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Biography<\/h3>\n

Ersan Altun, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging Division at UNC. He completed his Diagnostic Radiology residency at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. He then went on to complete his Abdominal Fellowship and Research training at UNC in Chapel Hill. He became a doctor because he always wanted to help people and work on medical and scientific principles and data.<\/p>\n

Expertise<\/h3>\n

Body MRI<\/p>\n

Specialty<\/h3>\n

Imaging diseases and cancers involving gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts, liver, pancreas and biliary tract, and prostate.<\/p>\n

Research<\/h3>\n

Demonstration of the effectiveness of new and advanced imaging techniques in diagnosing disease processes involving the abdominal and pelvic organs.<\/p>\n

Philosophy of Care<\/h3>\n
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Every individual should have access to good quality healthcare. Everyone should receive the best quality healthcare relying on maximum respect for patient rights. Additionally, state-of-the-art medicine should be used for everyone based on the most current scientific evidence in all healthcare services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4995,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[184,182,183,288],"class_list":["post-4987","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-abdominal-imaging","ud_division-all","ud_division-all-faculty","ud_division-cross-sectional-imaging","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nErsan Altun, MD - Department of Radiology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/people\/ersan-altun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ersan Altun, MD - Department of Radiology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biography Ersan Altun, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging Division at UNC. 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