Spec. MD.
Nevzat Koca
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Rheumatology
Areas of Interests
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis,
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Sjögren Syndrome, etc. connective tissue diseases
- Vasculitis
- Behcet's Disease
- Gout Disease
Education:
- 2005-2011- Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine- Medical Education
- 2012-2017- Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine- Internal Medicine Specialist Education
- 2018-2022- Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine - Rheumatology Subspecialist Education
Experience:
- 2012- Bingöl Adaklı Community Health Center- General Practitioner
- 2017-2018-Mardin Kızıltepe State Hospital- Internal Medicine Specialist
- 2022-2024-Şanlıurfa Education and Research Hospital - Rheumatology Specialist
- A single center survey study of systemic vasculitis and COVID-19 during the first months of pandemic. Ince B, Bektaş M, Koca N. et al. Turk J Med Sci. 2021 Oct 21;51(5):2243-2247. doi: 10.3906/sag-2010-267. PMID: 33862669
- Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis and COVID-19: The Clinical Course and Prognosis of 15 Patients From a Tertiary Care Center. İnce B, Bektaş M, Koca N. et al. J Clin Rheumatol. 2022 May 25. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001855. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35612560.
- Course and Prognosis of AA Amyloidosis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Report of Three Cases from a Single Center Cohort and Review of the Literature. Mediterr J Rheumatol Bektaş M, Koca N, Ince B. et al. 2022;32(2):185-95. https://doi.org/10.31138/mjr.33.2.185.
- A Case of Takayasu Arteritis with Thrombotic Microangiopathy Secondary to Malignant Hypertension Due to Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis. Torun ES, Koca N, Yalçınkaya Y. et al. Open Access Rheumatol. 2022 Mar 28;14:39-42. doi: 10.2147/OARRR.S359283. PMID: 35370427; PMCID: PMC8974245.
- Criteria for hyperinflammation developing in coronavirus disease-19: analysis of two cohorts from different periods of the pandemic. Amikishiyev S, Gunver MG, Bektas M, Aghamuradov S, Ince B, Koca N. et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Dec 12:10.1002/art.42417. doi: 10.1002/art.42417. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36508470; PMCID: PMC9878117.
- Higher Frequency and Poor Prognosis with COVID-19 Associated Cytokine Storm among Cancer Patients: Between Two Fires. Journal of Cancer Bektas M, Koca N, ince B. Higher Frequency and Poor Prognosis with COVID-19 Associated Cytokine Storm among Cancer Patients: Between Two Fires. J Cancer Immunol. 2022;4(2):33-42.DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/cancerimmunol.4.063
- Characteristics and course of patients with AA amyloidosis: single centre experience with 174 patients from Turkey. Bektas M, Koca N, Oguz E, Sari S, Dagci G, Ince B, Ozer PK, Agargun BF, Yalcinkaya Y, Artim-Esen B, Ocal L, Inanc M, Gul A.. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Feb 1;63(2):319-328. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead465. PMID: 37738242
Book Chapter Authorship
- Koca N. (2021). Chapter-37: Large Vessel Vasculitis and Hypertension. Yusuf Ziya Şener & Metin Okşul (Eds), Current Approach to Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment (pp. 383-402). Yenişehir/Ankara. Akademisyen Yayınevi A.Ş. doi:10.37609/akya.607.
Scientific Meetings Speaker
- Adult Type Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Case Diagnosed with Catatonia and Pulmonary Embolism Clinic Developing After Meningococcal and Tetanus Vaccination Oral Presentation. Multidisciplinary Approach to Inflammation with Cases Symposium. Sakarya, Turkey. September 10-12, 2021.
- Precursor Criteria Study in COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Macrophage Activation Syndrome Oral Presentation. Istanbul Medical Faculty Traditional 15th Internal Medicine Days Congress. Sakarya, Turkey. March 24-27, 2022.
- Investigation of Findings That Can Predict Response to Anakinra Treatment in Patients with COVID-19 Associated Macrophage Activation Syndrome. Istanbul Medical Faculty Traditional 15th Internal Medicine Days Congress. Sakarya, Turkey March 24-27, 2022.
- Temporal Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica Presentation. 9th Firat Rheumatology Symposium. Elazig, Turkey August 30, 2023.
- Factors Determining the Need for Biological Treatment in Takayasu Arteritis: Oral Presentation of the Long-Term Analysis Study of 132 Patients Followed in a Single Center. Target 2024 Symposium in Rheumatology. Istanbul, Turkey April 25-27, 2024.
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRESS) Presentation. 10th Firat Rheumatology Symposium. Diyarbakir, Turkey September 13-15, 2024.
Poster Presentations Made at National and International Scientific Meetings
- A Case of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Sekukinumab in an Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient. N.Koca, BA.Esen, A. Gül, L.Öcal, M.İnanç. Target in Rheumatology 2019 Symposium. Istanbul, Turkey April 17-20, 2019.
- A patient with Behcet's Disease and drug eruption-associated recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers. Koca N. Yalçın Dulundu B. Ç., Bektaş E., Oğuz E., Yalçınkaya Y., Artım Esen B., Öcal M. L., İnanç M., Gül A. Cerrahpaşa Behçet's Disease Symposium - I, İstanbul, Turkey, February 21 - 22, 2020, p.19
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 158 AA amyloidosis patients followed in a single center. Koca N., Bektaş M., Oğuz E., Yalçınkaya Y., Artım Esen B., İnanç M. Öcal L., Gül A., 20th - National Rheumatology Congress, Antalya, Turkey, October 16 - 20, 2019, p.70
- Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) as an acute phase reactant and biomarker in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever and amyloidosis compared to infections. N. Koca, R. Deniz, M. Erdugan, Y. Yalçinkaya, B. Artim-Esen,M. L. Ocal, M. Inanc, A. Gül, EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 80(Suppl 1):1006.2-1007.
- Member of the Turkish Rheumatology Association,
- Founding member of the TRD-Young Rheumatologists Group affiliated with the Turkish Rheumatology Association and member of the Peer and Field Relations Working Committee, which is a subgroup.
- Member of the Turkish Medical Association, Istanbul Medical Chamber.
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