About Me

Operator Doctor Atilla Şengör works in general otorhinolaryngology, especially in the fields of nasal and sinus diseases, salivary gland diseases and paediatric otorhinolaryngology in his practice in Etiler.

Since 2004, he has been working on salivary gland endoscopy (Sialendoscopy), which he is one of the pioneers in our country; He has a book titled ‘Present Approach to Salivary Gland Ductal Pathologies – Diagnostic and Interventional Sialendoscopy’. He is also the author and editor of the booklet ‘Necessary Information to Protect Children from Diseases’, which is a reliable source for parents in the field of Paediatric ENT. He has over 30 publications in local and foreign languages.

He is a member of Turkish Medical Association, Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, International Sialendoscopy Society, European Rhinological Society and European Paediatric ENT Society. He is a member of Cercle d’Orient. Since the age of 15, he has been actively windsurfing, interested in music, reading books and collecting seashells. He is married to dermatologist Dr Betül Şengör and has 2 children.

Date – Place of Birth : 1974 – Istanbul

Foreign Languages: English, German

Education:

Cağaloğlu Anatolian High School (1985-1992)
Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (1992-1998)

Professional Experience:

  • Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (1998-2002)
  • University of Tübingen, Department of ENT, ENT Specialist, Germany 1999 (2 months)
  • Istanbul Surgery Hospital, ENT Doctor (2002-2003)
  • Haseki Training and Research Hospital, ENT Department, ENT Specialist (2003-2004)
  • Etiler International Hospital, ENT Doctor (2003-2004)
  • Nişantaşı ENT Group, ENT Specialist (2004-2014)
  • Memorial Etiler Polyclinic ENT Department, ENT Specialist (2008-2015)

Vocational Trainings, Courses and Conferences Attended

  • 2024 21st Video Conferences, Sialendoscopy Cadaver Course and Sialendoscopy Panel, 9-11 May, Adana (guest course instructor, panelist)
  • 2024 17th International Medical Students Research Congress. Sialendoscopy, Semi-Live Surgery Panel. 27-28 April, Istanbul (invited speaker)
  • 2024 9th Spring Meeting. Sialendoscopy. 18-21 April, Antalya (guest speaker, participant)
  • 2023 Sialendoscopy Istanbul 2, Ductus Evaluation and Papilla Related Topics; How I Handled My Most Difficult Case.1-2 December, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (guest speaker and panelist)
  • 2023 BAU Faculty of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Approach to Surgery. Sialendoscopy. 18-19 November, Istanbul (guest speaker)
  • 2022 CEORL, European ENT and BBC Confederation, 6th Congress. Sialendoscopy: difficult cases, tips and tricks. 29 October-2 November, Milan, Italy (panelist)
  • 2022 Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, 7th Spring Meeting. Sialendoscopy Course. 15-18 May, Antalya (guest speaker)
  • 2022 EPCD, School of Rhinoplasty. Course: Functional examination of the nose and Concha Diseases. 19-20 March, Istanbul (guest speaker)
  • 2021 Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 43rd National Congress. Course 4: Functional Nasal Surgery: Functional examination of the nose; Concha diseases and surgery; Sinus diseases and endoscopic sinus surgery.
  • 10-14 November, Antalya, Turkey (guest speaker)
  • 2020 14th International ENT and BBC Congress. Pneumatic Lithotripsy in Sialendoscopy. 24-26 December, Ankara, Turkey (guest speaker)
  • 2019 Sialendoscopy Istanbul. Difficult Cases. 29-30 November, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (Panelist)
  • 2018 Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Education Programme. Sialendoscopy Workshop. 20 December, Istanbul, Turkey (guest speaker)
  • 2018 Preservation Rhinoplasty course. – Surgical Indications and Treatment of Hypertrophic Concha with Mucosa Sensitivity in Rhinoplasty. 29 November-1 December, Istanbul, Turkey (guest speaker)
  • 2018 31st International Sialendoscopy Course – Advanced level. Crushing of Large Salivary Gland Stones by Sialendoscopy. 5-7 September, Geneva, Switzerland (guest speaker)
  • 2018 Barış Çakır Rhinoplasty Course – Mucosa Treatment Before Rhinoplasty. 2-3 July,St Petersburg, Russia (guest speaker)
  • 2017 Mixed Rhinoplasty Course. Treatment of Mucous Diseases of the Nose – Sinuses and Concha Enlargement. 24-25 November, Istanbul, Turkey (guest speaker)
  • 2017 19th Greek National ENT Congress. Sialendoscopy. 3-5 November, Athens, Greece (guest speaker)
  • 2017 Istanbul ENT Society Congress. Sialendoscopy. 28 September-1 October, Sakarya, Sapanca (guest speaker)
  • 2017 IRDC Academy, Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Skull Base and Related Procedures Course, 16-18 January, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2015 51st Graz Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course, 8-11 July, Graz, Austria.
  • 2015 3rd European ENT Congress. 7-11 June, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2012 11th International Congress of the European Society of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO 2012). Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • 2012 I. International Sialendoscopy Congress (FISC). Geneva, Switzerland (Speaker, Paper Award)
  • 2009 ENT Robotic Surgery Meeting (TORS). Namur, Belgium.
  • 2009 1st Congress of Istanbul ENT and BBC Specialists Association. Istanbul (speaker). Salivary Gland Endoscopy, Sialendoscopy.
  • 2009 II. Rhinoplasty Course. Ankara
  • 2009 Rhinology World 2009 (World Nasal Congress), Philadelphia, USA.
    Management of sinusitis in paediatric age group
    Paediatric chronic sinusitis
    Conditions requiring balloon sinoplasty
    Approach to the tip of the nose
    Rhinoplasty
  • 2008 Istanbul ENT and BBC Association Conferences Series I. ‘Year 2008: What is the Status in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery?’, Istanbul.
  • 2008 Annual Meeting of AAOHNS, Chicago, USA.
    Advanced Techniques in Frontal Sinus Surgery
    Phonomicrosurgery for Benign Pathology
    Medical/Surgical Management of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
    Endoscopic Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base
    Minimally Invasive Therapy of Salivary Gland Stones
  • 2008 American Rhinologic Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
  • 2008 (International Consensus Meeting on Salivary Gland Diseases). Salivary Gland Disease 1st International Accord on Modern Management. Paris, France.
  • 2008 Paediatric Otolaryngology days, The Marmara Hotel, Istanbul
  • 2008 5th Internationaler Erlangener Speicheldrüsenworkshop (Salivary Glands Seminar), Erlangen, Germany.
  • 2007 Videoconferences 5, Current Topics in ENT, Sialendoscopy (Salivary Gland Stone Endoscopy), Çukurova, Adana.
  • 2007 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Kocaeli.
  • 2007 Operationskurs Ohrmuschelplastik, Ulm, Germany.
  • 2007 Advanced Course in Functional-Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, Ulm, Germany.
  • 2006 Recent Developments in Facial Plastic Surgery, Istanbul.
  • 2006 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Sharing 15 Years of Experience, Istanbul (Organiser).
  • 2006 32nd Fortbildungskurs in funktionell-ästhetischer Nasenchirurgie. Ulm, Germany.
  • 2006 Sialendoscopy (Salivary Gland Endoscopy) Seminar, Istanbul (Organiser).
  • 2005 XVIIIth Turkish National ORL and BBC Congress, Kemer, Antalya (Paper presented).
  • 2004 Annual Meeting of AAOHNS.New York, Amerika.
  • Advanced Aesthetic and Functional Rhinoplasty
    Antimicrobial Guidelines for Acute and Chronis Rhinosinusitis: An Update
    Rhinoplasty: Functional and Aesthetic Surgery
    Revision Tip Surgery
    Update on Allergic and Nonallergic Rhinitis
    Pearls and Pitfalls in the Management of Difficult to Treat Sinus Disease
  • 2004 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Rhinologic Society, New York, Amerika.
  • 2004 Sixth international sialendoscopy hands-on course. Cenevre, İsviçre.
  • 2003 XXVIIth Turkish National ORL and BBC Congress, Kemer, Antalya (Paper presented).
  • 2003 1st Academy Meeting, Istanbul.
  • 2003 Annual Meeting of AAOHNS.Orlando, Amerika.
  • The Advanced Rhinoplasty Course. Peter A Adamson.
  • Revision Tip Rhinoplasty Surgery. Ted A Cook.
  • Advanced Phonomicrosurgery. Steven M Zeitels.
  • Caring for Patients Who Sing:What Otolaryngologists Should Know. Mark S Courey
  • Comprehensive Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 2003 Update. Michael Friedman.
  • Advanced Endoscopic Surgery of the Sphenoid Sinus. Carl H Snyderman.
  • 2001 Joint Meeting of Turkish-Greek Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Societies, Belek-Antalya (Communiqué presented).
  • 2001 My Technics of FESS with a cadaver head demonstration, Belek, Antalya.
  • 2001 Facial Surgery 2001 Septorhinoplasty Symposium, IU Istanbul Faculty of Medicine-Turkish ENT and BBC Foundation, Istanbul.
    2000 Functional and Plastic Nose Surgery-International Conferences in ENT Series-III, Ege Uni. Faculty of Medicine-Izmir.
    2000 International Symposium on Voice Diseases, GATA-Ankara.
  • 2000 “XVIII Congress of European Rhinologic Society” and “XIX International Symposium on Infection and Allergy of the Nose”, Barcelona, İspanya (Tebliğ sunuldu).
  • 2000 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Applied Training Course, Ege Uni. TF, Izmir.
  • 1999 Reconstructive Surgery in the Head and Neck Region Course, Tübingen Uni., Germany.
  • 1999 I. International Symposium on Voice Diseases, IU Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul.
  • 1999 2 months, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Uni., Germany. Microsurgery Course.
  • 1997 1 month, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Heidelberg Uni. Faculty of Medicine, Germany.