Education and Specialization
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine - Medical Education
Erciyes University Internal Medicine - Specialization
Erciyes University Internal Medicine Hematology - Subspecialty

Experience
2001-2007: Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Hospitals
2007-2008: Gaziantep 25 Aralık State Hospital
2007-2008: Gaziantep Nizip State Hospital
2008-2011: Erciyes University Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Hospital
2011-2016: Harran University Faculty of Medicine Hospital

1.             S. Yazar, O. Yaman, B. Eser, F. Altuntas, F. Kurnaz, I. Sahin. Investigation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in patients with neoplasia. J Med Microbiol.(ISI), 2004 Dec;53(Pt12):1183-86

2.             S. Ismailogullari, AO. Caglayan, B. Bader, A. Danek, S. Korkmaz, E. Sharifov, F Kurnaz, M. Aksu. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in two siblings with chorea-acanthocytosis. Mov Disord (ISI),  2010 Dec 15;25(16):2894-47. doi: 10.1002/mds.23365

3.             L. Kaynar, A. Yurci, F. Kurnaz, M. Karadağ, B. Eser, I. Soyuer, I. Karahan, M. Başkol. Pancreatic Masses: Not All Of Them Are Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Differential Diagnosis. Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci (ISI), 2010;30(5):1772-76.

4.             B. Eser, F. Kurnaz, L. Kaynar, M. Yay, S. Şıvgın, A. Ünal. "Are University Students A Favorable Target Group For Blood Donation Campaigns ?". Turk J Hematol (ISI), 2010;27:275-81. 

5.             L. Kaynar, S. Şıvgın, O. Başpınar, F. Kurnaz, A. Yıldırım, G. Metan. "Two Cases Of H1n1 İnfluenza İnfection As The İnitial Presentation Of Acute Leukemia". Turk J Med Sci (ISI), 2011;41(1):363-67.

6.             F. Kurnaz, G. Metan, R. Coskun, L. Kaynar, B. Eser, M. Doğanay. "A Case Of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagıc Fever Succesfully Treated Wıth Therapeutic Plasma Exchange And Ribavirin." Tropical Doctor (ISI), 2011;41(3):181-82.  doi: 10.1258/td.2011.100470.

7.             O. Dogdu, M.G. Kaya, M. Yarlioglues, A. Dogan, I. Ardic, D. Elcik, N, Kalay, LG.Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, N.K. Eryol. Impaired Aortic Elastic Properties In Patients With Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Echocardiography (ISI), 2011;28(9):1011-18. Doi: 10.1111/J.1540-8175.2011.01475.X.

8.             S. Sivgin, B. Eser, S. Bahcebasi, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, E. Uzer, C. Pala, K. Deniz , A. Ozturk, M. Cetin, A. Unal. Efficacy And Safety Of Oral Deferasirox Treatment In The Posttransplant Period For Patients Who Have Undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Allohsct).  Ann Hematol. (ISI), 2012 May;91(5):743-49. doi: 10.1007/s00277-011-1358-1

9.             S. Sivgin, S. Baldane, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, C. Pala, A. Ozturk, M. Cetin, A. Unal, B. Eser. Pretransplant Serum Ferritin Level May Be A Predictive Marker For Outcomes In Patients Having Undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Neoplasma (ISI), 2012;59(2):183-90. Doi: 10.4149/Neo_2012_024

10.         S. Şıvgın, B. Eser, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, H. Şıvgın, S. Yazar, M. Çetin, A. Ünal. A rare cause of diarrhea -Encephalitozoon intestinalis- in an   allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipient complicated with hepatotoxicity after albendazole treatment. Turk J Hematol (ISI). Kasım 2011.

11.         S. Sivgin, T. Ozenmis, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, H. Sivgin, S. Baldane, G. Zararsiz, B. Eser, A. Unal, M. Cetin. Predictive Value of Pretransplant Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) Levels for Survival in Patients who have undergone Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloHSCT). J Stem Cell Res Ther 2012, 2:1.dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7633.1000118.

12.         S. Sivgin, S. Baldane, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, C. Pala, H. Sivgin,  M. Keklik, H. Demiraslan, M. Cetin, B. Eser, A. Unal. Pretransplant iron overload may be associated with increased risk of invasive fungal pneumonia (IFP) in patients that underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). Transfus Apher Sci (ISI). 48(1):103-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2012.08.003. Epub 2012 Sep 15.

13.         S. Baldane,  S. Sivgin, TS. Alkan, F. Kurnaz, C. Pala, M. Keklik, A. Karaman, L. Kaynar. An atypical presentation of brucellosis in a patient with isolated thrombocytopenia complicated with upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Case Rep Med. 2012:473784. doi: 10.1155/2012/473784. Epub 2012 Oct 18.

14.         S. Sivgin, H. Sivgin, Y. Ozkul, S. Baldane, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, B. Eser, A. Unal, M. Cetin. Peripheral blood survivin mRNA expression levels at diagnosis may be associated with poor prognosis in patients with leukemia who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). Journal of Blood Medicine. Nisan 2012.

15.         T Sever, C Kilicarslan, M Pehlivan, L Kaynar, M Yilmaz, B Eser, V Okan, F Kurnaz, M Cetin, S Pehlivan. Research on and clinical importance of duplications in various chromosomal regions in addition to Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myeloid leukemia. J BUON. 2012 Jul-Sep;17(3):490-96.

16.         R Yıldırım, M Gundogdu, F Kurnaz, A Yıldırım, H Aksoy, F Erdem, I Kiki,  E Akbas, S Cerrah .  CYP2C9 gene polymorphisms and warfarin dose requirement:  a single-center experience in Turkey. Turk J Med Sci 2012; 42 (6): 981-86 doi:10.3906/sag-1112-46.

17.         Y Torun, L Kaynar, C Karakükcü, M Yay, F Kurnaz, H Mutlu, M Cetin, B Eser. ABO and Rh Blood Group Distribution in Kayseri Province, Turkey. Turk J Hematol 2012; 29:97 - 98 DOI: 10.5505/tjh.2012.26918.

18.         S. Sivgin, S. Baldane, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, M. Baskol, M. Kula, C. Eroglu, K. Deniz, B. Eser, A. Unal, M. Cetin. Successful Treatment of Gastric Relapse in Multiple Myeloma with Bortezomib after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (autoHSCT). Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2013;5(1):e2013006. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2013.006. Epub 2013 Jan 2.

19.         F. Kurnaz, S. Sivgin, C. Pala, R. Yildirim, S. Baldane, L. Kaynar, M. Solmaz, A. Ozturk, B. Eser, M. Cetin, A. Unal. The effect of volume replacement during therapeutic leukapheresis on white blood cell reduction in patients with extreme leukocytosis. Transfusion (ISI). 2013 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/trf.12141. [Epub ahead of print]

20.         C. Eroglu, L. Kaynar, O. Orhan, M. Keklik, C. Sahin, OG. Yildiz, S. Mentes,  F. Kurnaz,  D. Aslan, S. Sivgin, S. Soyuer, B. Eser, M. Cetin, A. Unal. Contribution of Involved-Field Radiotherapy to Survival in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Am J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr 3. (Epub ahead of print) doi:10.1097/COC.0b013e3182880b9f.

21.         S. Sivgin, S. Baldane, T. Ozenmis, M. Keklik, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, H. Sivgin, G. Zararsiz, M. Cetin, A. Unal, B. Eser. The impact of pretransplant hypoalbuminemia on survival in patients with leukemia who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT):A nutritional problem? Transplantation Proceedings (ISI). Mart 2013.

22.         S. Sivgin, E. Karakus, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, C. Pala, M. Keklik, G. Zararsiz, M. Solmaz, B. Eser, M. Cetin, A. Unal. The comparison of Filgrastim (Neupogen®), biosimilar filgrastim (Leucostim®) and Lenograstim (Granocyte®) as a first line peripheral blood stem cell mobilisation strategy in autologous hematopoieitic stem cell transplantation: A single center experience from Turkey. Transfus Apher Sci (ISI). Nisan 2013. Doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2013.04.007.

23.         C. Pala, İ. Altun, M.Y. Koker, F. Kurnaz, S. Sivgin, İ. Kocyigit, F. Tanriverdi, L. Kaynar, F. Elmali, M. Cetin, B. Eser. The Effect of Diabetes Mellitus and End-Stage Renal Disease on the Number of CD34+ Cells in the Blood. Ann Hematol (ISI). Nisan 2013.

24.         L Kaynar, G Metan, S Gokahmetoglu, F Kurnaz, H Mumcuoglu, A Ozturk, S Sıvgın, C Pala,O Yıldız, B Eser, A Unal, M Cetin, "Can low-dose preemptive valganciclovir replace standard intravenous ganciclovir treatment in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation?", Journal  of        Chemotherapy          (ISI),2013, DOI:10.1179/1973947813Y.0000000082

25.         Factors affecting survival in acute leukemia with donor lymphocyte infusion in the first relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Kurnaz F, Sahin C, Kaynar L, Pala C, Sivgin S, Altuntas F, Eser B, Cetin M, Unal A. J BUON. 2016 Jan-Feb;21(1):227-34.

26.         Measurement of hair iron concentration as a marker of body iron content. Sahin C, Pala C, Kaynar L, Torun YA, Cetin A, Kurnaz F, Sivgin S, Sahin FS. Biomed Rep. 2015 May;3(3):383-387. Epub 2015 Jan 27.

27.         Peripheral blood stem cell mobilization failure. Kurnaz F, Kaynar L. Transfus Apher Sci. 2015 Aug;53(1):3-7. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.05.006. Epub 2015 May 27

28.         M Özkan, Ö Er, B Kaplan, H.Ş Coşkun, O Yıldız, F Altuntaş, B Eser, K Uçar, F Kurnaz, M Altınbaş. Akciğerin Malign Tümörlerinde Vena Kava Süperior Sendromu Gelişmesi Kötü Prognostik Bir Faktör mü? TOD 2003:2(18);60-63

29.         M İnci, M. Altay, F Kurnaz, A.N Koç, F. Kasap. Galaktomannan Ve 1,3 Beta-D Glukan Negatifliği İle Giden Aspergıllus Fumıgatus Suşunun Neden Olduğu Maksiller Sinüzit Olgusu.  Turkish Journal of Infection 2009; 23 (3): 137-40.

30.         O Yokuş, F Kurnaz, Ö Balçık, B Uz, M Albayrak. Coeixtance of JAK2V617F mutation and BCR/ABL translocation        in         one     patient. Aynı hastada JAK2V617F mutasyonu ve BCR/ABL translokasyonu birlikteliği. J Clin Exp Invest 2010;1 (2); 138-40

31.         F. Kurnaz, L. Kaynar, S. Doğan, B. Eser, G. Metan. "Treatment Failure of Disseminated Trichosporon asahii Infection with Voriconazole in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia", Acta Oncologica Turcica, 2010;43:32-35.

32.         F Kurnaz, M Çetin. Akut Promyelositik Lösemide Tedavi. Turkiye Klinikleri J Hem Onc-Special Topics 2010;3(2):78-84.

33.         M. Akar, O. Yokuş, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, B. Eser. Pansitopeni Ve İlişkili Klinik Bulgularla Başvuran Primer Sjögren Sendromu Olgusu. Erciyes Tıp Dergisi 2011;33(4):345-48.

34.         C. Şahin, L. Kaynar, F. Kurnaz, Ç. Pala, S. Şıvgın, B. Eser, F. Altuntaş, M. Çetin, A. Ünal. Factors that affect survival in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Erciyes Med J. 2012;34 (4):178-83. 10.5152/etd.2012.48