Sefik Gokaslan, MD

Professor
Pathology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-590-6498
Office Fax: 214-590-6586

tunc.gokaslan@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

My research interests focus on endocrine and gastrointestinal pathology. I am particularly interested in the fields of colorectal and thyroid carcinogenesis with particular emphasis on clinical applications of newly described diagnostic and prognostic markers. 

Education

FellowshipUniversity of TX M D Anderson Ctr (1995)
FellowshipUniversity of TX M D Anderson Ctr (1994)
ResidencyLenox Hill Hospital (1993)
ResidencyUniversity of Istanbul (1988)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Istanbul (1984)

Research Interests

Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Thyroid carcinogenesis.

Publications

Fas deficiency exacerbates cerulein-induced pancreatitis.

Jeyarajah DR, Kielar M, Gokaslan ST, Lindberg G, Lu CY. , J Invest Surg. , Winter 2003; (16(6):):325-33

Nonsurgical delay of dorsal rat cutaneous flap using a long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser with a contact cooling device

Acikel C, Kenkel JM, Ozturk S, Nojima K, Hoopman JE, Gokaslan ST, Brown SA. , Plast Reconstr Surg , October 2005; (116(5)):1411-20

Identification and Validation of Genes Involved in the Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer Using cDNA Microarrays and RNA Interference

Williams NS, Gaynor RB, Scoggin S, Verma U, Gokaslan T, Simmang C, Fleming J, Tavana D, Frenkel E, Becerra C. , Clin Cancer Res. , March 2003; (9(3):):931-46

Screening methods for high-grade dysplasia in patients with anal condyloma

Papaconstantinou HT, Lee AJ, Simmang CL, Ashfaq R, Gokaslan ST, Sokol S, Huber PJ Jr, Gregorcyk SG. , , ;

Split sample comparison of ThinPrep and conventional smears in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-guided pancreatic fine-needle aspirations

Siddiqui MT, Gokaslan ST, Saboorian MH, Ashfaq R. , , ;

Honors/Awards

Vernie Stembridge, M.D. Resident Teaching Award

Award given for contribution to resident teaching (2007)

Vernie Stembridge, M.D. Resident Teaching Award

Award given for contribution to resident teaching (2000)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Clinical Fellow Research Award

Monetary award given to selected fellows for research (1993)