Qualifications: Medical degree, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (2009); specialist radiology training, Gazi University (2010–2015); Turkish Diploma in Radiology (2017). Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).
Dr Atilla Kokurcan, FRCR, is a consultant breast radiologist with clinical experience in digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography), breast ultrasound and breast MRI reporting. His work includes symptomatic and breast assessment clinics, together with image-guided interventions such as fine-needle aspiration, core biopsy and lesion localisation. Since September 2022, he has worked in consultant radiology roles at Worthing Hospital and St Richard’s Hospital in West Sussex. Before this, he was a consultant radiologist at Haseki Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul from 2020 to 2022, where his clinical responsibilities also centred on breast imaging, assessment and breast procedures.
Dr Kokurcan graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2009 and completed his radiology specialist training at Gazi University in 2015. Earlier in his consultant career, he worked at Van Training and Research Hospital from 2015 to 2020, reporting emergency and general CT, MRI and X-ray studies, alongside oncology imaging and adult and paediatric ultrasound. His research has addressed radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules and diagnostic MRI techniques. His thesis on thyroid nodule ablation was presented at EFSUMB 2015, where the work also received a best poster award. He has co-authored peer-reviewed research and case reports in diagnostic imaging.
Clinical interests
Dr Kokurcan’s principal specialist focus is breast imaging and the diagnostic assessment of breast symptoms and imaging findings. His clinical experience encompasses digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography), breast ultrasound and breast MRI reporting, as well as fine-needle aspiration, image-guided core biopsy and localisation procedures. His wider general radiology background includes acute imaging, CT and MRI, abdominal and oncological imaging, Doppler ultrasound and outpatient ultrasound examinations.
Qualifications, research and publications
He holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) and the Turkish Diploma in Radiology, awarded in 2017. His CV lists professional memberships including the Royal College of Radiologists, the European Society of Radiology and the Turkish Society of Radiology. Research presentations and publications include work on benign thyroid nodule ablation and MRI sequence comparisons for visualising posterior fossa cranial nerves.