Thoracic Surgery Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Ergene
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Ergene is a thoracic surgeon at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul with 18+ years of experience.
He treats conditions including giant infected pulmonary bullae, electric shock-related parenchymal lung injury, right lung hydatid cysts, bronchiectasis, emphysema, bullous lung disease, malignant pleural effusion, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy in lung cancer, and performs procedures such as video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy, mediastinoscopy, remediastinoscopy, transbronchial needle aspiration, and intrapleural streptokinase therapy. He offers consultations in…
About Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Ergene
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Ergene is a thoracic surgeon with 18 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include non-small cell lung cancer staging, bronchiectasis, emphysema, malignant pleural effusion, giant infected pulmonary bullae, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy in lung cancer. Listed procedures include mediastinoscopy and transbronchial needle aspiration.
Dr. Ergene graduated from Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and completed thoracic surgery training at Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital in 2010. He was at Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, he was at Gebze Fatih State Hospital. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2025 and practises at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye.
In 2008–2009, Dr. Ergene was at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Thoracic Surgery Department in St. Louis MO, USA.
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2008 and 2011. Their subjects include infected pulmonary bullae and parenchymal lung injury related to electric shock; hydatid cysts of the right lung and liver dome; and mediastinoscopy, bronchiectasis, emphysema, bullous lung disease, malignant pleural effusion, and transbronchial needle aspiration in lung cancer cases with mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
Dr. Ergene speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Education
- 2010Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital Thoracic Surgery
- 2000Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2025Acibadem Health Group
- 2012Gebze Fatih State Hospital
- 2010–2012Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital
- 2008–2009Barnes-Jewish Hospital Thoracic Surgery Department. St. Louis MO. USA
Selected Publications
- Asymptomatic infected gaint bulles Journal of clinical and analytical medicine DOI:10.4328/JCAM.730 G. Ergene, R. Yazkan, IE. Ozsoy
- Rapid parenchymal lung injury due to electric shock: A rare and an emergency case of thoracis surgery. Journal of clinical and analytical medicine DOI:10.4328/JCAM.318 R. Yazkan, G. Ergene, IE. Ozsoy.
- Single stage transthoracic approach to the right lung and liver dome hydatid cysts. Journal of clinical and analytical medicine 2011;2(3):7-10 Yazkan R, Ozsoy IE, Ergene G, Avcilar M.
- Remediastinoscopy DOI:10.5152/tcb.2011.03 Semih Halezaroglu, Volkan Baysungur, Mertol Gokce, Gokhan Ergene,
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for bronchiectasis. 18th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May -2 June 2010, Valladolid-Spain E Okur, V. Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, I. Yalcinkatya, HK. Okur, S Halezaroglu.
- A prospective study to detect whether video-assisted mediastinoscopy is superior to Satndard mediastinoscopy in staging NSCLC. 18th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May -2 June 2010, Valladolid-Spain G Ergene, V. Baysungur, G Sevilgen, E. Okur, C Tezel, A. Atasalihi, S. Halezaroglu.
- Pulmonary functions in late postoprative period are better preserved after video assisted thoroscopic surgery lobectomy then lobectomy via posteral thoracotomy. 18 th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May -2 June 2010, Valladolid-Spain E. Okur, V. Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, I. Yalcinkatya, S. Halezaroglu.
- The autologous pleural buttressing of staple lines in surgery for emphysema and bullous lung disease: A patient control study 17th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, May 31-June 3, 2009. Krakow-Poland. (Oral Presentation) V. Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, E Okur, S Halezaroglu
- Use of intrapleural streptookinase for maintaining better lung expansion in patients with malignant pleural effusions: A randomized controlled study. 17th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, May 31-June 3, 2009. Krakow-Poland. (Oral Presentation) E. Okur, C. Tezel, G Sevilgen, G. Ergene, V. Baysungur, S. Halezaroglu.
- Diagnostic Value of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Lung Cancer Cases with Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy Tur Toraks Der 9, 99-103 (2008) Üskül TB, V. Baysungur, M. Gökçe, F. Aksoy, B. Ocaklı, Ö. Bayraktar, F.E. Turan, M. Sarı, G Sevilgen, G. Ergene, H. Türker, S. Halezaroğlu
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