Prof. Gökhan KabaçamMD
Transplant Hepatologist
About
Prof. Dr. Gökhan Kabaçam graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 2001 and subsequently completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology at Ankara University School of Medicine. Throughout his academic career, he has developed a particular focus on hepatology, liver transplantation, cirrhosis, and liver cancer, alongside advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. His research has been recognized internationally, including 4 Young Investigator Awards from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). From 2015 to 2026, Prof. Kabaçam worked at Ankara Güven Hospital, where he served as Chief of Gastroenterology during his final three years. During this period, he was also the Transplant Hepatologist of the Liver Transplantation Program, taking an active role in the evaluation and management of patients before and after liver transplantation. In 2021, he was appointed Professor of Medicine at Yüksek İhtisas University School of Medicine. Prof. Kabaçam has also been actively involved in national and international professional organizations. He served as Chair of the Membership and Communications Committee of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) and is currently a Past Chair of the committee. He is an active member of the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology and the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver, and is among the founders of the Hepatology Oncology Network. He has contributed extensively to medical education and scientific collaboration by organizing numerous national and international congresses, postgraduate courses, scientific sessions, and educational meetings. He has also participated as an invited faculty member, speaker, and moderator at numerous meetings in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplantation. Prof. Kabaçam is the author or co-author of 64 scientific publications and has an H-index of 19. His main areas of clinical and academic interest include: • Liver transplantation • Cirrhosis and complications of advanced liver disease • Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) • Hepatology • Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
Areas of focus
Publications
Akkan, Koray, Buyukceran, Emre Utkan, Ersan, Veysel, Isik, Burak, Kabacam, Gokhan · Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026PubMed
Chen, Tao, Choudhury, Ashok, Liu, Wei, Zhang, Meng, Wu, Wenhui, Xiang, Huiling, et al. · Hepatology international · 2026PubMed
Bhat, Mamatha, Sun, Yingji, Manickavel, Praveen, Maleki, Saba, Ronca, Vincenzo, Hansen, Bettina E, et al. · Hepatology communications · 2026PubMed
Moral, Kenan, Kabacam, Gokhan · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026PubMed
Selzner, Nazia, Patel, Madhukar S, Khan, Mohammad Qasim, Magistri, Paolo, Sayed, Blayne Amir, Rammohan, Ashwin, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026PubMed
Tanaka, Tomohiro, Hakeem, Abdul Rahman, Chadha, Ryan, Polak, Wojciech G, Francoz, Claire, Vinaixa, Carmen, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026PubMed
Moral, Kenan, Harputluoglu, Murat, Ozkumur, Gulsah Fidan, Gavcar, Dogancan, Erbay, Efe, Eren, Fatih, et al. · Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026PubMed
Danis, Nilay, Dongelli, Huseyin, Unek, Tarkan, Bacakoglu, Aylin, Turan, Ilker, Karasu, Abdullah Zeki, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2026PubMed
Atli, Muzaffer, Moral, Kenan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Soylu, Lutfi, Kekilli, Murat · Medicine · 2025PubMed
Moral, Kenan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Atli, Muzaffer, Cindoruk, Mehmet, Bayindir, Yasar, Sardan, Yesim, et al. · Hepatology forum · 2025PubMed
Turan, Ilker, Akarca, Ulus Salih, Aladag, Murat, Harputluoglu, Murat, Yilmaz, Sezai, Gencdal, Genco, et al. · Scientific reports · 2025PubMed
Moral, Kenan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Atli, Muzaffer, Cindoruk, Mehmet, Bayindir, Yasar, Sardan, Yesim, et al. · Journal of clinical medicine · 2025PubMed
Ronca, Vincenzo, Parente, Alessandro, Lytvyak, Ellina, Hansen, Bettina E, Hirschfield, Gideon, Bonder, Alan, et al. · JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025PubMed
Akarsu, Mesut, Dolu, Suleyman, Harputluoglu, Murat, Yilmaz, Sezai, Akyildiz, Murat, Gencdal, Genco, et al. · Hepatology forum · 2024PubMed
Kirimker, Elvan Onur, Kabacam, Gokhan, Keskin, Onur, Goktug, Ufuk Utku, Atli, Muzaffer, Bingol-Kologlu, Meltem, et al. · Transplantation proceedings · 2022PubMed
Weiss, Emmanuel, Kabacam, Gokhan, Gorvin, Lucy, Spiro, Michael, Raptis, Dimitri Aristotle, Keskin, Onur, et al. · Clinical transplantation · 2022PubMed
Kalisvaart, Marit, Chadha, Ryan, De Martin, Eleonora, Alconchel, Felipe, Goldaracena, Nicolas, Keskin, Onur, et al. · Transplantation · 2022PubMed
Montano-Loza, Aldo J, Ronca, Vincenzo, Ebadi, Maryam, Hansen, Bettina E, Hirschfield, Gideon, Elwir, Saleh, et al. · Journal of hepatology · 2022PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Wahlin, Staffan, Efe, Cumali · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2021PubMed
Akarsu, Mesut, Onem, Soner, Turan, Ilker, Adali, Gupse, Akdogan, Meral, Akyildiz, Murat, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2021PubMed
Yarkan Tugsal, Handan, Yuksel, Selcen, Kabacam, Gokhan, Evirgen, Sami, Akan, Kubra, Akyuz, Filiz, et al. · Hepatology forum · 2021PubMed
Muller, Philip C, Kabacam, Gokhan, Vibert, Eric, Germani, Giacomo, Petrowsky, Henrik · International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2020PubMed
Ogura, Yasuhiro, Kabacam, Gokhan, Singhal, Ashish, Moon, Deok-Bok · International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2020PubMed
Idilman, Ramazan, Karatayli, Senem Ceren, Kabacam, Gokhan, Savas, Berna, Elhan, Atilla Halil, Bozdayi, A Mithat · Hepatology forum · 2020PubMed
Chadha, Ryan, De Martin, Eleonora, Kabacam, Gokhan, Kirchner, Varvara, Kalisvaart, Marit, Goldaracena, Nicolas, et al. · Transplantation · 2020PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Dayangac, Murat, Ucbilek, Enver, Ercin, Cemal Nuri, Gunsar, Fulya, Akyildiz, Murat, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2020PubMed
Seval, Guldane Cengiz, Kabacam, Gokhan, Yakut, Mustafa, Seven, Gulseren, Savas, Berna, Elhan, Atilla, et al. · Hepatology forum · 2020PubMed
De Martin, Eleonora, Hessheimer, Amelia, Chadha, Ryan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Rajanayagam, Jeremy, Kirchner, Varvara, et al. · Transplantation · 2019PubMed
Yurdaydin, Cihan, Keskin, Onur, Kalkan, Cagdas, Karakaya, Fatih, Caliskan, Aysun, Kabacam, Gokhan, et al. · The Journal of infectious diseases · 2018PubMed
Niranjan-Azadi, Ashwini M, Kabacam, Gokhan, Durand, Christine M, Anjum, Saad, Saberi, Behnam, Dagher, Nabil N, et al. · Annals of transplantation · 2017PubMed
Abdelqader, Abdelhai, Kabacam, Gokhan, Woreta, Tinsay A, Hamilton, James P, Luu, Harry, Al Khalloufi, Kawtar, et al. · Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation · 2017PubMed
Karakaya, Fatih, Ozer, Sevil, Kalkan, Cagdas, Tuzun, E Ali, Caliskan, Aysun, Keskin, Onur, et al. · Antiviral therapy · 2017PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Wedemeyer, Heiner, Savas, Berna, Keskin, Onur, Dalekos, George, Tabak, Fehmi, et al. · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2014PubMed
Heidrich, Benjamin, Yurdaydin, Cihan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Ratsch, Boris A, Zachou, Kalliopi, Bremer, Birgit, et al. · Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2014PubMed
Bektas, Mehmet, Seven, Gulseren, Idilman, Ramazan, Yakut, Mustafa, Doganay, Beyza, Kabacam, Gokhan, et al. · European journal of internal medicine · 2014PubMed
Ozkan, Hasan, Arslan, Muyesser, Kabacam, Gokhan, Tas, Adnan, Ozgur, Gursel, Kaygusuz, Gulsah, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2014PubMed
Keskin, Onur, Ormeci, Asli C, Baran, Bulent, Kabacam, Gokhan, Tuzun, Ali, Karatayli, Ersin, et al. · Antiviral therapy · 2014PubMed
Idilman, Ilkay S, Aniktar, Hatice, Idilman, Ramazan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Savas, Berna, Elhan, Atilla, et al. · Radiology · 2013PubMed
Bayram Kabacam, Gulsah, Akbiyik, Fatih, Livanelioglu, Ziya, Tiryaki, H Tugrul, Karakus, Esra, Kabacam, Gokhan · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2013PubMed
Karatayli, Ersin, Idilman, Ramazan, Karatayli, Senem C, Cevik, Emrah, Yakut, Mustafa, Seven, Gulseren, et al. · Antiviral therapy · 2013PubMed
Toy, Mehlika, Onder, Fatih Oguz, Idilman, Ramazan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Bozdayi, Mithat, et al. · The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2012PubMed
Heidrich, Benjamin, Serrano, Beatriz C, Idilman, Ramazan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Bremer, Birgit, Raupach, Regina, et al. · Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2012PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Onder, F Oguz, Yakut, Mustafa, Seven, Gulseren, Karatayli, Senem C, Karatayli, Ersin, et al. · Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2012PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Yakut, Mustafa, Soykan, Irfan · Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society · 2012PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Ustun, Yusuf, Kabacam, Gokhan, Bektas, Mehmet, Soykan, Irfan · Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology · 2012PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Toruner, Murat · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2012PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Toruner, Murat · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2012PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Dalekos, George N, Cakaloglu, Yilmaz, Zachou, Kalliopi, Bock, Thomas, Erhardt, Andreas, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2012PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Kabacam, Gokhan, Ustun, Yusuf, Cetinkaya, Hulya, Soykan, Irfan · Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology · 2011PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Ustun, Yusuf, Kutlay, Sim, Ongun, Aydan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Boynuegri, Recai, et al. · Digestive diseases and sciences · 2011PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Kabacam, Gokhan, Bektas, Mehmet, Cetinkaya, Hulya, Toruner, Murat, Soykan, Irfan · Hepato-gastroenterology · 2011PubMed
Seven, Gulseren, Karatayli, Senem Ceren, Kose, S Kenan, Yakut, Mustafa, Kabacam, Gokhan, Toruner, Murat, et al. · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2011PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Kabacam, Gokhan, Ozturk, Aysegul, Soykan, Irfan · Southern medical journal · 2011PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Kabacam, Gulsah, Topcuoglu, Pervin, Kuzu, Isinsu, Arat, Mutlu · Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology · 2010PubMed
Yakut, Mustafa, Ustun, Yusuf, Kabacam, Gokhan, Soykan, Irfan · European journal of internal medicine · 2010PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Toruner, Murat · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2010PubMed
Kabacam, Gokhan, Tezel, Ahmet · The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2010PubMed
Ergun, Ihsan, Kabacam, Gokhan, Ekmekci, Yakup, Tulunay, Ozden, Keven, Kenan, Duman, Neval · Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2005PubMed
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