Engin Oral

BIO

I am reproductive endocrinologist and an endometriosis specialist. Upon completion of my residency at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty I finished my
postdoctoral training at Yale University, New Haven, USA. I practiced as a specialist at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of OB&GYN under the division of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility and IVF between 1997-2019, during which I received the degrees as associated professor and professor. Now I serve as a clinical professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.

I am the former president of the European Endometriosis League and an active executive board member of the society since 2016. I founded Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Society, Turkey in 2009 and also serving actively as an executive board member. I was appointed as World Endometriosis Society Senior Ambassador in March 2019. I have 67 peer-reviewed articles in international academic journals, 27 of which are on endometriosis,. My research is mainly focused on endometriosis, ART and infertility.

Relevant publications

I founded Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Society, Turkey in 2009 in order to enhance both academic awareness and interactions among physicians and also to increase patient awareness in Turkey. With the power of the association, we organize many scientific courses, seminars, webinars and patient events in the field of endometriosis every year. You can visit the website for more detailed information . In the light of these academic activities we published the ‘Turkish Guideline of Diagnosis and Management of Endometriosis‘ which I chaired. I also contributed to the latest ESHRE, 2022 Endometriosis Guideline under the ‘pain section’.

Apart from these activites, with the support of endometriosis experts from the Turkish Endometriosis and Adenomyosis Society and under my supervision and along with the collaboration of several centers around Turkey we have initiated ‘Turkish Endometriosis- Adenomyosis BioBank’ project. The aim of the biobank project is to recruit endometriosis and adenomyosis patients and store their blood and serum samples which will be used in studies in the future. For the collection of data, tissue and samples WERF EPHect protocol which were also previously translated to Turkish languge will be used. (Mis C., Kofali G., Swift B., Yalcin Bahat P., Senocak G., Taneri B., Hummelshoj L., Missmer A.S., Becker C., Zondervan K., Yuksel Ozgor B., Oral E., Inceboz U., Hocaoglu M. and Rahmioglu N. Protocol for the Cultural Translation and Adaptation of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project Endometriosis Participant Questionnaire (EPHect). Front. Glob. Womens Health, 26 March 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.644609.)

Please also see some of my publications relevant to my role in FEMale project below:

  • N.F.T.Topbas Selcuki, S.Yilmaz, C.Kaya, T.A.Usta, E.Oral. Thoracic Endometriosis: A Review Comparing 480 Patients Based on Catamenial and Non-Catamenial Presentation. November 2020, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 27(7): S45 DOI:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.08.374
  • Oral E, Ilvan S, Tustas E, Korbeyli B, Kosebay D, Prevalence of endometriosis in malignant epithelial ovary tumours Research article Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2003 Jul;109(1):97-101.
  • Oral E, Arici A. Peritoneal growth factors and endometriosis Semin Reprod Endocrinol. 1996;14(3):257-67.