Prof. Dr. Emre Merdan Fayda

Academic Title :

Prof. Dr.

Department	Work location
Cancer Treatment Department	Liv Ulus in Istanbul

Prof. Dr. Emre Merdan Fayda is a distinguished specialist in RADIATION ONCOLOGY at Liv Hospital Ulus in Istanbul. With more than 25 years of extensive clinical and academic experience, he is dedicated to delivering advanced and high-precision radiotherapy and brachytherapy treatments for cancer patients.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (1993 - 1999)
Residency and Specialization in Radiation Oncology from the Oncology Institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (1999 - 2004)
Fellowship and Training in Thoracic Oncology and Stereotactic Radiotherapy at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA (2010 - 2011)

Areas of Interest

Breast cancer and gynecological cancers including cervical cancer
Prostate, urological, and gastrointestinal tumors
Lung cancer and thoracic oncology
Central nervous system, brain tumors, and cancer metastases
Skin cancers and soft tissue tumors
1.5 Tesla MR-guided radiotherapy (MR-Linac)
Four-dimensional (4D) prostate brachytherapy
Three-dimensional brachytherapy and internal radiation therapy
Eye plaque brachytherapy using Iodine-125 gold plaques for eye tumors
Stereotactic radiotherapy and robotic radiosurgery
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)

Work Experience

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey (2017 - Present)
Radiation Oncologist, Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey (2015 - Present)
Medical Executive Board Member, Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey (2021 - 2023)
Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Liv Hospital Radiation Medicine Center, Tbilisi, Georgia (2016 - 2019)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey (2016 - 2017)
Associate Professor, Oncology Institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (2012 - 2015)
Visiting Scholar in Thoracic Oncology and Stereotactic Radiotherapy, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA (2010 - 2011)
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey (2006 - 2009)
Specialist Physician and Reserve Officer, Department of Radiation Oncology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey (2004 - 2005)

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)
Turkish Neuro-Oncology Society

Research & Publications

"Having ypN0 may not be enough to abandon the Postmastectomy Radiotherapy (PMRT) in Her-2 positive patients" - Published in Radiotherapy and Oncology (2023)
"Cardiotoxicity After the Lymphoma" - Published in the Turkish Journal of Oncology (2022)
"Clinical utility of a 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging-guided linear accelerator during conventionally fractionated and hypofractionated prostate radiotherapy" - Published in Frontiers in Oncology (2022)
"MR-guided radiotherapy in abdominopelvic oligometastatic disease" - Published in Turkiye Klinikleri Journal (2022)
"Central Nervous System Cancers in the Elderly" - Published in Geriatric Oncology, Turkiye Klinikleri (2018)

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