Internal Medicine Prof. Dr. Murat Sungur
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Prof. Dr. Murat Sungur is an Internal Medicine specialist at Acibadem Kayseri Hospital in Kayseri with 26+ years of experience.
He focuses on critical illness requiring intensive care, including acute respiratory failure, hypercapnic acute respiratory failure, postoperative respiratory insufficiency in obesity, acute intoxication, asthma, and esophageal variceal rebleeding, and handles mechanical ventilatory support, noninvasive face mask ventilation, positive end-expiratory pressure management, acute hemodialysis catheter management, and subcutaneous octreotide therapy after esophageal variceal…
About Prof. Dr. Murat Sungur
Prof. Dr. Murat Sungur is an Internal Medicine specialist with 26 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include acute intoxication, asthma, esophageal variceal rebleeding, mechanical ventilatory support, positive end-expiratory pressure management, acute hemodialysis catheter management, and subcutaneous octreotide therapy after esophageal variceal sclerotherapy.
Dr. Sungur graduated from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in 1990 and completed Internal Medicine at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. He received the academic rank of Assistant Professor from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in 2000, Associate Professor from the same faculty in 2003, and Professor from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in 2008. He was at Acibadem Health Group from 2010 and practises at Acibadem Kayseri Hospital in Kayseri, Türkiye.
The profile lists five professional bodies, among them the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and the Turkish Society of Nephrology.
The profile lists 9 publications dated between 1995 and 2007. Their subjects include acute hemodialysis catheters, postoperative respiratory insufficiency in obesity, and positive end-expiratory pressure management. The publications also address acute intoxication, mechanical ventilatory support, asthma, and an animal study of inhaled cyclosporin in rats.
Dr. Sungur speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Education
- 2011Intensive Care
- 2008Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Professor
- 2003Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Associate Professor
- 2000Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Assistant Professor
- 1997University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Gainesville, Florida / Intensive Care
- 1995Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Internal Medicine
- 1990Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2010Acibadem Health Group
- 2008Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Director of Intensive Care Unit, Professor
- 2004–2008University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida / Department of Intensive Care Medicine Associate Professor
- 2003–2004Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Director of Intensive Care Unit, Associate Professor
- 2000–2003Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine / Intensive Care Director, Assistant Professor
Professional Memberships
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Turkish Thoracic Society
- Turkish Society of Nephrology
- Internal and Surgical Intensive Care Society
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Selected Publications
- Exit of catheter lock solutions from double lumen acute hemodialysis catheters: an in vitro study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 ;22:3533-7. Sungur M, Eryuksel E, Yavas S, Bihorac A, Layon AJ, Caruso AJ.
- Treatment of postoperative respiratory insufficiency in the obese patient–who makes the call? Obes Surg 17:457-459, 2007. Sungur M, Layon AJ, Gabrielli A.
- Efficacy of five days of subcutaneous octreotide treatment after sclerotherapy in preventing rebleeding from esophageal varices. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2004 Sep;15(3):137 Yucesoy M, Baskol M, Keklik M, Guven M, Sungur M, Gursoy S, Guven K, Ozbakir O.
- Effect of varying PEEP levels on superior vena caval and femoroiliac pressures. Journal of Intensive Care 2003;3:189-193. Sungur M, Ok E, Güven M, Ekici E, Tokgöz B.
- Evaluation of Patients with Acute Intoxication Turk J Med Sci 32:169-172 (2002). M. Guven, M. Sungur, F. Tanrıverdi, B. Eser, Z. Kekec.
- Lung Carbon Dioxide Elimination Correlates With Physiologic Dead Space Volume During Mechanical Ventilatory Support Turk J Med Sci. 31:529-532 (2001) M. Sungur, M. Güven.
- Effect of inhaled cyclosporin on rat airway: Histologic and bronchoalveolar lavage assessment Respiration 65:71-78 (1998) B. Ceyhan, M. Sungur, ÇA Çelikel, T. Çelikel.
- Comparison of Face Mask Mechanical Ventilation with Standard Therapy in Hypercapnic Acute Respiratory Failure Chest 114:1636-1642 (1998) T. Çelikel, M. Sungur, B. Ceyhan, S. Karakurt.
- Role of adhesion molecule ICAM-1 in asthma Journal of Asthma, 32(6), 419-427 (1995) B. Ceyhan, M. Sungur, T. Çelikel, ŞŞ Özgün.
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