Nezih Oral, Gülçin Yeğen, Yeşim Eralp, Adnan Aydıner. 

(IASCL) World Conference on Lung Cancer September 7-10, 2019 Barcelona, Spain.

  • VATS Lobectomy and chest wall resection for NSCLC.

 Hüseyin Melek, Berker Özkan, Hasan Volkan Kara, Erkan Kaba, A. Bayram, M. Ülker, E.      Erşen, Akif Turna, Alper Toker, Cengiz Gebitekin. 

(IASCL) World Conference on Lung Cancer September 7-10, 2019 Barcelona, Spain.

  • Treatment of a Complex Trachea-Esophageal Pathology. 

Tuğba Coşgun, Erkan Kaba, Bora Başaran, Kemal Ayalp, Mazen Rasmi Alomari, Alper Toker. 

26. European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. 27-30 May 2018 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  • Should radical surgery be a part of multimodality therapy for Masaoka stage VIa thymoma? 

B. Ozkan, A. Demir, E. Kaba, S. Erus, S. Duman, B. Cimenoglu, A. Toker 

23. European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. 31 May – 3 June 2015 Lisbon, Portugal.

  • Lymph Node Dissectıon In Surgery for Lung Cancer: Comparıson of Open Vs. Video-Assisted Vs. Robotic Approaches. 

Toker Seyfi Alper, Özyurtkan Mehmet Oğuzhan, Demirhan Özkan, Ayalp Kemal, Kaba Erkan, Uyumaz Elena. 

23. European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. 31 May – 3 June 2015 Lisbon, Portugal.

  • Robotic & VATS lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign diseases 

A. Demir, K. Ayalp, B. Özkan, E. Kaba, M. Kapdağlı, O. Demirhan, J. Grusina Uyumaz, A. Toker 

22. European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. 15-18 June 2014, Cophenhagen Denmark.

  • Problems in Frozen SectionDiagnosisofPrimaryLungCarcinomas. 

Çoban Ipek, Bülbül Doğusoy Gülen, Toker Alper, Ayalp Kemal, Demirhan Özkan, Kaba Erkan, Bassüllü Nuray, Akdur Noyan, Çabuk Kusku F . 

26.EuropeanCongressofPathology 30 Ağustos-3 Eylül 2014, London, United Kingdom.

  • Interobserver AgreementAmongLineofDifferentiationandDiagnosisinPrimaryNonSmallCellCarcinomasofLung. 

Çoban ipek, Bülbül Doğusoy Gülen, Toker Alper, Ayalp Kemal, Demirhan Özkan, Kaba Erkan, Bassüllü Nuray, Akdur Noyan,Çabuk Kusku F .

26.EuropeanCongressofPathology 30 Ağustos-3 Eylül 2014, London, United Kingdom.

  • Anatomical segmentectomy with VATS and robotics. Does it matter? 

Suat Erus, Serkan Kaya, Kemal Ayalp, Berker Özkan, Erkan Kaba, Alper Toker. 

21. European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. 26-29 Mayıs 2013, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

  • Paratracheal lymphadenectomy during a left sided thoracotomy for lung cancer resection what changes when combined with systematic dissection. 

Toker Alper, Tanju Serhan, Kaba Erkan, Kaya Serkan, Yilmazbayhan Emine Dilek (2011). 14. IASCL Meeting  (IASLC). 03-07 Temmuz 2011, Amsterdam Rai, Netherlands.

  • Lobectomy with Pulmonary Artery ReconstructionVsPneumonectomySurgeryforHilarNon–SmallCellLungCancer. 

Toker Alper, Tanju Serhan, Erus Suat, Kaba Erkan, Yılmazbayhan Dilek, Özlük Yasemin, Dilege Sükrü. 17.ESTS Meeting (ESTS). 31 Mayıs-3 Haziran 2009 Krakow, Poland.

  • Pulmoner Arterial Reconstructions ın Surgery for Lung Cancer. 

Toker Alper, Tanju Serhan, Kaba Erkan, Dilege Sükrü, Kalayci Goksel. 

18. World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons Congress. 30 Nisan- 03 Mayıs 2008 Kos Island, Greece. 

4. Book Chapter

  • Shields’General Thoracic Surgery (Eighth Edition), Bölüm adı: (Exotic Infections Requiring Surgical Intervention (Amebiasis, Hydatid Disease, Paragonimiasis)) (2018). Wolters Kluwer, Editör: Locicero Joseph, Feins H. Richard, Colson L. Yolonda, Rocco Gaetano, ISBN:978-1451195224.
  • Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung and Esophageal Cancer, Bölüm adı: (Left Lower Lobe: Basal Segments) (2017). Springer, Editör: Wang Jun, Ferguson K. Mark, ISBN: 978-94-024-0835-5.