Thoracic Surgery · Ondokuz Mayıs University

Prof. Dr.BurçinÇelik

Thoracic Surgeon. Thoracic surgeon and professor focused on video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) and robotic-assisted (RATS) surgery for lung cancer.

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2013: First VATS lobectomy in the region
2026: First robotic lung cancer surgery in the Black Sea region

Prof. Dr. Burçin Çelik in black surgical scrubs

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Citations · Google Scholar

Ondokuz Mayıs
University

2013: First VATS lobectomy in the region
2026: First robotic lung cancer surgery in the Black Sea region

01About

A surgeon’s academic path

A 1998 graduate of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Çelik completed thoracic surgery residency at Ondokuz Mayıs University. Appointed Associate Professor in 2011 and Professor in 2018, Prof. Çelik worked in 2013 as a visiting faculty member at the Duke University Cardiothoracic Clinic, training in VATS and robotic surgery, and now serves at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine.

1998

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

2013

Duke University, visiting faculty

2018

Professor, OMÜ Faculty of Medicine

Full biography

Prof. Dr. Burçin Çelik in a hospital corridor

Department of Thoracic Surgery, OMÜ Faculty of Medicine

02Expertise

Expertise and areas of work

Clinical practice and research across oncologic, minimally invasive and reconstructive thoracic surgery.

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01Lung Cancer SurgeryLobectomy, segmentectomy and pneumonectomy with lymph node dissection for early-stage and selected locally advanced lung cancer, by open or minimally invasive approach.

02Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)Closed thoracic surgery through small incisions using a camera and endoscopic instruments. The region’s first VATS lobectomy was performed by Prof. Çelik at OMÜ in 2013.

03Pulmonary NodulesDistinguishing benign from malignant incidental nodules, deciding on surveillance and, when needed, diagnostic resection by VATS.

04Mesothelioma and Hyperthermic ChemotherapyPleurectomy/decortication for asbestos-related pleural cancer and, in selected patients, hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITOC) in the same session.

05Malignant Pleural EffusionDiagnosis and drainage of fluid caused by pleural spread of cancer, and prevention of recurrence by pleurodesis.

06PneumothoraxTreatment of spontaneous pneumothorax, common in young adults, from chest tube drainage to VATS bullectomy.

03Research

Research indicators

Source: AVESİS metrics panel
Data retrieved: October 29, 2026

337

Total publications

956

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h-index · Scholar

455

Citations · Scopus

Citations by database

Google Scholar956 · h16
Scopus455 · h11
Sobiad366 · h7
Web of Science342 · h10
TR Dizin24 · h3

Publications indexed in WoS

Publications indexed in Scopus

Journal articles

Supervised theses

Celik B., Sahin E., Nadir A., Kaptanoglu M.

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 468-471 · SCI-Expanded, Scopus

DOI 10.1055/s-0029-1185819 AVESİS record

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05Research

Research and projects

University-funded research projects and thesis supervision, from lung cancer biomarkers to thoracic trauma.

Supervised specialty theses

2026Küçük hücreli dışı akciğer kanserinde hastalık evresinin ve sağkalımın tahmininde yapay zekânın yeri
2020Cerrahi rezeksiyon uygulanan küçük hücreli dışı akciğer kanserli hastalarda plevral invazyon derecesinin sağkalıma olan etkisi
2015Küçük hücreli dışı akciğer kanserinde serum ve doku örneklerinde SCUBE1’in değerlendirilmesi

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2014 – 2016