Volkan Ince, MD
Prof. of General Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Biography
Dr. Volkan İnce is a Professor of General Surgery at Liver Transplantation Institute of İnönü University, Malatya, Türkiye. Having received his Bachelor’s degree from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2005, Dr. İnce finished his general surgery residency training at Malatya İnönü University in 2012. He has been working at İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute, Department of General Surgery since 2013. He is a part of the team that has performed the world's first 4-way swap liver transplantation in 2022, subsequently the world's first 5-way swap liver transplantation in 2023, the world's first 6-way swap liver transplantation in 2024, and the world's first 7-way swap liver transplantation in 2024. They performed over 250 liver transplants per year, mostly from living donors, and a total of over 3700 liver transplants to date. They introduced “Malatya criteria” and “expanded Malatya criteria” in liver transplantation for HCC to the world medical literature. He is a board-certified surgeon in general surgery and transplant surgery. He has a particular clinical and scientific experience and interest within the fields of living donation, liver transplantation, swap liver transplantation, primary liver cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma, secondary liver tumors, acute liver failure, artificial liver support devices and intensive care. He is a member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Transplantation, HPB Radar and Journal of Inonu Liver Transplantation Institute. Since January 2022, he has been serving as the Deputy Director of the Liver Transplantation Institute of İnönü University. He is a member of national and international organ transplant associations. He won the first prize in the "Liver" category of the Case Reports Competition at the 2011 Changing Tomorrow of Transplantation; "Best young researcher" at the Transplantation 2012 congress; the first prize in the "best poster presentation" at the Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care 2016 Congress and the first prize in the "best poster presentation" at the International Society of Liver Surgeons 2021 Congress. He is married and has three daughters. He enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his children.
