Bariatric Surgery
Prof. Dr. Yunus Yavuz
Professor of general surgery at VKV American Hospital and Koç University School of Medicine, with nine years of minimally invasive and obesity-surgery training at Norway's National Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. He performed the first robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in Türkiye.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Yunus Yavuz is a general surgeon at VKV American Hospital in İstanbul, where he has been a professor since 2013, and a faculty member of Koç University School of Medicine since 2015. His practice is built around bariatric and metabolic surgery.
He spent nearly a decade in Norway, first in medical training at the University of Oslo and then as a consulting surgeon and fellow at the National Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, where minimally invasive obesity and metabolic surgery became his core discipline. He has held a medical licence valid in Norway and the European Union.
He is credited with performing the first robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in Türkiye, and at Koç University Hospital he is one of the surgeons attached to the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Center. Alongside primary bariatric operations he takes on reflux procedures and revision surgery after previous weight-loss operations.
Education & Training
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1985–1992
Medical Education — Marmara University
Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul.
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1992–1997
General Surgery Residency
General surgery residency at Marmara University.
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1997–2006
Minimally Invasive & Obesity Surgery Fellowship — Norway
National Center for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Norway, alongside medical education at the University of Oslo.
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2013 →
Professor — VKV American Hospital
Professor of general surgery at VKV American Hospital; faculty member of Koç University School of Medicine since 2015.
Areas of Expertise
Sleeve Gastrectomy & Gastric Bypass
Primary bariatric operations performed laparoscopically or robotically, chosen after multidisciplinary assessment rather than by patient request alone.
Metabolic Surgery
Operations aimed at type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease as much as at weight, where the hormonal effect of the procedure is the treatment goal.
Revision Bariatric Surgery
Second operations after insufficient weight loss, weight regain or severe reflux following a previous bariatric procedure — technically more demanding than a primary operation.
Reflux Surgery
Laparoscopic anti-reflux procedures and hiatal hernia repair, often decisive in choosing between sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass.
Profile compiled from the hospital's own public physician listing.