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Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu (b. July 30, 1963, Ankara) is a Turkish professor, general surgeon and faculty member.

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

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

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

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

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

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


 * In the first training project titled "Total Mesorectal Excision-Autonomic Nerve Sparing Rectal Cancer Surgery", a training set containing visual materials to educate surgeons in our country about current approaches in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer (bowel 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 )
 * The third project on colonoscopy training, which is used to evaluate the lining of the intestine and makes bowel cancer a preventable disease, and the visual training material titled "Colonoscopy Atlas". ( ISBN 978-605-63244-1-3 )
 * Training material titled "Life with Stoma Bag" for the education of patients and their relatives whose intestines are connected to the abdominal wall with a bag 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 for the use of robotic surgery technique in bowel surgery in the light of current developments (with Dr. Amjad Parvaiz). ( ISBN 978-605-63244-2-0 )
 * Together with scientists from many countries, he prepared the training material "Comprehensive Step by Step Optimized Colon Cancer Treatment" (3 DVDs) ( ISBN 978-605-63244-0-6 ) for current developments in the treatment of colon cancer (bowel cancer)
 * He prepared a training set on the evaluation of the removed part after colon surgery in the study "Macroscopic Evaluation of Colon and Rectal Cancer Resection Materials" ( ISBN 978-605-63244-4-4 )

Awards
In 1992, two of his studies were awarded the first prize in Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Research Projects. In 1993, his study titled "The effect of mucosectomy on the quality of life in pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis" received the best paper award at the V. National Congress of Colon and Rectal Diseases. In 1996, he received the first prize for his study titled "The effect of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion on the pulmonary vascular bed" at the National Surgical Congress. In 2000, he received the Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research Medical Incentive Award for his research titled "Intestinal ischemia and reperfusion affect vasomotor functions in the pulmonary vascular system". In 2001, he was awarded international fellowships by the American Society of Colon Rectal Surgery and the American College of Surgeons. In 2003, he received the Ankara University "Health Sciences Science Award". In 2010 and 2016, he was awarded the best scientific video award of the American Society of Colon Rectal Surgery and in 2017 he was awarded the "best article in the field of science" award.