Nuclear Medicine
Asst. Prof. Serhat KOCA
Areas of expertise
• Cancer Imaging (PET/CT)
• Radionuclide Therapy for Toxic Goiter and Thyroid Cancer
• Radionuclide Therapy for Prostate Cancer
• Radionuclide Therapy for Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Exercise/Pharmacological Cardiac Scintigraphy
• Renal Scintigraphy
• Bone Scintigraphy
• Thyroid Scintigraphy
• Parathyroid Scintigraphy
• Other Scintigraphy Procedures
Education Information
• Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, 2009–2013
• Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 1997–2004
• High School: Kastamonu Bozkurt High School, 1995–1996 / Kayseri Science High School, 1993–1995
Work Experiences
• Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital – Specialist in Nuclear Medicine, January 2026 – June 2026
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine Hospital – Specialist in Nuclear Medicine, April 2017 – December 2025
• Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital – Specialist in Nuclear Medicine, October 2013 – February 2017
• Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital – Resident in Nuclear Medicine, January 2009 – September 2013
• Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Sağlık A.Ş., Emergency Medical Services (112 Hızır Acil)
• Military Unit – Medical Officer (Reserve Lieutenant)
• Medline Emergency Health Services – General Practitioner, January 2005 – November 2008
Language
• English: YDS (September 2016): 87.5
• Spanish: YDS (April 2025): 86.25
• DELE Examination (November 2025): C1 Level – Passed
• Problem-Based Learning, 11 June 2021
• Teaching Skills, 24–25 June 2021
• Basic Good Clinical Practice Training, 9–10 December 2023
Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging in the Strategic Selection of the Accessory Spleen as a Biopsy Site for Definitive Lymphoma Diagnosis in a 67-Year-Old Man: A Case Report, Médecine Nucléaire, January 9, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mednuc.2025.09.010
• Predictive Significance of Intraprostatic Volumetric Parameters Derived from Early and Standard Time 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT Images in Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients, Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2024 Jul 1;45(7):629-641.
• False-Positive Findings in Post-Treatment Iodine-131 Whole-Body Scintigraphy in a Nasolacrimal Sac Cyst, Confirmed With SPECT/CT and MRI, Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2011 Sep;36(9):805-7.
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Scintigraphy: Statistical Analysis of Reflux Severity According to Age, Gender and Lower Respiratory Tract Findings in Children with Positive Results, Turkish Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2010;19(3):138-47.
Posters Presented at International Scientific Meetings
• Detecting Parathyroid Pathologies in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: 99mTc MIBI Parathyroid Scintigraphy, SPECT and SPECT/CT, EANM'11, Birmingham, UK, 15–19 October 2011.
• The Role of MRI and FDG-PET/CT in Detecting Recurrence of Cervical Cancer, EANM'11, Birmingham, UK, 15–19 October 2011.
• 9th International Nuclear Oncology Congress & 22nd National Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Antalya, 25–29 April 2010
• 4th PET/CT Symposium, Konya, 18–20 November 2011
• 1st Balkan Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Antalya, 4–8 September 2012
• 29th EANM Congress, Barcelona, 15–19 October 2016
• TARE in Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors, 9 February 2019
• TNTD Nuclear Cardiology Symposium, İzmir, 15–16 November 2019
• 32nd National Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Online, 20–21 November 2020
• 4th National Symposium on Radiation Safety and Protection, Online, 3–4 December 2020 (Speaker: Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine)
• 2nd Bezmialem International Disaster Nursing Symposium, 7 March 2024 (Speaker: Radiological, Nuclear Agents and Health Management)
• 36th National Congress of Nuclear Medicine, Kyrenia, 8–12 May 2024
