Oya M. Andacoglu

Oya M. Andacoglu, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Liver Transplant
Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

University of Utah Hospital

Transplant Center
Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

  • Oya M. Andacoglu, MD, is a board-certified liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation surgeon specializing in living and deceased donor liver transplantation for adult and pediatric patients.

    Dr. Andacoglu is an assistant professor of surgery and serves as the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program in the Division of Transplantation and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.

    She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin, followed by a multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute in Washington, D.C. In addition, she spent two years in Turkey exclusively in adult and pediatric living donor liver transplantation.

    She is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) for general surgery and holds an American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) certification for adult and pediatric liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine transplantation, and hepatobiliary surgery.

    Dr. Andacoglu is an active member and serves as chair or member of several committees at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), American Society of Transplantation (AST) International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

    Her research focuses on living and deceased donor liver transplantation for adult and pediatric patients.

    For more information on University of Utah Health's Transplant Services, please visit our website: healthcare.utah.edu/transplant

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

  • Oya M. Andacoglu, MD, is a board-certified liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation surgeon specializing in living and deceased donor liver transplantation for adult and pediatric patients.

    Dr. Andacoglu is an assistant professor of surgery and serves as the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program in the Division of Transplantation and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.

    She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin, followed by a multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute in Washington, D.C. In addition, she spent two years in Turkey exclusively in adult and pediatric living donor liver transplantation.

    She is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) for general surgery and holds an American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) certification for adult and pediatric liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine transplantation, and hepatobiliary surgery.

    Dr. Andacoglu is an active member and serves as chair or member of several committees at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), American Society of Transplantation (AST) International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

    Her research focuses on living and deceased donor liver transplantation for adult and pediatric patients.

    For more information on University of Utah Health's Transplant Services, please visit our website: healthcare.utah.edu/transplant

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

    Education history

    Fellowship Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Fellow
    Surgery - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Chief Resident
    Residency Surgery - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Resident
    Surgery - University of Florida College of Medicine Resident
    Postdoctoral Fellowship Surgical Oncology - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Surgery - Deanery of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Deanery of Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine M.D.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Sturdevant M, Ganesh S, Samstein B, Verna EC, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Kumar V, Abouljoud M, Andacoglu O, Askar M, Broering D, Emamaullee J, Emond JC, Haugen CE, Jesse MT, Kasahara M, Liapakis A, Mandelbrot D, Pillai A, Roll GR, Selzner N, Emre S, AST LDLT Consensus Conference Working Group (2023). Advances and innovations in living donor liver transplant techniques, matching and surgical training: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clin Transplant, 37(7), e14968. (Read full article)
    2. Pollok JM, Tinguely P, Berenguer M, Niemann CU, Raptis DA, Spiro M, ERAS4OLTorg collaborative (2022). Enhanced recovery for liver transplantation: recommendations from the 2022 International Liver Transplantation Society consensus conference. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol, 8(1), 81-94. (Read full article)
    3. Andacoglu O, Ozkan O, Sekmen U, Dibekoglu C, Tokat Y (2022). A Review on the Concepts for Initially Unresectable Liver Tumors - Bridge to Surgery. Chirurgia (Bucur), 117(6), 635-642. (Read full article)
    4. Andacoglu O, Sabisch E, Malamutmann E, Ozbek U, Emre A, Tokat Y, Oezcelik A (2022). Multi-center living liver donor quality of life survey up to 20 years after donor hepatectomy and association with surgical outcomes. HPB (Oxford), 24(11), 1975-1979. (Read full article)
    5. Adams MA, Andacoglu O, Crouch CE, de Santibaes M, Jackson WE, Jalal A, Montasser IF, Rubman S, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Miller C, Pomfret E, ERAS4OLTorg Working Group (2021). Does pre-operative counselling of the donor improve immediate and short-term outcomes after living liver donation? - A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant, 36(10), e14636. (Read full article)
    6. Andacoglu O, Tokat Y, Malamutmann E, Adali G, Emre A, Oezcelik A (2022). Outcomes of right lobe donors with BMI≥30 for living donor liver transplantation. Clin Transplant, 36(7), e14698. (Read full article)
    7. Karadag HI, Andacoglu O, Papadakis M, Paul A, Oezcelik A, Malamutmann E (2021). Invasive Fungal Infections After Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Matched Controlled Risk Analysis. Ann Transplant, 26, e930117. (Read full article)
    8. Andacoglu O, Aki FT (2021). Global Perspective on Kidney Transplantation: Turkey. Kidney360, 2(7), 1160-1162. (Read full article)
    9. Andacoglu O, zbek U, Liu J, Figueredo C, Chacko KR, Tow C, Reinus JF, Kinkhabwala M (2021). Comparison of 1-Year Morbidity Following Liver Transplant for Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis Versus Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Exp Clin Transplant, 19(5), 439-444. (Read full article)
    10. Yankol Y, Bugeaud E, Zens T, Rizzari M, Mecit N, Leverson GE, Foley D, Mezrich JD, Kanmaz T, Andaolu OM, DAlessandro AM, Acarl KS, Kalayolu M, Fernandez LA (2021). A comparison of rates and severity of chronic kidney disease in deceased-donor and living-donor liver transplant recipients: times matter. Turk J Med Sci, 51(2), 610-622. (Read full article)
    11. Cheema F, Andacoglu O, Huang LC, Phillips SE, Malcher F (2021). Risk Factors for Surgical Site Occurrence or Infection and Recurrence After Incisional Hernia Repair in Abdominal Transplant Population. Transplant Proc, 53(2), 762-767. (Read full article)
    12. Andacoglu OM, Himmler A, Geng X, Ahn J, Conlon E, Khan K, Yazigi N, Fishbein TM (2018). Factors Associated With Growth After Deceased and Live Donor Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc, 51(9), 3059-3066. (Read full article)
    13. Rubinz R, Andaolu OM, Anderson E, Corder W, Michaelson E, Moore J, Cooper M, Ghasemian S (2019). Transplant nephrectomy with peritoneal window: Georgetown University experience. Turk J Surg, 35(3), 191-195. (Read full article)
    14. Andacoglu OM, Himmler A, Geng X, Ahn J, Ghasemian S, Cooper M, Abrams P (2019). Comparison of glycemic control after pancreas transplantation for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic recipients at a high volume center. Clin Transplant, 33(8), e13656. (Read full article)
    15. Meredith K, Huston J, Andacoglu O, Shridhar R (2018). Safety and feasibility of robotic-assisted Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy. Dis Esophagus, 31(7). (Read full article)
    16. Polat AV, Soran A, Andacoglu O, Kamali Polat A, McGuire K, Diego E, Johnson R (2013). The importance of pre-operative needle core breast biopsy results on resected tissue volume, margin status, and cosmesis. J BUON, 18(3), 601-7. (Read full article)
    17. Andacoglu O, Kanbour-Shakir A, Teh YC, Bonaventura M, Ozbek U, Anello M, Ganott M, Kelley J, Dirican A, Soran A (2011). Rationale of excisional biopsy after the diagnosis of benign radial scar on core biopsy: a single institutional outcome analysis. Am J Clin Oncol, 36(1), 7-11. (Read full article)
    18. Polat AK, Kanbour-Shakir A, Andacoglu O, Polat AV, Johnson R, Bonaventura M, Soran A (2011). Atypical hyperplasia on core biopsy: is further surgery needed? Am J Med Sci, 344(1), 28-31. (Read full article)
    19. Ozbas S, Ozmen V, Igci A, Muslumanoglu M, Ozcinar B, Balkan M, Aydogan F, Canda T, Harmancioglu O, Aksaz E, Gulluoglu BM, Kayahan M, Ozaslan C, Canturk NZ, Mersin H, Utkan Z, Kocak S, Ulufi N, Polat AK, Andacoglu O, Soran A (2011). Predicting the likelihood of nonsentinel lymph node metastases in triple negative breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node: Turkish Federation of Breast Disease Associations protocol MF09-01. Clin Breast Cancer, 12(1), 63-7. (Read full article)
    20. Soran A, Wu WC, Dirican A, Johnson R, Andacoglu O, Wilson J (2010). Estimating the probability of lymphedema after breast cancer surgery. Am J Clin Oncol, 34(5), 506-10. (Read full article)
    21. Dirican A, Andacoglu O, Johnson R, McGuire K, Mager L, Soran A (2010). The short-term effects of low-level laser therapy in the management of breast-cancer-related lymphedema. Support Care Cancer, 19(5), 685-90. (Read full article)
    22. Akgn T, Kahveci G, Gler A, Andaolu O (2009). Huge intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars, 37(3), 212. (Read full article)

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