CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: GÜLTEKİN SÜLEYMANLAR

gultekin

 

DOB: 1 february 1957
POB:  Ankara, Turkey
       
E-mail:
      
PRESENT ACADEMIC:

Professor of Nephrology and Medicine at the Department of Nephrology of the Akdeniz

   
POSITION:
University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
       

COMMITTEES AND POSTS:

Secretary General, Turkish Society of Nephrology (TSN) (2000 to present)
President, TSN Antalya Branch (1999-2005)
Member, TSN National Registry Committee (1995 to present)
General Coordinator, TSN National Registry (2000 to present)
President, Scientific Advisory Com. on Dialysis, Turkish Health Min. (2002 to present)
Member, Scientific Advisory Com. on Kidney TX, Turkish Health Min. (2007 to present)
President, Antalya Chamber of Medicine (2006 to present)

      

EDITORSHIP IN PERIODICALS:

Co-editor, TSN Yearly Turkish Registry Booklets: “Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation in Turkey” (1996 to present)
Editor, Akdeniz Univ. Faculty of Med. Journal (Turkish) (1992-1998)
Editor, Nephrology Seminars (Turkish) (1996 to present)
Editor, Hypertension Seminars (Turkish) (1996 to present)
Editor, Dialysis Seminars (Turkish) (1996 to present)
Editor, Turkish Journal of Geriatrics (1997 to present)

        

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Turkish Society of Nephrology
European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA)
International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
International Society of  Blood Purification
American Heart Association (Hypertension Group)
Balkan Cities Assoc. of Nephrology, Dialysis, Tx and Artificial Organs (BANTAO)
Society of Hypertension & Atherosclerosis (Turkish)
Organ Transplantation Centers Coordination Society (Turkish)
Geriatrics Society (Turkish)

 
TRAINING
1974-1980

Medical Student, Ankara Univ. Faculty of Medicine (valedictorian)

1980-1985
Resident, Internal Medicine, Ankara Univ. Faculty of Medicine.
1989-1991
Nephrology Fellow under Prof. Robert W. Schrier at the Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Renal Dis.& Hypert. Div., Denver, CO, USA (ISN Fellowship)
   

CERTIFICATIONS

ECFMG, USA (1982)
FMGEMS, USA (1985)
Master degree on medical informatics (Akdeniz University, Antalya) (1995)

   
 
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1987-1991

Assistant Professor, Akdeniz Univ. Faculty of Med., Dept. of Nephrology, Antalya.

1991-1997
Associate Professor, Akdeniz Univ. Fac. of Med., Dept. of Nephrology, Antalya.
1997 -
Professor, Akdeniz Univ. Fac. of Med., Dept. of Nephrology, Antalya.
   
INTERESTS

Hemodialysis:
- Cardiovascular problems
- Oxidative stress
Hypertension
Renal Transplantation
Experimental Nephrology:
- Nephrotoxicity (i.e. CsA)
- Acute Renal Failure
- Isolated Perfused Kidney
Epidemiological aspects of  chronic kidney disease / failure

 

WORK ON CKD EPIDEMIOLOGY IN TURKEY

Principal Investigator & Coordinator of theTSN “Turkish Chronic Renal Diseas Prevalence Study (CREDIT)”(2006 to present) (screening 15.000 individuals)
Project coordinator of TSN “National Kidney Failure Prevention Program”

   
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent in English
   
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS IN NEPHROLOGY
Dursun B, Dursun E, Suleymanlar G, Ozben B, Capraz I, Apaydin A, Ozben T. Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness Correlates with Oxidative Stress in Chronic Haemodialysis Patients with Accelerated Atherosclerosis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Jan 3; 
Kocak H, Gumuslu S, Ermis C, Mahsereci E, Sahin E, Gocmen AY, Ersoy F, Suleymanlar G, Yakupoglu G, Tuncer M. Oxidative stress and asymmetric dimethylarginine is independently associated with carotid intima media thickness in peritoneal dialysis patients. Am J Nephrol. 2008;28(1):91-6. Epub 2007 Oct 3.
Dursun B, Bostan F, Artac M, Varan HI, Suleymanlar G. Severe pulmonary haemorrhage accompanying hepatorenal failure in fulminant leptospirosis. Int J Clin Pract. 2007 Jan;61(1):164-7. Review.
Jeloka TK, Ersoy FF, Yavuz M, Sahu KM, Camsari T, Utah C, Bozfakioglu S, Ozener C, Ateş K, Ataman R, Akçiçek F, Akpolat T, Karayaylali I, Arinsoy T, Mehmet EY, Süleymanlar G, Burdzy D, Oreopoulos DG. What is the optimal dwell time for maximizing ultrafiltration with icodextrin exchange in automated peritoneal dialysis patients? Perit Dial Int. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):336-40.

 

Dursun E, Dursun B, Suleymanlar G, Ozben T. Effect of haemodialysis on the oxidative stress and antioxidants in diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol. 2005 Oct;42(3):123-8.
Ozer BA, Dursun B, Baykal A, Gultekin M, Suleymanlar G. Can cystatin C be a better marker for the early detection of renal damage in primary hypertensive patients? Ren Fail. 2005;27(3):247-53.
Dursun E, Timur M, Dursun B, Süleymanlar G, Ozben T. Protein oxidation in Type 2 diabetic patients on hemodialysis. J Diabetes Complications. 2005 May-Jun;19(3):142-6.
Dursun E, Dursun B, Süleymanlar G, Ozben T. Carbonyl stress in chronic renal failure: the effect of haemodialysis. Ann Clin Biochem. 2005 Jan;42(Pt 1):64-6.
Dursun B, Unal S, Varan HI, Suleymanlar G. Can a different priming process of the dialyzer affect dialysis adequacy in chronic hemodialysis patients? Ren Fail. 2004 Mar;26(2):155-7.
Tuncer M, Ermiş C, Süleymanlar G, Yakupoglu G, Ersoy FF. Low calcium dialysate increases cardiac relaxation in CAPD patients. Perit Dial Int. 2002 Nov-Dec;22(6):714-8.
Dursun E, Ozben T, Süleymanlar G, Dursun B, Yakupoglu G. Effect of hemodialysis on the oxidative stress and antioxidants. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2002 Oct;40(10):1009-13.
Erek E, Süleymanlar G, Serdengeçti K. Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Turkey. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Dec;17(12):2087-93. Review.
Tuncer M, Sarikaya M, Sezer T, Ozcan S, Süleymanlar G, Yakupoğlu G, Ersoy FF. Chemical peritonitis associated with high dialysate acetaldehyde concentrations. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2000 Dec;15(12):2037-40.
Tuncer M, Süleymanlar G, Ersoy FF, Yakupoğlu G. Effects of hepatitis C virus infection on cyclosporine trough levels in renal transplant patients. Transplant Proc. 2000 May;32(3):569-71. 
Ersoy FF, Karayalcin U, Karayalcin B, Sapan M, Bozcuk H, Süleymanlar G, Yakupoglu G. Transfer of native insulin through the peritoneal membrane during CAPD in non-diabetic and diabetic patients. Adv Perit Dial. 1995;11:119-22.
Akpolat T, Arik N, Günaydin M, Utaş C, Dilek K, Caglar S, Candan F, Süleymanlar G, Paydaş S, Sen S, et al. Prevalence of anti-HCV among haemodialysis patients in Turkey: a multicentre study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1995;10(4):479-80. 
Shapiro JI, Elkins N, Reiss OK, Suleymanlar G, Jin H, Schrier RW, Chan L. Energy metabolism following reduction of renal mass. Kidney Int Suppl. 1994 Feb;45:S100-5. 
Yalcin S, Karpuzoglu T, Suleymanlar G, Mutlu G, Mukai T, Yamamoto T, Isegawa Y, Yamanishi K. Human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 7 infections in renal transplant recipients and healthy adults in Turkey. Arch Virol. 1994;136(1-2):183-90.
   
Suleymanlar G, Zhou HZ, McCormack M, Elkins N, Kucera R, Reiss OK, Shapiro JI. Mechanism of impaired energy metabolism during acidosis: role of oxidative metabolism. Am J Physiol. 1992 Jun;262(6 Pt 2):H1818-22.
Chan L, Suleymanlar G, Malhotra D, Lien YH, Shapiro JI. Nuclear magnetic resonance and biochemical studies to determine the synergistic detrimental effects of renal ischemia on cyclosporine nephrotoxicity in the rat. Transplant Proc. 1991 Feb;23(1 Pt 1):711-3.