Assoc. Prof. İmam Bakır Batı, MD

Assoc. Prof. İmam Bakır Batı, MD is a physician at the Liver Transplant Center at Acibadem Bursa Hospital in Bursa, Turkey. He works within the Organ Transplantation unit, and his subspecialty is Pancreatic, Liver and Biliary Tract Diseases. His clinical work centers on liver transplantation and on diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract, including liver cancer, cirrhosis and metabolic liver diseases.

Dr. Batı graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1999 and completed his General Surgery training at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital in 2009. His early career included posts with the Genlik and Sports Provincial Directorate Institution and Sports Medicine (1999–2001), Çankırı F Type Prison Medicine (2001–2002), 112 Emergency Aid and Rescue Medicine (2002–2003) and the Çankırı Provincial Health Directorate / 112 Emergency Health Services (2003–2004). After his surgical training he worked in the General Surgery Clinic at Sivas Gürün State Hospital (2009–2010) and at Malatya State Hospital (2010–2012), before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2012. He has co-authored peer-reviewed articles on the clinicopathological features and prognosis of breast carcinoma, including a clinicopathological evaluation of male patients with breast cancer, and has given oral presentations at national congresses, among them a comparative series on total thyroidectomy without suture materials.

Clinical focus

Dr. Batı’s practice is focused on liver transplantation and on the assessment and management of patients with advanced liver disease who may be candidates for transplant evaluation. He sees patients with cirrhosis, metabolic liver diseases and other liver diseases, as well as patients with liver cancer, where the choice between surgical, transplant-based and other approaches depends on the individual case.

His areas of expertise also extend to pancreatic diseases and biliary tract diseases. Because these conditions often overlap, patients are assessed with attention to the liver, pancreas and bile ducts together, and the suitability of any procedure is judged on the findings of the individual patient rather than on a fixed protocol.

How Dr. Batı works with international patients

Dr. Batı speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example MRI, CT or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their case with Dr. Batı before traveling to Acibadem Bursa Hospital.