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Biography

Rıfat Burak Ergül

Address : Molla Gürani Mah. 28 Mehmet Çelebi Sok. Destek Apart.

No:41 Daire:3 Fatih İstanbul / Türkiye 34104

E-Mail : rifat-ergul@hotmail.com / rifat.ergul@istanbul.edu.tr

Mobile : +90 538 523 17 66

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth : 25.04.1994

Place of birth : Lüleburgaz / Kırklareli

Marital status : Single

WORKING STATUS

Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology 2019 – Present

Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. 2024- 2025

EDUCATION

Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University 2019 – Present

Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK 2024- 2025

Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine 2012 – 2019

Tekirdağ Science High School 2008 – 2012

MEMBERSHİPS

European Association of Urology (EAU), Young Academic Urologists (YAU), Endourology & Urolithiasis Group

EAU

American Urological Association(AUA)

Endourological Society

CHAPTER WRITING IN A SCIENTIFIC BOOK

1. Oral Diagnosis with Multidisciplinary Principles- Chapter Title: Renal Hastalıklar - Renal Diseases - Rifat Burak Ergül, Faruk Özcan

İstanbul Tıp Kitapevi, ISBN: 978-625-8103-23-6 , Editor: İlknur Özcan, 2022

2. Urological Emergencies – Chapter Title: Urinary System Injuries Due to Pelvic Trauma - Hakan Görkem KAZICI, Rifat Burak ERGÜL, Mazhar ORTAÇ

TÜD/Türk Üroloji Akedemisi Yayını, ISBN: 978-605-68063-6-0 Editor: Samet ŞENEL, Fatih SANDIKÇI, Hüseyin Cihan DEMİREL, Ateş KADIOĞLU

3. 3. Current Urology, 3rd Edition - Chapter Title: Bladder and Urethral Injuries - Hakan Görkem KAZICI, Rifat Burak ERGÜL, Reşat AYDIN, Mazhar ORTAÇ

TÜD/Türk Üroloji Akedemisi Yayını, ISBN: 978-605-68063-7-7 , Editor: Ateş KADIOĞLU, İlker SEÇKİNER, Hüseyin Cihan DEMİREL, Samet ŞENEL, Fatih SANDIKÇI

4. Diagnosis: Basic Information, Propaedeutics- Chapter Title: Male Genital System- Rifat Burak Ergül, M.Öner Şanlı

ISBN: 978-975-368-845-1, Filiz Kitabevi Basım Yayın Dağıtım Petrol Ürünleri Sanayi ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., ISBN: 978-975-368-845-1, Editor: Çetin Karaca

5. Urology Textbook, Chapter Title: Gender Identity Issues, Ayşegül Tonyalı, Rıfat Burak Ergül, Şenol Tonyalı, Selçuk Sılay

ISBN: 978-625-94396-0-0, Turkish Association of Urology, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ocak 2024 - İstanbul

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Senol Tonyali, Hakan Bahadir Haberal, Rifat Ergul, Murat Dursun

Management of Patients Who Seek Urologic Care in Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Urol J 2020 Aug18;17(5):548-554.

Mazhar Ortac, Rifat Ergül ,Mehmet Gürcan, Tugba Kalayci, Sukru Palanduz, Resat Aydin, Ateş Kadıoğlu

Indication for Y Chromosome Microdeletion Analysis in Infertile Men: Is a New Sperm Concentration Threshold Needed?

Urology. 2020 Dec;146:113-117.

3. Meftun Culpan, Ferhat Keser, Hazal Cansu Acar^, Alper Otunctemur, Eyup Veli Kucuk, Selcuk Erdem, Murat Ozer, Ugur Tolga Sen, Enes Degirmenci, Rifat Ergul, Ramazan Gokhan Atis, Asif Yildirim

Impact of delay in cystoscopic surveillance on recurrence and progression rates in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic

Int J Clin Pract 2021 Jun 12;e14490.

4. Elif Kervancioglu Demirci, Murat Dursun, Erva Seviç, Rıfat Burak Ergül, Mustafa Önel, Ali Ağaçfidan, Ateş Kadıoğlu

Evidence for residual SARS-CoV-2 in corpus cavernosum of patients who recovered from COVID-19 infection

Andrology. 2022 Nov 25. doi: 10.1111/andr.13351.

5. Ibis MA, Gokce MI, Babayigit M, Yitgin Y, Karagoz MA, Boyuk A, Verep S, Turan S, Tefik T, Kiremit MC, Sonmez MG, Ergul R, Guven S, Sarica K.

Could retrograde intrarenal surgery be a safe and effective alternative to mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy ın the management of relatively large (20-30 mm) stones? A critical evaluation.

Int Urol Nephrol. 2022 Sep;54(9):2141-2148. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022-03255-9. Epub 2022 Jun 28

6. Yitgin Y, Altınkaya N, Turaliev N, Guven S, Ergul RB, Boyuk A, Verep S, Tefik T, Karagoz MA, Ibis MA, Gokce MI, Sarıca K.

Evaluation of the optimal duration for retrograde intrarenal stone surgery to prevent postoperative complications.

Scott Med J. 2022 Aug;67(3):121-125

7. Sinha MM, Gauhar V, Tzelves L, Tefik T, Ergul RB, Juliebø-Jones P, Somani BK.

Technical Aspects and Clinical Outcomes of Robotic Ureteroscopy: Is It Ready for Primetime? Curr Urol Rep. 2023 Jun 1:1–10.

Curr Urol Rep. 2023 Aug;24(8):391-400.

8. Rifat Burak Ergül , Mehmet Akif Ramazanoğlu , Murat Sambel , Sinan Akşit , Murat Dursun , Ateş Kadıoğlu

Successful Treatment of Detachment of the Incision after Al-Ghorab Procedure: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Prague Med Rep. 2023;124(3):301-307

9. Rifat Burak Ergul, Mazhar Ortac, Senol Tonyali, Gizem Pehlivan, Sule Ozturk Sari, Ozge Hurdogan, Ates Kadioglu

Primary Classic Penile Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Middle Age Circumcised HIV-Negative Patient: Presentation of an Unusual Case

Med Bull Sisli Etfal Hosp. Accepted Articles: SETB-46034 DOI: 10.14744/SEMB.2023.46034

10. Ergül RB, Bayramoğlu Z, Keçeli AM, Dönmez Mİ.

Risk for Testicular Germ Cell Tumors and Spermatogenesis Failure in Post-pubertal Undescended Testes.

Int Urol Nephrol. 2024 Feb 13. doi: 10.1007/s11255-024-03963-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38349599.

11. Ergül RB, Gurcan M, Aydin AB, Nane İ, Özcan F, Tefik T.

Robotic Flexible Ureteroscopy: A Step-by-step Video by Using Roboflex Avicenna^TM Platform.

Urology. 2024 Mar 18:S0090-4295(24)00158-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.03.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38508534.

12. Gurcan M, Ergul RB, Degirmenci E, Dursun M, Kadıoğlu A.

A Rare Presentation of Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report of Uncommon Localization in the Pelvic Region and a Review of Current Literature.

Cureus. 2024 May 14;16(5):e60312. doi: 10.7759/cureus.60312. PMID: 38883115; PMCID: PMC11176713.

13. Tefik T, Ergül RB, Osther P, Giusti G, Preminger GM, Straub M, Rassweiler JJ, Montanari E, Brehmer M, Seitz C, Grasso M, Pearle M, Proietti S, Cloutier J, Gunver M, Nane I, Ozcan F, Traxer O.

The relationship between the force applied and perceived by the surgeon during ureteral access sheath placement: ex-vivo experimental model.

World J Urol. 2024 May 16;42(1):329. doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-04982-7. PMID: 38753120; PMCID: PMC11098873.

14. Ergül RB, Butticè S, Yitgin Y, Günver MG, Ozcan F, Nane I, Traxer O, Tefik T.

Peak Force of Insertion During Ureteral Access Sheath Placement In An Ex-Vivo Experimental Model With Different Commercially Available Access Sheaths.

Urology. 2024 Oct;192:12-18. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.06.067. Epub 2024 Jul 2. PMID: 38964618.

15. Ergul RB, Ortac M, Tonyali S, Pehlivan G, Sari SO, Hurdogan O, Kadioglu

Primary Classic Penile Kaposi's Sarcoma in a Middle Age Circumcised HIV-Negative Patient: Presentation of an Unusual Case.

Sisli Etfal Hastan Tip Bul. 2024 Jun 28;58(2):241-243. doi:10.14744/SEMB.2023.46034. PMID: 39021691; PMCID: PMC11249993.

16. Özervarlı MF, Sevinç AH, Şenel S, Karaca Y, Ateş Y, Tantekin SA, Ergül RB, Aydın R, Pazır Y, Dursun M, Kadıoğlu A

Assessing the outcomes of subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy: pulling technique compared to the conventional method.

Int Urol Nephrol. 2025 May;57(5):1395-1402. doi: 10.1007/s11255-024-04326-9. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID: 39690399.

17. Ortaç M, Ergül RB, Yazılı HB, Özervarlı MF, Tonyalı Ş, Sarılar O, Özgör F

ChatGPT's competence in responding to urological emergencies.

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2025 Mar;31(3):291-295. doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2024.03377. PMID: 40052309; PMCID: PMC11894229.

18. Senel S, Teke I, Ergul RB, Aydin R, Sevinc AH, Dursun M, Kadioglu A.

Long-term results of modified Nesbit corporoplasty with medial neurovascular bundle dissection approach for ventral congenital penile curvature from a high-volume center.

BMC Urol. 2025 Mar 27;25(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12894-025-01748-0. PMID: 40148905; PMCID: PMC11948824.

19. Dönmez Mİ, Ergül RB, Selvi İ, Aydin R, Erköse Genç G, Şatana D, Erturan Z, Uzun M, Oktar T, Ziylan O, Nane İ.

A 20-Year Single-Centre Experience on Urogenital Tuberculosis.

Arch Esp Urol. 2025 Apr;78(3):265-271. doi: 10.56434/j.arch.esp.urol.20257803.36. PMID: 40340990.

NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Erdem Özatman, Rifat Burak Ergül, Reşat Aydın, Muhammet İrfan Dönmez, Tayfun Oktar, Orhan Ziylan, İsmet Nane

Is Cold Weather Testicle’s Friend or Foe?

Journal of Child 2023;23(3):49-52, DOI: 10.26650/jchild.2023.1115094

2. Rıfat BE, İsmail S, Mehmet G, Mücahit K, Muhammet İD, Orhan Z, Tayfun O.

Pyeloplasty in the Pelvic Kidney: A Step-by-step Video.

J Urol Surg. doi:10.4274/jus.galenos.2024.2023-12-4.

REVIEW ACTIVITY

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18. World Journal of Urology

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ABSTRACTS

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1. Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Öner Şanlı, Selçuk Erdem , Meftun Çulpan , Nusretcan Çilesiz, Reşat Aydın, Serdar Turan, Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Gürcan, Fatih Atuğ, Asıf Yıldırım, Faruk Özcan. Does intravesical BCG treatment given in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer have a protective role against COVID 19 infection? Preliminary results of a multicenter study

5. Ürolojik Cerrahi Kongresi 7-15 November 2020. (Online)

2. Mazhar Ortac, Rifat Ergul, Mehmet Gurcan, Tugba Kalayci, Sukru Palanduz, Resat Aydın, Ates Kadioglu. Indication for Y Chromosome Microdeletion Analysis in Infertile Men: Is a New Sperm Concentration Threshold Needed?

29. Ulusal Üroloji Online Kongresi, 17-21 November 2020

Yasin Yitgin, Samet Verep, Kamranbay Gasimov, Emine Yitgin, Rıfat Ergül, Abubekir Böyük, Tzevat Tefik. Güvenli ve Etkili Retrograd İntrarenal Cerrahi İçin Erişim Kılıfı Gerekli mi? Is Access Sheath Essential For Safety and Effective Retrograde Intrarenal Stone Surgery?

29. Ulusal Üroloji Online Kongresi, 17-21 November2020

3. Mazhar Ortaç, Murat Dursun, Rıfat Ergül, Taha Uçar, Nusret Can Çilesiz, Erhan Demirelli, Ateş Kadıoğlu. İnfertil Erkeklerde Genetik Analiz Sonuçlarının Değerlendirilmesi.

Güncel Andoroloji Sempozyumu , 14-17 October 2020

4. Kübra Nur Uzun, Dilara Akgöl, Ayşe Altun, Rıfat Burak Ergül, Ender Yalçınkaya Kalyan, Eray Çalışkan, İlknur Keskin. Normospermik hastaların ejakulatlarından spermchip teknolojisi ile elde edilen spermlerin DNA integritisinin incelenmesi

Güncel Andoroloji Sempozyumu , 14-17 October 2020

5. Rıfat Ergül, Mazhar Ortaç, Murat Dursun, Serdar Turan, Taha Uçar, Erhan Demirelli, Ateş Kadıoğlu Erkek İnfertilitesinde Genetik Bozuklukların Oranı: Tek Merkez Verileri

Güncel Andoroloji Sempozyumu , 14-17 October 2020

6. Ahmet Barış AYDIN, İsmail SELVİ, Rifat Burak ERGÜL, Seyfettin Anıl TANTEKIN, Muhammet İrfan DÖNMEZ, Tayfun OKTAR, Hasan Orhan Ziylan: Distal Hipospadias Cerrahisi Uzun Dönemde Fonksiyonel ve Kozmetik Açıdan Tatmin Edici Mi?

16. Türk Çocuk Üroloji Kongresi, 26-28 November 2021, İstanbul

7. Erdem ÖZATMAN, Rifat Burak ERGÜL, Reşat AYDIN, Muhammet İrfan DÖNMEZ, Tayfun OKTAR, Hasan Orhan ZİYLAN, İsmet NANE: Soğuk Hava Testisin Dostu mu Düşmanı mı?

16. Türk Çocuk Üroloji Kongresi, 26-28 November 2021, İstanbul

8. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Celal Caner Ercan, Mehmet Gürcan, Meltem Savran Karadeniz, Selçuk Erdem, Tzevat Tefik: Taşlı Böbrekte Düşme Sonrası Meydana Gelen Makroskopik Hematüri ve Yönetimi: Olgu Sunumu

15.EndoÜroloji Kongresi 5-8 May 2022, Cyprus

9. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Mehmet Gürcan, Seyfettin Anıl Tantekin, Bagdagul Aksu, Zeynep Yürük Yıldırım, Alev Yılmaz, Tzevat Tefik: Sistin Taşları ve Kronik Böbrek Hastalığı

15.EndoÜroloji Kongresi 5-8 May 2022, Cyprus

10. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değrimenci, Serdar Turan, Bagdagul Aksu, Zeynep Yürük Yıldırım, Alev Yılmaz, Tzevat Tefik: Sistin Taşları ve Tedaviye Uyum

15.EndoÜroloji Kongresi 5-8 May 2022, Cyprus

11. Enes Değirmenci, Selçuk Erdem, Rifat Ergül, Fırat Özervarlı, Öner Şanlı, Faruk Özcan:Mesane Tümöründe ReTUR Etkinliğini Araştıran Retrospektif Gözlemsel Bir Analiz

15.EndoÜroloji Kongresi 5-8 May 2022, Cyprus

12. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Reşat Aydın, Ahmet Barış Aydın, Tzevat Tefik: COVİD-19 Pandemisine Bağlı DJ Değişimi Gecikmesi Sonucu Meydana Gelen İleal Loopta Devasal Taş ve Lokal Anestezi Altında Endoskopik Girişim: Olgu Sunumu

15.EndoÜroloji Kongresi 5-8 May 2022, Cyprus

13. Rifat Burak Ergül, İsmail Selvi, Reşat Aydın, Muhammet İrfan Dönmez, Gonca Erköse Genç, Dilek Şatana, Zayre Erturan, Meltem Uzun, Orhan Ziylan, Tayfun Oktar, İsmet Nane: Genitoüriner Sistem Tüberkülozu: İTF Deneyimi

6. Ürolojik Cerrahi Kongre, 09-13 November 2020, Antalya 2022

14. Yasin Yitgin, Samet Verep, Kamranbay Gasimov, Emine Yitgin, Rıfat Ergül, Abubekir Böyük, Tzevat Tefik: Is Access Sheath Essential For Safety and Effective Retrograde Intrarenal Stone Surgery?

29. Ulusal Üroloji Online Kongresi, 17-21 November 2020

15. Meftun Çulpan, Ferhat Keser, Hazal Cansu Acar, Alper Ötünçtemur, Eyüp Veli Küçük, Selçuk Erdem, Murat Özer, Uğur Tolga Şen, Enes Değirmenci, Rıfat Ergül, Ramazan Gökhan Atış, Asıf Yıldırım: The impact of delay in cystoscopic surveillance on recurrence and progression rates in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients during COVID-19 pande- mic: a multicenter, prospective study

29. Ulusal Üroloji Online Kongresi, 17-21 November 2020

16. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değrimenci, Serdar Turan, Bagdagul Aksu, Zeynep Yürük Yıldırım, Alev Yılmaz, Tzevat Tefik: Cystine Stones and Treatment Compliance

7^th Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, 2022

17. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Mehmet Gürcan, Seyfettin Anıl Tantekin, Bagdagul Aksu, Zeynep Yürük Yıldırım, Alev Yılmaz, Tzevat Tefik: Cystine Stones and Chronic Kidney Disease

7^th Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, 2022

18. Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Enes Değirmenci, Reşat Aydın, Barış Aydın, Tzevat Tefik:Giant Stone In The Ileal Conduit Due To The Delay Of DJ Change Due To The COVİD-19 Pandemic and Endoscopik Intervention Under Local Anesthesia: A case Report

7^th Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, 2022

19. Seyfettin Anıl Tantekin, Rifat Burak Ergül, İlker Teke, Mehmet Güven Günver, İsmet Nane, Faruk Özcan, Tzevat Tefik: Is Tubeless Mini-PCNL Safer Than Standard Mini-PCNL?

7^th Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, 2022

20. Muhammet Fırat Özervarlı, Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Gürcan, Dılşat Fırat Arslan, Yasemin Şanlı, Faruk Özcan, Tzevat Tefik:DMSA Assessment of Renal Function Following Mini-PCNL

7^th Istanbul Urolithiasis Days, 2022

21. Tzevat Tefik , Serdar Turan , Tayfun Mevlüt Oktar , Reşat Aydın , Rifat Burak Ergül , Muhammet İrfan Dönmez , Hasan Orhan Ziylan , Taner Koçak , İsmet Nane: CANLI DONÖR NEFREKTOMİDE FLEXİBLE ÜRETEROSKOPİ İLE TAŞLARIN EX VİVO TEDAVİSİ

XIV. Kongresi̇ Transplantasyon, 2022

Rifat Burak Ergül, Mehmet Akif Ramazanoğlu, Sinan Akşit, Murat Sambel, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu:: Successfull Treatment of Detachment of The Incision After Al-Ghorab Procedure: A case Report

31. Ulusal Üroloji Kongresi,27-30 October 2022

23. Rifat Ergül, Mehmet Gürcan, Reşat Aydın, Murat Kaya, Tuğba Kalaycı, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu: İnfertil Hastalarda Otozomal Anomaliler

Türk Üroloji Dernekleri Sempozyumu, 16-19 March 2023

24. Muhammet Fırat Özervarlı, Rıfat Burak Ergül, Reşat Aydın, Seyfettin Anıl Tantekin, Murat Dursun, Ateş Kadıoğlu: ‘’Pulling’’ Tekniği ile Subinguinal Mikrocerrahi Varikoselektomi Kısa Dönem Sonuçları: Üçüncü Basamak Tek Merkez Deneyimi

Türk Üroloji Dernekleri Sempozyumu, 16-19 March 2023

25. Rifat Ergül, Öner Şanlı, Selçuk Erdem, Enes Değirmenci, Ahmet Barış Aydın, Reşat Aydın, Serdar Turan, Faruk Özcan: Prostat Kanserinde Hasta Eğitim Seviyesinin Aktif İzlemden Protokol Dışı Tedaviye Geçişte Rolü Var Mıdır?