Çiğdem Benlice

M.D. Çiğdem Benlice is a general surgeon specializing in colorectal surgery. She graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2023 and has been practicing with Acıbadem Health Group since 2025. Her clinical interests include the diagnosis and surgical management of colon and rectal diseases, minimally invasive colorectal procedures, and enhanced recovery after surgery. She is an active member of the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Turkish Surgical Association, and is a candidate member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. M.D. Benlice is committed to evidence-based care, patient-centered communication, and continued professional development in colorectal surgery.

Education

• 2023 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine General Surgery
• 2016 – 2018 Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA / Surgical Residency Training (ACGME)
• 2015 – 2016 Department of Colorectal Surgery (Digestive System Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA) / Clinical Research Fellowship
• 2013 – 2015 Department of Colorectal Surgery (Digestive System Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA) / Researcher (Research Fellowship)
• 2012 Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine

Experience

• 2025 Acibadem Health Group
• 2023 – 2024 Elbistan State Hospital / General Surgery Specialist (State Service Obligation)

Memberships

• Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Turkish Surgical Association
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (Candidate Member)

Publications

• Splenic Flexure Cancer Delphi Consensus Study Group. Standardization of the Definition and Surgical Management of Splenic Flexure Carcinoma by an International Expert Consensus Using the Delphi Technique: Room for improvement?
  DIs Colon Rectum. 2023 Jun 1;66(6):805-815. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002692. Epub 2023 Jan 24. PMID: 36716403. Benlice C, Parvaiz A, Baca B, Hohenberger W, Miskovic D, Stocchi L, Steele S, Kim SH, Holm T, Spinelli A, Gogenur I, Panis Y, Hasegawa H, Karachun
• Short-Course Radiotherapy Follovved by Consolidation Chemotherapy Is Safe and Effective in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Comparative Short-term Results of Multicenter Propensity Score Case-Matched Study.
  Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 May 1;66(5):681- 690. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002646. Epub2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36856669 Benlice C, Koc MA, Gulcu B, Bilgin IA, Akyol C, Baca B, Ozturk E, Guney Y, Utkan G, Er O, Agaoglu F, Yildirim I, Avci N, Elhan AH, Kuzu MA
• Comparison of textbook versus three-dimensional animation versus cadaveric training videos in teaching laparoscopic rectal surgery: a prospective randomized trial
  Colorcctal Dis. 2022 Aug;24(8):1007-1014. doi: 10.1111/codi. 16119. Epub 2022 Mar30. PMID: 35297178. Benlice C, Elcircevi A, Kutlu B, Dogan CD, Acar HI, Kuzu MA.
• Robotic Surgery for Deep Pelvic Endometriosis With Multidisciplinary Approach: Shaving, Wedge Resection, and Segmental Resection. Dis Colon Rectum
  2022 Aug l;65(8):e816. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002353. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PMID: 35333799. Benlice C, Usta T, Ozkaynak A, Kurtul Sahin I, Aghayeva A, Hamzaoglu I, Karahasanoglu T, Baca B.
• Comprehensive anatomy of the superior hypogastric plexus and its relationship vvith pelvic surgery landmarks: defining the safe zone around the promon
  Tech Coloproctol. 2022 Aug;26(8):655-664. doi: 10.1007/s 10151 -022-02622-z. Epub 2022 May 20. PMID: 35593970. Kutlu B, Guner MA, Akyol C, Güngör Y, Benlice C, Arslan MN, Açar HI, Kuzu MA.
• Step by step revisiting and standardizing the robotic approach of complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer
  Tech Coloproctol. 2022 Aug;26(8):677-679. doi: 10.1007/sl0151 -022- 02575-3. Epub 2022 Jan 25. PMID: 35076765 Baca B, Benlice C, Hamzaoglu I, Karahasanoglu T.
• Minimally invasive versus kissing surgery for gastric cancer in Turkish population
  Turk J Surg. 2021 Jun 30;37(2): 142-150. doi: 10.47717/turkjsurg.2021.4506. PMID: 37275183; PMCID: PMC10233951. Ağcaoğlu O, Şengün B, Tarcan S, Aytaç E, Bayram O, Zenger S, Benlice Ç, Özben V, Balık E, Baca B, Hamzaoğlu 1, Karahasanoğlu T, Buğra D.
• Cost-conscious robotic restorative proctectomy has simi lar economic and oncologic outcomes to kissen restorative proctectomy: Results of a long-tenn follovv- up study
  Int J Med Robot. 2021 Dec;17(6):e2331. doi: 10.1002/rcs.2331. Epub 2021 Sep 27. PMID: 34514721. Cengiz TB, Benlice C, Ozgur I, Kaya G, Aytaç E, Kalady MF, Steele SR, Liska D, Görgün E.
• Platelet-rich plasma treatment improvcs postoperative recovery in patients with pilonidal sinus disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
  BMC Surg. 2021 Oct 21;21(1):373. doi: 10.1186/s 12893-021-01370-5. PMID: 34670534; PMCID: PMC8529773. Boztug CY, Karaagac Akyol T, Benlice C, Koc MA, Doganay Erdogan B, Ozcebe Ol, Kuzu MA, Akyol C.
• Computer-based multimodal training modüle facilitates standardization of complete mesocolic excision technique for right-sided colon cancer: Long-term oncological outcomes.
  Colorectal Dis. 2021 Dec;23(l 2):3141-3151. doi: 10.1111/codi. 15857. Epub 2021 Aug27. PMID: 34346554. Kutlu B, Benlice C, Kocaay F, Güngör Y, İsmail E, Akyol C, Yilmaz M, Ozdemir M, Acar HI, Elhan AH, Kuzu MA