Ismail Baris Turkbey MD

Dr. Turkbey obtained his medical degree from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey in 2003. He completed his residency in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Hacettepe University. He joined Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, NIH in 2007. His main research areas are imaging of prostate cancer (multiparametric MRI, PET CT), prostate biopsy techniques, focal therapy for prostate cancer and image processing (segmentation, decision support systems).

Baris Turkbey, M.D., Associate Research Physician of the Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute (NIH), Center of Cancer Research. Dr. Turkbey is the lead radiologist at NIH for mp MRI imaging of prostate cancer. We caught up with Dr. Turkbey at RSNA 2017 where he shares with UroToday past, present and future approaches to prostate biopsies and provides some very surprising insights.