Adalet Demir

About doctor Adalet Demir

Adalet Demir is a thoracic surgeon and a professor. He is engaged in surgical treatment of a wide range of diseases, such as:

• thymoma;
• pneumothorax;
• myasthenia gravis;
• neurogenic tumors;
• tumors of the trachea;
• pleural effusion and empyema;
• primary and metastatic lung cancer;
• congenital lung diseases in children;
• tumors of the chest and diaphragm;
• tracheal stenosis after Covid-19.

Dr. Demir is fluent in the methods of open, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and has performed a large number of operations on the da Vinci robot. In addition to clinical practice, he is actively engaged in scientific activities, is the author of numerous publications in prestigious medical journals.

Medical experience

• 1997 – Resident in the Thoracic Department of Istanbul University;
• 1997 – Resident at Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital;
• 1998 – Resident at Jerrahpash Medical School;
• 2002 – Physician at Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital;
• 2005 – Physician at Jerrahpash Medical School;
• 2006 – Thoracic Surgeon at the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium;
• 2006 – Thoracic Surgeon, Assistant Surgeon at the Lung Transplant Center at Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital;
• 2017 – Thoracic Surgeon, Professor at the Department of Thoracic Surgery at University hospital LIV Istinye.

Doctor’s specialty

The main areas of work of Dr. Adalet Demir are:

• chest tumors;
• lung transplant;
• VATS thymectomy;
• thoracic surgery in children;
• bronchoscopy and endotracheal surgery;
• minimally invasive and open surgery for lung cancer;
• surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis using the VATS technique;
• minimally invasive and open surgical repair of diaphragmatic hernia and eventration;
• diagnostics and treatment of pleural diseases (pneumothorax, empyema, malignant mesothelioma);
• biopsy and excisional operations for the treatment of mediastinal tumors (mediastinoscopy, mediastinostomy, sternotomy, VATS).