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Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu (d. 30 July 1963, Ankara), Turkish Professor Doctor, General surgery specialist and research associatei.

Life
Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, He was born in 1963 in Ankara. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education at the Turkish Education Association Ankara College. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1986. He is known as the "Oscar-winning professor of the World of Medicine" because of the digital training videos he developed on colon, rectum and anus diseases. He is still a faculty member at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery. He is married and has two children.

Work Life
In 1986, he started to work as a Research Assistant, Surgical Assistant at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery. Professor in the Department of General Surgery at the University of Leeds in 1991. Dr. David Johnston and Prof. Dr. He became a Research Assistant, Surgical Assistant under the supervision of Mr. Micheal McMahon, and returned to Ankara University, where he studied in 1992, and received the title of General Surgery Specialist with his thesis titled "Preventing Damage Caused by Cold Ischemia in the Kidney with Various Tissue Preservatives" on 17 February 1993. After working in his field for 5 years, he received the title of Associate Professor in December 1999 at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, and then Professor in 2005. In 2019, he published his doctoral thesis titled "Examination of the anatomy of the anastomoses between the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries associated with left colon cancer surgery" in the Department of Anatomy of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine.

At the national level, in the academic publications of the National Journal of Surgery, Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Nature (TUBITAK) and Intensive Care; He is a referee in the international journals "Disease Colon and Rectum" and "Colorectal Disease".

Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu Turkish Surgical Society, Turkish Colon and Rectal Diseases Surgery Society, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, European Society of Coloproctology, He is a member of the European Robotic Colorectal Surgery Academy (EARCRS), Turkish Gastroenterology Association and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Association. In January 2020, he was elected as the 16th chairman of the Turkish Colon and Rectal Surgery Association.

Publications
To date, he has a total of 158 articles, 83 of which have been published in international journals. In addition to scientific papers, he has undertaken the task of repeatedly representing Turkey at international congresses as an invited speaker and panelist.

Projects
He prepared 10 different visual training materials for surgeons working in this field, which were distributed at home and abroad:


 * In the first training project titled “Total Mesorectal Excision – Autonomic Nerve Sparing Rectum Cancer Surgery”, a training set containing visual materials to train surgeons in our country on current approaches in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer (intestinal cancer). (ISBN: 978-605-63244-2-0)
 * In the second project titled “Comprehensive Step by Step Rectal Cancer Surgery”, rectal cancer training set (3 DVDs) in collaboration with many international scientists (ISBN: 978-605-63244-0-6)
 * Visual training material titled “Colonoscopy Atlas” with the third project describing colonoscopy training, which is used to evaluate the inner surface of the intestine and ensures that bowel cancer is a preventable disease. (ISBN: 978-605-63244-1-3)
 * Educational material titled “Life with a Stoma Bag” for the education of patients and their relatives whose intestines are attached to the abdominal wall during the treatment of various diseases. (ISBN: 978-605-63244-5-1)
 * Within the scope of the fifth project titled “Robotic Single Docking Total Mesorectal Excision”, a training set (with Dr. Amjad Parvaiz) on the use of robotic surgery technique in intestinal surgeries, in the light of current developments. (ISBN: 978-605-63244-2-0)
 * He prepared the training material titled "Comprehensive Step by Step Optimised Colon Cancer Treatment" for current developments in the treatment of colon cancer (intestinal cancer) together with scientists from many countries. (3 DVDs) (ISBN: 978-605-63244-0-6)
 * In the study of "Macroscopic Evaluation of Colon and Rectum Cancer Resection Materials", he prepared a training set on the evaluation of the piece removed after large bowel surgeries. (ISBN: 978-605-63244-4-4)

Awards
In 1992, his two studies were deemed worthy of the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Research Projects first prize. In 1993, his study titled "The effect of mucosectomy on quality of life in pouch-anal anastomoses for Ulcerative Colitis" received the best paper award at the 5th National Colon and Rectal Diseases Congress. He received the first prize with his study titled "The effect of intestinal lischemia-reperfusion on the pulmonary vascular bed" presented at the National Surgery Congress in 1996. He won the 2000 Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research and Medicine Encouragement Award for his research on 'Intestial ischemia and reperfusion affect vasomotor functions in the pulmonary vascular system'. In 2001, he won international scholarships given by the American Colon and Rectal Surgery Association and the American College of Surgeons. He received the Ankara University "Health Sciences Science Award" in 2003. It was awarded the American Society of Colon-Rectal Surgery's best scientific video award in 2010 and 2016, and the "best paper in science" awards in 2017.