Zuhal Atan Uçar

• Sehremini High School
• Trakya University Faculty of Medicine
• Taksim Training and Research Hospital Internal Medicine
• Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Nephrology

• Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital Emergency Physician
• Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University Nephrology Specialist
• Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Sisli Florence Nightingale Hospital Nephrology Specialist
• Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital Nephrology Specialist

Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:

• Sakaci T, Ahbap E, Toprak M, Sevinc M, Basturk T, Koc Y, Akpinar S, Ozagari A, Koksal C, Kara E, Akgol C, Atan Ucar Z, Sahutoglu T, Bayraktar Caglayan F, Unsal A. A Case of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Superimposed on Behcet’s Disease. International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports 2014; 1(1): 17-23.
• Ahbap E, Kara E, Sahutoglu T, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sakaci T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Ucar ZA, Kayalar AO, Bayraktar F, Ozagari AA, Unsal A. Outcome of 121 patients with renal amyloid a amyloidosis. J Res Med Sci. 2014 Jul;19(7):644-9.
• Kara E, Ahbap E, Sahutoglu T, Sakaci T, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Ucar ZA, Kayalar AO, Bayraktar F, Unsal A. Elevated serum leptin levels are associated with good nutritional status in non-obese chronic hemodialysis patients. Clin Nephrol. 2015 Mar;83(3):147-53.
• Ahbap E, Sakaci T, Kara E, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Kayalar AO, Ucar ZA, Bayraktar F, Unsal A. Relationship between relative interdialytic weight gain and serum leptin levels, nutrition, and inflammation in chronic hemodialysis patients. Clin Nephrol. 2015 Mar;83(3):154-60.
• Sakaci T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sinangil A, Ahbap E, Kara E, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Sahutoglu T, Atan Ucar Z, Kayalar Ozdemir A, Bayraktar Caglayan F, Unsal A. Unusual Cause of Rhabdomyolysis Causing Acute Renal Failure: Achillea millefolium and Rheum palmatum Plants. International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports, 2015; 3(1): 15-19.
• Sakaci T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Ahbap E, Sinangil A, Kara E, Atan Ucar Z, Algol C, Kayalar Ozdemir A, Bayraktar Caglayan F, Sahutoglu T, Unsal A. Effect of Initial PET Status on Clinical Course in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. BANTAO Journal 2015; 13(1): 14-19.
• Sakacı T, Ahbap E, Koc Y, Basturk T, Ucar ZA, Sinangil A, Sevinc M, Kara E, Akgol C, Kayalar AO, Caglayan FB, Sahutoglu T, Ünsal A. Clinical outcomes and mortality in elderly peritoneal dialysis patients. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2015 May;70(5):363-8.
• Caglayan F, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sakacı T, Ahbap E, Kara E, Ucar Z, Oz C, Cakır D, Sinangil A, Unsal A. Synthetic cannabinoid induced acute kidney injury in two previously healthy young men. International Journal Of Advances In Case Reports, 2015;2(4):178-181.
• Basturk T, Koc Y, Ucar Z, Sakaci T, Ahbap E, Kara E, Bayraktar F, Sevinc M, Sahutoglu T, Kayalar A, Sinangil A, Akgol C, Unsal A. Renal Damage Frequency in Patients with Solitary Kidney and Factors That Affect Progression. Int J Nephrol. 2015;2015:876907.
• Ahbap E, Sakaci T, Kara E, Sahutoglu T, Ozturk S, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Ucar ZA, Kayalar AO, Caglayan FB, Gurbuz S, Unsal A. Familial Mediterranean Fever is associated with abnormal ventricular repolarization indices. Rev Med Chil. 2015 Dec;143(12):1560-8.
• Kara E, Sakaci T, Ahbap E, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Kayalar AO, Ucar ZA, Unsal A, Seyahi N. Posttransplant Urinary Tract Infection Rates and Graft Outcome in Kidney Transplantation for End-Stage Renal Disease Due to Reflux Nephropathy Versus Chronic Glomerulonephritis. Transplant Proc. 2016 Jul-Aug;48(6):2065-71.
• Sahutoglu T, Kara E, Elbis Ahbap, Sakaci T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Atan Ucar Z, Kayalar A, Caglayan F, Unsal A. Test of the recommended dialysis dose on one-year mortality of nondiabetic maintenance hemodialysis patients; observations from a single dialysis unit. Renal Failure 2016 Sep;38(8):1174-9.
• Koc Y, Basturk T, Sakaci T, Atan Ucar Z, Ahbap E, Sevinc M, Sinangil A, Kara E, Ozdemir Kayalar A, Bayraktar Caglayan F, Sahutoglu T, Baris Hasbal N, Ünsal A. Is peritoneal dialysis a therapeutic option for polycystic kidney disease? 15 years' experience in a single center. Nephrol The. 2016 Jul;12(4):215-20.
• Ahbap E, Sakaci T, Kara E, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Kayalar AO, Ucar ZA, Bayraktar F, Unsal A. The relationship between serum albumin levels and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recordings in non-diabetic essential hypertensive patients. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2016 May 1;71(5):257-263.
• Sahutoglu T, Sakaci T, Kara E, Ahbap E, Basturk T, Koc Y, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Kayarlar AO, Ucar ZA, Caglayan FB, Hasbal NB, Nazif P, Isleem M, Sahutoglu E, Unsal A. Persistent left superior vena cava: Two case reports and a review from nephrologists' perspective. Hemodial Int. 2016 Jul;20(3):369-77.
• Ahbap E, Sakaci T, Kara E, Sahutoglu T, Koc Y, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Akgol C, Kayalar AO, Ucar ZA, Bayraktar F, Unsal A. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in evaluation of inflammation in end-stage renal disease. Clin Nephrol. 2016 Apr;85(4):199-208.
• Sakacı T, Ahbap E, Basturk T, Koc Y, Kara E, Sevinc M, Ucar Z, Caglayan F, Kayalar A, Sahutoglu T, Akgul C, Sinangil A, Unsal A. Does body mass index affect survival and technique failure in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis? Minerva Urol Nefrol. 2016 Jun;68(3):302-10.
• Koc Y, Basturk T, Sakaci T, Caglayan FB, Hasbal NB, Ahbap E, Sevinc M, Sinangil A, Ucar ZA, Nazif P, Islam M, Unsal A. Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis: a single center, retrospective analysis of clinical manifestations, risk factors and prognosis. Minerva Urol Nefrol. 2018 Feb 22. doi: 10.23736/S0393-2249.18.03057-6.
• Ucar ZA, Sinangil A, Koc Y, Barlas S, Abouzahir S, Ecder ST, Akin EB. Clinical Prognosis of Renal Retransplant Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Transplant Proc. 2019 Sep;51(7):2274-2278. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.03.053.
• Barlas IS, Aydogdu I, Sinangil A, Ucar ZA, Koc Y, Sardogan C, Akin EB. Incisional Complications and Cosmetic Evaluation After Hand-assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Transplant Proc. 2019 Sep;51(7):2215-2220. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.162.
• Sinangil A, Ucar ZA, Koc Y, Barlas S, Abouzahir S, Ecder ST, Akin EB. Outcome of Desensitization Therapy in Immunologically High-Risk Kidney Transplantation: Single-Center Experience. Transplant Proc. 2019 Sep;51(7):2268-2273. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.04.068.
• Barlas IS, Aydogdu İ, Sinangil A, Ucar ZA, Koc Y, Ecder T, Akin EB. Hand-Assisted Nephrectomy Predisposes Incisional Herniation in Obese Living Donors. Transplant Proc. 2019 Sep;51(7):2210-2214. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.02.042.
• Demir E, Uyar M, Parmaksiz E, Sinangil A, Yelken B, Dirim AB, Merhametsiz Ö, Yadigar S, Uçar ZA, Ucar AR, Demir ME, Mese M, Akin EB, Gareyeva N, Safak S, Oto ÖA, Yazıcı H, Türkmen A. COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients: A multicenter experience in Istanbul. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020;22
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• Hasbal NB, Caglayan FB, Sakaci T, Ahbap E, Koc Y, Sevinc M, Ucar ZA, Ünsal A, Baştürk T. Unexpectedly High Prevalence of Low Alpha-Galactosidase A Enzyme Activity in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Clinics. 2020;75
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• Erol Demir, Zuhal Atan Ucar, Hamad Dheir, Ramazan Danis, Berna Yelken, Murathan Uyar, Ergun Parmaksiz, Ayse Serra Artan, Ayse Sinangil, Ozgur Merhametsiz, Serap Yadigar, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Baris Akin, Nurana Garayeva, Seda Safak Aydin Turkmen. COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Experience from the First Two Waves of Pandemic. BMC Nephrology (2022) 23:183.
• Zuhal Atan Ucar, Ayse Sinangil, Yener Koc, I. Soykan Barlas, S. Tevfik Ecder, Emin Baris Akin. The Effect of Alendronate on Bone Mineral Disorder in Renal Transplant Patients. Transplantation Proceedings, 000, 1−5 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.01.016.

Presented papers at international scientific conferences:

1. T. Basturk, Y. Koc, A. Unsal, E. Ahbap, A. Sinangil, T. Sakaci, M. Sevinc, Z. Atan Ucar. "Is There Effect of Body Mass Index on Survival in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients?" 14th Congress of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, September 2012.

2. E. Ahbap, E. Kara, T. Basturk, T. Sakaci, Y. Koc, T. Sahutoglu, C. Akgol, M. Sevinc, Z. Ucar, A. Unsal. "Neutrophil to lymphocyte and platelet to lymphocyte ratio: A novel Markers of inflammation in Chronic haemodialysis patients" 51st Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Amsterdam/Netherlands, May 31 - June 3, 2014.

3. E. Kara, E. Ahbap, T. Basturk, Y. Koc, T. Sakaci, T. Sahutoglu, C. Akgol, M. Sevinc, Z. Ucar, A. Unsal, N. Seyahi. "Evaluation of the factors affecting graft function and survival in renal transplant recipients with reflux nephropathy" 51st Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Amsterdam/Netherlands, May 31 - June 3, 2014.

4. E. Ahbap, E. Kara, T. Basturk, Y. Koc, T. Sakaci, T. Sahutoglu, M. Sevinc, Z. Ucar, A. Unsal. "Relationship Between relative interdialytic weight gain with serum Leptin levels, nutrition and inflammation in chronic haemodialysis patients" 51st Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Amsterdam/Netherlands, May 31 - June 3, 2014.

5. E. Kara, E. Ahbap, T. Sakaci, T. Sahutoglu, M. Sevinc, T. Basturk, Y. Koc, C. Akgol, Z. Atan Ucar, A. Ozdemir Kayalar, F. Bayraktar, A. Unsal. "Evaluation of ventricular repolarization in familial mediterranean fever patients with/without amyloidosis" 52nd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). London/UK, May 28-31, 2015.

6. T. Sakaci, T. Sahutoglu, E. Ahbap, E. Kara, T. Basturk, Y. Koc, M. Sevinc, F. Bayraktar, C. Akgol, Z. Atan Ucar, A. Ozdemir Kayalar, A. Unsal. "Analysis of renal biopsies in geriatric patients: Single center experience" 52nd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). London/UK, May 28-31, 2015.

7. T. Basturk, Y. Koc, Z. Atan Ucar, T. Sakaci, E. Ahbap, E. Kara, F. Bayraktar, M. Sevinc, T. Sahutoglu, A. Ozdemir Kayalar, A. Sinangil, C. Akgol, A. Unsal. "Renal damage frequency in patients with solitary kidney and factors that affect progression" 52nd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). London/UK, May 28-31, 2015.

8. A. Ozdemir Kayalar, T. Basturk, Y. Koc, F. Bayraktar, T. Sakaci, E. Ahbap, E. Kara, Z. Atan Ucar, M. Sevinc, C. Akgol, T. Sahutoglu, A. Sinangil, A. Unsal. "Comparison of long term complication in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for more than 10 or more years" 52nd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). London/UK, May 28-31, 2015.

9. E. Ahbap, T. Sakaci, E. Kara, T. Sahutoglu, Y. Koc, T. Basturk, M. Sevinc, C. Akgol, AO. Kayalar, ZA. Ucar, F. Bayraktar, NB. Hasbal, M. Isleem, P. Nazif, A. Unsal. "The relationship between serum albumin levels and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recordings in non-diabetic essential hypertensive patients" 53rd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Vienna/Austria, May 21-24, 2016.

10. A. Unsal, E. Ahbap, T. Sakaci, E. Kara, T. Sahutoglu, Y. Koc, T. Basturk, C. Akgol, M. Sevinc, AO. Kayalar, ZA. Ucar, FB. Caglayan, B. Hasbal, M. Isleem, P. Nazif. "Serum uric acid levels and inflammatory markers with respect to dipping status: A retrospective analysis of hypertensive patients with or without chronic kidney disease" 53rd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Vienna/Austria, May 21-24, 2016.

11. T. Basturk, O. Sari, Y. Koc, N. Eren, M. Isleem, E. Kara, M. Sevinc, T. Sakaci, E. Ahbap, T. Sahutoglu, NB. Hasbal, FB. Caglayan, AO. Kayalar, ZA. Ucar, A. Unsal. "Prognostic significance of NGAL in early stage chronic kidney disease" 53rd Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA). Vienna/Austria, May 21-24, 2016.

12. Y. Koc, T. Basturk, T. Sakaci, F. Bayrakdar Caglayan, NB. Hasbal, E. Ahbap, M. Sevinc, A. Sinangil, Z. Atan Ucar, P. Nazif, M. Islam, A. Unsal. "Clinical manifestations risk factors and prognosis os encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis" 55th Congress of the European Renal Association European Dialysis and Transplant

Chapters in Books:

1. "Hipertansiyon: Böbreksiz Hiç Olmaz" by Zuhal A. Uçar, Tevfik Ecder, in Hipertansiyon 2020. Pages 113-119.
2. "Canlı Böbrek Nakli Hazırlığı" by Zuhal Atan Uçar, in Tüm Yönleriyle Böbrek Nakli Teorik Bilgiler ve Klinik Uygulamalar. Pages 39-57.
3. "İmmunsupresif İlaçlar ve Tedavi Protokolleri" by Zuhal Atan Uçar, in Tüm Yönleriyle Böbrek Nakli Teorik Bilgiler ve Klinik Uygulamalar. Pages 57-75.
4. "COVID-19 ve Akut Böbrek Yetmezliği" by Z. Atan Uçar, T. Ecder, in İç Hastalıkları ve COVID-19, edited by Sain Güven G, Yıldız P, Uyaroğlu OA. Pages 92-96.
5. Translation of Chapter 17: Solid Organ Nakli in the Washington Manual Tıbbi Tedavi El Kitabı. Translation Editor: Aydın Tunçkale. Pages 573-584.

Articles in National Peer-Reviewed Journals:

1. Unsal A, Koc Y, Kayalar A, Basturk T, Sevinc M, Sakaci T, Ahbap E, Sinangil A, Ucar Z, Döner B. "Periton Diyalizinin Ender Görülen Sonlandırılma Nedeni: İnatçı Hıçkırık." Turk Neph Dial Transpl, 2013; 22 (1): 120-122.
2. Atan Uçar Z, Koç Y, Baştürk T, Bayraktar Çağlayan F, Sakacı T, Ahbap E, Sinangil A, Sevinç M, Kayalar A, Hasbal NB, Unsal A. "The Impact of Peritonitis on Clinical Outcomes of PD Patients: A Single Center Experience." Turk J Nephrol 2019; 28(1): 54-61.
   
3. Özdemir A, Atan Uçar Z, Baştürk T. "Son dönem böbrek yetmezliği tanısı ile periton diyalizi uygulanan hastalarda periton diyalizinin sonlandırılma nedenleri." In Periton Diyalizi, edited by Ünsal A. Pages 51-56.
4. Sinangil A, Atan Uçar Z, Ünsal A. "Peritoneal membran geçirgenliğinin önemi ve değerlendirilmesi." In Periton Diyalizi, edited by Ünsal A. Pages 11-14
5. Tuğba Arslan-Gülen, Dilek Destegül, Refika Ortaköylü-Kılıçkaya, Ayfer İmre, Zuhal Atan Uçar, Üner Kayabaş. "Fatal Seyirli Erişkin Tetanosu: Bir Olgu Bildirisi." Klimik Dergisi 2019; 32(2): 200-202.
6. Hasbal NB, Koç Y, Sakacı T, Sevinç M, Atan Uçar Z, Şahutoğlu T, Akgöl C, Ahhbap, Ünsal A, Baştürk T. "Prevalence and Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation in Turkish Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis." Turk J Nephrol 2020; 29(3): 215-220.

• Turkish Medical Chamber
• American Society of Nephrology

• Third prize for best oral presentation. Z. Atan Uçar. “The effect of desensitization therapy on immunological risk in patients with high immunological risk” 8th Congress of Current Kidney Diseases and Hypertension with International Participation. Sapanca/Turkey. April 2019.