Şule Karadayı

Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı completed her medical education at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her residency training in Thoracic Surgery at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, and obtained the title of Thoracic Surgery Specialist in 2004.

With experience particularly in lung cancer surgery, as well as Da Vinci Robotic Surgery, minimally invasive (closed) thoracic surgery, pulmonary nodules, mediastinal diseases, pleural diseases, chest wall surgery, and interventional bronchoscopic treatments, Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı has taken an active role throughout her academic and professional career in both advanced surgical practices and scientific studies.

Following her residency training, she worked respectively at Private Güven Hospital, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University Adana Application and Research Hospital, and University of Health Sciences Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital. She continued her academic career at Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, where she earned the academic titles of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor; for many years, she successfully carried out advanced thoracic surgery procedures alongside the education of medical students and residents.

Placing importance on international professional development, Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı worked as an observer alongside Prof. Dr. Ramon Rami Porta at Hospital Mutua de Terrassa in Spain in 2005, received training in Vienna in 2009 as part of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Travel Fellowship Programme, and took part in academic activities at Azerbaijan Medical University in 2015 within the scope of the Mevlana Faculty Member Exchange Programme.

Focusing her scientific studies particularly on lung cancer and thoracic surgery, Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı’s specialty thesis is titled “The Effect of Natural Killer Cell Infiltration into Tumor Tissue on Prognosis in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.” She also served as an assistant principal investigator in university-supported scientific research projects on wound healing and the evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

In addition to her experience in thoracic surgery, she applies modern, precise, and minimally invasive approaches in the surgical treatment of lung and mediastinal diseases with Da Vinci Robotic Surgery. She is also experienced in interventional bronchoscopic treatments, particularly endobronchial valve (COPD balloon) therapy used in patients with advanced emphysema and COPD.

Throughout her professional career, Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı has participated in numerous national and international scientific congresses and is a member of the Turkish Society of Thoracic Surgery, Turkish Thoracic Society, Turkish Respiratory Society, Turkish Lung Cancer Society, and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS).

As of 2026, Prof. Dr. Şule Karadayı has begun seeing patients at Hisar Hospital Intercontinental and provides diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical services in the fields of lung cancer surgery, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, pulmonary nodules, mediastinal diseases, pleural diseases, chest wall diseases, and COPD balloon (endobronchial valve) treatment.