Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Presidents

Olca Basturk, MD

2022-2024

Olca Basturk, MD, is a world-renowned pathologist in the field of pancreas and biliary tract pathology. She currently serves as an attending pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York. Dr Basturk earned her MD from the Ege University School of Medicine in Izmir, Turkey. In addition to her pathology residencies (one at Celal Bayar University, Turkey, and another at New York University, NY) and clinical fellowships (oncologic surgical pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and gastrointestinal pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University, NY), she completed a 3-year pancreatobiliary research fellowship under supervision of Prof. Dr. Volkan Adsay.

Dr Basturk joined the faculty of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College, Cornell University, in 2012. Since then, she has conducted numerous scientific studies on the pancreas, gallbladder, and biliary cancers and published many PubMed-indexed articles as well as book chapters, including chapters in the WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System, WHO Classification Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumours, and WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology. She is on the editorial boards of leading pathology journals, including the Modern Pathology and Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Each year, she gives multiple presentations at national and international congresses, courses, and meetings.

Dr Basturk is also a founding member of the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society (PBPS) and served as the chair of the PBPS Education Committee before her Presidency.