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Mesut Berkan DURAN, MD, FEBU

Date and Place of Birth: 05.27.1986, Denizli/Turkey                  

Email: drberkanduran@gmail.com  

Nationality: Turkish  

Denizli Hürriyet Elementery School 1992-1997

Denizli TEV Anatolian High School 1997-2004

Gazi University Faculty Of Medicine 2004-2010

Erasmus University, Department of General Surgery - Internship 2007 (1 month)

Head physician of Sinop Tuberculosis Dispensary, November 2010 - April 2011

Baskent University Department of Urology - Urology Residency, August 2011 –January 2017

Toronto University, Princess Margaret Cancer Center Department of Urooncology – Observership with Dr.A.Zlotta 2016 (1 month) , Canada

Oltu State Hospital, Erzurum, May 2017 - October 2017, Urology Specialist

Palandöken State Hospital, Erzurum, October 2017- October 2018, Urology Specialist

Ataturk State Hospital, Aydın, October 2018- March 2019, Urology Specialist

Fellow of the European Board of Urology, June 2019, FEBU

University of Heidelberg, SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH - Clinical Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology with Prof. Dr. J. Rassweiler, July 2021 – October 2021 (3 months), Germany

Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, March 2019 – March 2022, Urology Specialist

Denizli State Hospital, Denizli, March 2022 – May 2022, Urology Specialist

Pamukkale University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Denizli, May 2022 – Present, Assistant Professor

Finished Denizli TEV Anatolian High School at 1st place

Won scholarship from Gazi University for General Surgery Internship at Erasmus University- Rotterdam/HOLLAND

YÖKDİL: 81.25, July 2017

Mesut Berkan Duran et al., ‘Covid-19 Pandemi Döneminde Androlojık Sorunlarla Başvuran Hasta Oranlarında Görülen Farklılıklar ve Bu Farklılıkların Olası Nedenleri: Çok Merkezli Çalışma’, 5th National Online Urologic Surgery Congress, 2020, 3rd best oral presentation in Andrology

Scholarship from Gazi University for General Surgery Internship at Erasmus University- Rotterdam/HOLLAND

The Callan School of English 2000, London/England

1st Place at Basketball Tournament of Urology Residents in Ankara 2014

1st Place at Football Tournament of Urology Residents in Ankara 2015

2nd Place at Basketball Tournament of Urology Residents in Ankara 2016

Spokesman of Surgery Residencies in Baskent University 2015-2016

Association of Continence Adana District Meeting 2012

11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya 2013

1st International Uroanatomy Congress, Izmir 2013

''Genç Ürologlar Yetişiyor''(Junior Urologysts are on Training) Congress, Istanbul 2015

4th Minimal Invasive Urologic Surgery Congress, Antalya 2016

Certificate For Experimental Animal Use, Baskent University, Ankara, 2016

3rd Urologic Surgery Congress, Antalya 2016

13th Urooncology Congress, Antalya 2017

Course of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery of Society of Urological Surgery in Turkey, Istanbul 2018

5th National Minimal Invasive Urologic Surgery Congress, Antalya, 2018

47th Advanced Applied Laparoscopic Urology Course, Istanbul, 2018

5th Baltic Meeting in conjunction with EAU, Riga, Latvia, 2018

4th Urologic Surgery Congress, Antalya, 2018

9th Eurasian Uro-oncology Congress, Athens, Greece, 2019

Best of AUA, Istanbul, 2019

53rd Advanced Applied Laparoscopic Urology Course, Ankara, 2019

Online Urology Meeting of April, North-South Marmara Branches of Society of Urological Surgery, April 2020

Online Course of Basic Biostatistics, Society of Urological Surgery, May 2020

Online Course of Advanced Biostatistics, Society of Urological Surgery, June 2020

How to Write a Scientific Paper, Online Course, Society of Urological Surgery, June 2020

5th National Online Urologic Surgery Congress, 2020

1st National Andrology Congress of Society of Urological Surgery, May 2021

Best of AUA 2, Online, December 2021

31th National Urology Congress, October 2022

International Medical Printing and Simulation Congress in Functional Urology, October 2022

6th Urological Surgery Congress, November 2022

9th International Urogynecology Congress, November 2022

Problem Based Learning Course, Denizli, November-December 2022

Best of AUA 4, İzmir, September 2023

2nd National Andrology Congress of Society of Urological Surgery, December 2023

International Young Urological Association

Association of Urologists Ankara

Society of Urological Surgery

Andrological Study Group of Society of Urological Surgery

European Society for Sexual Medicine

Global Andrology Forum

Assistant Editor

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In: Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği Güncelleme Serileri, Ekim 2019, Cilt: 8, Sayı: 4: Üroloji Uygulamalarında Testosteron Tedavisinin Yeri

Chapter 1: Erkek Genital Sistemi Anatomisi

Mesut Berkan DURAN

In: Erkek Ve Kadın Seksüel Fonksiyon Bozukluklarına Yaklaşım, Zeynel Canoğulları, Editör, Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, pp. 1-9, 2020.

Chapter 3: Seksüel Disfonksiyonun Epidemiyolojisi

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In: Erkek Ve Kadın Seksüel Fonksiyon Bozukluklarına Yaklaşım, Zeynel Canoğulları, Editör, Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, pp. 15-20, 2020.

Assistant Editor

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In: Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği Güncelleme Serileri, Ocak 2020, Cilt: 9, Sayı: 1: Üst Üriner Sistem Travması : Güncel Yaklaşım

Assistant Editor

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In: Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği Güncelleme Serileri, Nisan 2020, Cilt: 9, Sayı: 2: “Moleküler Tıp” Özel Sayısı

Assistant Editor

Mesut Berkan DURAN

In: Ürolojik Cerrahi Derneği Güncelleme Serileri, Temmuz 2020, Cilt: 9, Sayı: 3: “COVID-19” Özel Sayısı

Assistant Editor

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In: Erkek Cinsel Sağlığı ve Fertilitesi, Ümit Gül-Tahsin Turunç, Editör, Galenos Yayınevi, İstanbul, Temmuz 2021.

Chapter 17: Prematür Ejakülasyon

Mesut Berkan DURAN

Erkek Cinsel Sağlığı ve Fertilitesi, Ümit Gül-Tahsin Turunç, Editör, Galenos Yayınevi, İstanbul, Temmuz 2021, pp. 289-300.

S. Toksoz, Y. Kizilkan, B. Duran, et al: Our Results of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Children. 11th Turkish Pediatric Urology Congress, Antalya December 2011

(‘Pediatrik Perkutan Nefrolitotomi Sonuclarimiz’ 11. Turk Cocuk Uroloji Kongresi)

B.Duran et al: Rare Reason of Retantion in Women; A Case Report of Urethral Tumor. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013

(‘Nadir Gorulen Bir Retansiyon Nedeni; Kadinda Üretra Tümörü Olgu Sunumu’ 11. Uroonkoloji Kongresi)

T. N. Yikilmaz, K. T. Akbaba, Y. Kizilkan, B. Duran, et al: Poor Prognostic Parameters for Erectile Dysfunction after Radical Prostatectomy. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013

(‘Radikal Prostatektomi Sonrasi Erektil Disfonksiyonu Öngören Parametreler’ 11. Uroonkoloji Kongresi)

T. N. Yikilmaz, K. T. Akbaba, Y. Kizilkan, B. Duran, et al: Evaluation of Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013

(‘Radikal Prostatektomi Sonrasi Gelisen Uriner Inkontinansin Degerlendirilmesi’ 11.  Uroonkoloji Kongresi)

T. N. Yikilmaz, K.  T. Akbaba, Y. Kizilkan, B. Duran, et al: Is It Possible to Predict Gleason Score in Patiens with Prostate Cancer Before Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013

(‘Prostat Kanserli Hastalarda Gleason Skoru Retropubik Radikal Prostatektomi Oncesi Ongorulebilir mi?’ 11. Uroonkoloji Kongresi)

K. T. Akbaba, T. N. Yikilmaz, Y. Kizilkan, B. Duran, et al: Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Patients Diagnosed with Prostat Cancers with Gleason<=7 and PSA<10ng/ml. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013

(‘Gleason<=7 ve PSA<10ng/ml Olan Prostat Kanserlerinde Pelvik Lenf Nodu Diseksyonunun Yeri’ 11. Uroonkoloji Kongresi)

Y. Kizilkan, T. N. Yikilmaz, K. T. Akbaba, Z. Tunca, A. Dirim, B. Duran, H.  Ozkardes: A Rare Urogenital Infection; Tuberculosis in Prostate: Case Report. 11th Urooncology Congress, Antalya November 2013 (Nadir Görülen Bir Ürogenital Enfeksiyon; Prostatta Tüberküloz: Olgu Sunumu, 11. Üroonkoloji Kongresi)

Duran Duzgun, Onur Yatagan, Yunus Yaz, Mesut Berkan Duran, Aykut Baser, Muhammet Arslan, Halil Serdar Aslan, Yusuf Ozlulerden: Case Report Of Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy Using Open Surgical Method For Kidney Tumors. 6th National Urologic Surgery Congress, November 2022, Antalya.

Taha Numan Yıkılmaz, Yalçın Kızılkan, Mesut Berkan Duran, Serdar Toksöz: The Role Of Neutrophıl Lymphocyte Ratıo (NLR) And Platelet Lymphocyte Ratıo (PLR) In Predıctıng Prostate Cancer, 10th Online Eurasian Uro-oncology Congress, June 2020, Oral Presentation

Volkan Şen, Ozan Bozkurt, Bora İrer, Levent Sağnak, Bülent Önal, Yılören Tanıdır, Emre Karabay, Çoşkun Kaya, Erman Ceyhan, Aykut Başer, Mesut Berkan Duran, Evren Süer, İlker Çelen, İsmail Selvi, Oktay Üçer, Sedat Karakoç, Ege Sarıkaya, Ender Özden, Doğan Değer, Sedat Eğriboyun, Şakir Ongün, Özgür Gürboğa, Mehmet Kazım Asütay, İlke Onur Kazaz, İsmail Önder Yılmaz, Erdem Kısa, Engin Denizhan Demirkıran, Ozan Horsanali, İlker Akarken, Onur Kızer, Hüseyin Eren, Murat Uçar, Oğuz Özden Cebeci, Fuat Kızılay, Kaan Çömez, Mehmet Necmettin Mercimek, Mehmet Serkan Özkent, Volkan İzol, Ahmet Güdeloğlu, Bilgin Öztürk, Kaan Türker Akbaba, Salih Polat, Adnan Gücük, Avni Ziyan, Berin Selçuk, Fırat Akdeniz, Hasan Turgut, Kubilay Sabuncu, Onur Kaygısız, Veli Erşanlı, Halil İbrahim Kahraman, Muhammet Güzelsoy, Ömer Demir: Covid-19 Pandemisinin Üroloji İş Yükü Üzerine Etkilerinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizlerle Değerlendirilmesi. 5th National Online Urologic Surgery Congress, November 2020, Oral Presentation

M. B. Duran: Novel Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction and Peyronie’s Disease, Best of AUA, Istanbul, October 2019, Panelist

M. B. Duran: Azospermi-MikroTESE, Nonobstrüktif Azospermi Hastasına Yaklaşım, 5th National Online Urologic Surgery Congress, November 2020, Panelist

M. B. Duran: The management of patients with chronic scrotal pain, 1st National Andrology Congress of Society of Urological Surgery, May 2021, Panelist

M. B. Duran: Second opinion cases: Role of empiric medical therapy in the treatment of the infertile male who, Best of AUA 2, Online, December 2021, Panelist

M. B. Duran: Varicocele – Addressing Controversies, Developing Consensus and Crafting Expert Recommendations, Online Meeting, October 2022, Co-moderator

M. B. Duran: Medical therapy in male infertility, 6th Urological Surgery Congress, November 2022, Panelist

M. B. Duran: Second Opinion Cases: Testosterone Therapy and the Infertile Male, Best of AUA 4, İzmir, September 2023, Panelist

T. Cicek, E. Coskunoglu, B. Duran, E. Ciftci: A Rare Bladder Tumor with an Unusual Localization: Small Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder, Balkan Med J (-2014-0818) Cukurova Med J 2015; 40(3):604-608

Y. Kızılkan, B. Duran, Ç. L. Peşkircioğlu: Penile Abscess Due to Intracavernosal Injection: A Case Report, J Urol Surg 2018; 5: 214-216

Duran MB, Dirim A, Ozkardes H. The Relationship Between Prostate Biopsy Results and PSA and Free PSA Ratio Changes in Elevated Serum PSA Patients with and without Antibiotherapy. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2020 Apr 1;21(4):1051-1056. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.4.1051. PMID: 32334469; PMCID: PMC7445968.

Bozkurt O, Sen V, Irer B, Sagnak L, Onal B, Tanidir Y, Karabay E, Kaya C, Ceyhan E, Baser A, Duran MB, Suer E, Celen I, Selvi I, Ucer O, Karakoc S, Sarikaya E, Ozden E, Deger D, Egriboyun S, Ongun S, Gurboga O, Asutay MK, Kazaz IO, Yilmaz IO, Kisa E, Demirkiran ED, Horsanali O, Akarken I, Kizer O, Eren H, Ucar M, Cebeci OO, Kizilay F, Comez K, Mercimek MN, Ozkent MS, Izol V, Gudeloglu A, Ozturk B, Akbaba KT, Polat S, Gucuk A, Ziyan A, Selcuk B, Akdeniz F, Turgut H, Sabuncu K, Kaygisiz O, Ersahin V, Kahraman HI, Guzelsoy M, Demir O; Study Group of the Society of Urological Surgery. Nation-wide analysis of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on daily urology practice in Turkey. Int J Clin Pract. 2020 Sep 30:e13735. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13735. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32996259; PMCID: PMC7536952.

Duran MB, Yildirim O, Kizilkan Y, Tosun C, Cirakoglu A, Gultekin MH, Gul U, Altan M, Sah C, Hasirci E, Ceyhan E, Ongun S, Turunc T. Variations in the Number of Patients Presenting With Andrological Problems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and the Possible Reasons for These Variations: A Multicenter Study. Sex Med. 2021 Feb;9(1):100292. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2020.100292. Epub 2020 Dec 7. PMID: 33318798; PMCID: PMC7721349

Duran MB, Kızılkan Y, Toksöz S, Yıkılmaz TN, Dur H. Extremely Rare Localization of Bladder Stone: Scrotal Bladder Hernia. J Urol Surg 2021;8:59-61.

Ongun S, Esen EC, Özer MS, Yildirim Ö, Hasirci E, Sah C, Sahin B, Duran MB, Cinar O, Cihan A, Kazaz IO, Gul U, Deliktas H, Kizilkan Y, Altunkol A, Kurt HA, Tosun C, Bozkurt O, Turunc T, Akkus E; ‘Andrology Study Group of Society of Urologic Surgery-Turkey (SUST)’. The relationship between premature ejaculation and the timing of pre-adult circumcision. Andrologia. 2021 Mar 11:e14048. doi: 10.1111/and.14048. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33709439.

Kizilkan Y, Duran MB, Senel S, Yikilmaz TN, Akbelen B, Toksoz S. The effect of ejaculation time on varicose vein diameter and reflux level. Andrologia. 2021 Apr 28:e14090. doi: 10.1111/and.14090. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33913191.

Duran MB, Kizilkan Y. Quality analysis of testicular cancer videos on YouTube. Andrologia. 2021 Sep;53(8):e14118. doi: 10.1111/and.14118. Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34009641.

Agarwal A, Sharma RK, Gupta S, Boitrelle F, Finelli R, Parekh N, Durairajanayagam D, Saleh R, Arafa M, Cho CL, Farkouh A, Rambhatla A, Henkel R, Vogiatzi P, Tadros N, Kavoussi P, Ko E, Leisegang K, Kandil H, Palani A, Salvio G, Mostafa T, Rajmil O, Banihani SA, Schon S, Le TV, Birowo P, Çeker G, Alvarez J, Molina JMC, Ho CCK, Calogero AE, Khalafalla K, Duran MB, Kuroda S, Colpi GM, Zini A, Anagnostopoulou C, Pescatori E, Chung E, Caroppo E, Dimitriadis F, Pinggera GM, Busetto GM, Balercia G, Elbardisi H, Taniguchi H, Park HJ, Maldonado Rosas I, de la Rosette J, Ramsay J, Bowa K, Simopoulou M, Rodriguez MG, Sabbaghian M, Martinez M, Gilani MAS, Al-Marhoon MS, Kosgi R, Cannarella R, Micic S, Fukuhara S, Parekattil S, Jindal S, Abdel-Meguid TA, Morimoto Y, Shah R. Sperm Vitality and Necrozoospermia: Diagnosis, Management, and Results of a Global Survey of Clinical Practice. World J Mens Health. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.210149. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34666422.

Toksoz A, Duran MB. Analysis of videos about vesicoureteral reflux on YouTube. J Pediatr Urol. 2021 Oct 15:S1477-5131(21)00470-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.10.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34756784.

Agarwal A, Finelli R, Durairajanayagam D, Leisegang K, Henkel R, Salvio G, Aghamajidi A, Sengupta P, Crisóstomo L, Tsioulou PA, Roychoudhury S, Finocchi F, Darbandi M, Mottola F, Darbandi S, Iovine C, Santonastaso M, Zaker H, Kesari KK, Nomanzadeh A, Gugnani N, Rambhatla A, Duran MB, Ceyhan E, Kandil H, Arafa M, Saleh R, Shah R, Boitrelle F. Comprehensive Analysis of Global Research on Human Varicocele: A Scientometric Approach. World J Mens Health. 2022 Jan 25. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.210202. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35118839.

Duran MB, Şenel S, İzci Duran T, Yıkılmaz TN, Toksöz S. How has COVID-19 disease affected patients with kidney stones?. Pam Med J. 2022; 15(3): 23-23. https://doi.org/10.31362/patd.1117026.

Duran MB, Kizilkan Y, Senel S, Yikilmaz TN, Toksoz S. Can preoperative inflammatory markers predict the success of varicocelectomy? Andrologia. 2022 Jun 26:e14514. doi: 10.1111/and.14514. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35753707.

Duran MB, Nalcacioglu V. Evaluation of Awareness of Pediatric Urology and Parents' Internet Use. Van Med J. 2022; 29(3): 283-289. DOI: 10.5505/vtd.2022.87528

Duran MB, Kizilkan Y, Yikilmaz TN, Demiray M, Yavuz A, Akcin S, Toksoz S. Evaluation of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Results and Their Potential Factors Among Local Population and Refugees. Hitit Medical Journal. 2022; 4 (3), 98-103. DOI: 10.52827/hititmedj.1132890

Agarwal A, Cannarella R, Saleh R, Boitrelle F, Gül M, Toprak T, Salvio G, Arafa M, Russo GI, Harraz AM, Singh R, Garrido N, Hamoda TAA, Rambhatla A, Kavoussi P, Kuroda S, Çalik G, Saini P, Ceyhan E, Dimitriadis F, Henkel R, Crafa A, Palani A, Duran MB, Maziotis E, Saïs É, Bendayan M, Darbandi M, Le TV, Gunes S, Tsioulou P, Sengupta P, Hazir B, Çeker G, Darbandi S, Durairajanayagam D, Aghamajidi A, Alkhalidi N, Sogutdelen E, Leisegang K, Alarbid A, Ho CCK, Malhotra V, Finocchi F, Crisóstomo L, Kosgi R, ElBardisi H, Zini A, Birowo P, Colpi G, Park HJ, Serefoglu EC, Nguyen Q, Ko E, de la Rosette J, Pinggera GM, Nguyen HVP, Kandil H, Shah R. Impact of Varicocele Repair on Semen Parameters in Infertile Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World J Mens Health. 2022 Oct 28. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.220142. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36326166.

Cihan A, Kazaz İO, Duran MB, Yıldırım Ö, Başer A, Gül Ü, Hasırcı E, Kızılkan Y, Turunç T, Çam Hİ, Şahin B, Akkuş KE. Prevalence of Poor Sleep Quality and Its Determinants Among Men Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction. J Urol Surg 2023;10:227-232.

Şen E, Kızılkan Y, Duran MB, Turunç T, Şahin Fİ, Özkardeş H. Evaluation of the Genetic Analysis Results in Infertile Patients with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia. J Urol Surg 2023;10:233-237.