Dr.Canda was born in 1974 in Izmir, Turkey.
He completed his primary and secondary schools (English) in Izmir, Turkey.
He was graduated from Hacettepe University, School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey in 1997.
He had his urology residency training beyween 1998-2003 at Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology in Izmir, Turkey.
During his residency he spent 2 months at UZ Leuven, Department of Urology in Leuven, Belgium chaired by Professor Hein Van Poppel.
After completion of his residency he spent 1.5 years in the UK (Bristol & Sheffield) in the following institutions: Bristol Urological Institute (chaired by Professor Paul Abrams) and The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Urology Research (director of research chaired by Professor Christopher Chapple) and The University of Sheffield, Department of Biomedical Sciences (director of research chaired by Professor Russ Chess-Williams).
Thereafter, he spent 3 months at SLK Heilbronn, The University of Heidelberg, Department of Urology in Heilbronn, Germany chaired by Professor Jens Rassweiler.
Between 2008-2018, Dr.Canda worked at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, School of Medicine affiliated with Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology in Ankara, Turkey. He served as deputy dean of this university.
Our instittution is the first who had the Da Vinci surgical robot in Ankara, Turkey in February 2009. We have been trained by Professor M.Derya Balbay in the fields of robotic urology and urologic oncology.
Due to January 2018 statistics, I personally performed more than 500 Robotic urology procedures including:
*Robotic Prostate cancer surgery (mostly) (some cases with concomitant inguinal hernia repair with mesh)
*Robotic Bladder cancer surgery (with intracorporeal urinary diversion)
*Robotic Kidney cancer surgery (mostly partial nephrectomy, some cases with zero ischemia)
*Robotic adrenal surgery
*Robotic pyeloplasty
*Robotic sacrocolpopexy
Apart from more than 500 cases that I personally performed, I have proctored >100 robotic prostate cancer surgery cases.
Before starting as a console surgeon, I assisted > 200 cases as a bed side assistant.
Overall, I have had a current experience & exposure of more than 800 robotic urological cases.
In 2008, I had 3 months Fellowship on Laparoscopy at SLK Kliniken Heilbronn,Germany.
In 2004-2005, I had research & clinical attachments on lower urinary tract diseases at The University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Bristol Urological Institute in UK.
In 1999 and 2000, I visited University of Leuven, Department of Urology (overall 2 months) for Uro-oncology in Belgium.
I have many international papers published particularly in the field of robotic urology.
Currently, I have been serving as an ERUS board member and previously I was a member of EAU YAU J-ERUS group.
I have been also serving as an ERUS certified robotic urology trainer,tutored at many courses.
I am serving as a trainer/tutor for ORSI Academy Robotic Surgery Training Center in Belgium.
I have been taking part in the editorial board of scientific journals (Eur Urol, CEJU Videourology, EMJ Urology, Robotics research & reviews) particularly related with urology.
I have been serving as the editor of the e-journal Robotics, Laparoscopy & Endosurgery with Videosurgery.
I am a member of EAU,AUA,SIU,ERUS and Endourological Society.
Apart from urology & robotics, I like playing accordion and dealing with music.
I have been working at Koc University Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey since July 2018.
With kind regards...