Münci Kalayoğlu (7 May 1940 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish doctor.

Life and career

Kalayoğlu was born in

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in 1940. In 1963 he graduated from

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School of Medicine, after which he studied at

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School of Medicine. He became an intern at the Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and Pittsburg Child Hospital. He was the founder and president of the Department of Liver Transplantation at the

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. He made more than 1500 liver transplants throughout his career. He published 185 works, including 22 articles in international medical journals. From 2006 he was the head of a private hospital. Kalayoğlu died on 17 November 2024, at the age of 84.TÜBA Üyesi Prof. Kalayoğlu Vefat Etti

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* 1940 births 2024 deaths Turkish transplant surgeons Honorary members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences People from Ankara {{turkey-med-bio-stub