M.D. Suat Sevgen

My 82-year-old father, Ahmet, fell in the garden and fractured his hip. The ambulance brought him to Adana Ortopedia in immense pain. Dr. Sevgen was like a calm commander in the storm. He didn't just see an X-ray; he saw my terrified father. He explained the urgent need for surgery in simple terms we could grasp, even through our panic. His team moved with a synchronized urgency that was reassuring. Post-surgery, Dr. Sevgen visited at 10 PM just to check the circulation in Dad's foot. He has this rare blend of decisive action and profound kindness. Dad is now walking with a walker, calling Dr. Sevgen his 'angel in green scrubs.'

Our 7-year-old daughter, Elif, took a bad tumble off her scooter, and her wrist bent at a horrible angle. In the ER, she was hysterical. Dr. Suat Sevgen didn't just walk in; he knelt down. He showed her the funny cartoon characters on his stethoscope and talked about her school project before even touching the injury. He performed a closed reduction with a skill that seemed like magic—one gentle, firm movement, and it was set, with Elif barely flinching because he had her so distracted. He then drew a little cast-shaped dinosaur on her temporary splint. He treated the child, not just the broken bone. A trauma specialist with the heart of a pediatrician.

I'm a construction foreman, and a steel beam pinched my leg in an onsite accident. It wasn't a clean break; it was a mangled, open tibia-fibula fracture with serious soft tissue damage. This was a complex, messy trauma. Dr. Sevgen's approach was methodical and brilliant. He laid out three potential surgical pathways, explaining the risks and recovery timelines of each with brutal honesty but without causing despair. The surgery took hours, and he saved my leg from amputation. During follow-up, he was obsessed with the details of my wound healing and nerve response. He pushed me hard in rehab but celebrated every small milestone. He gave me back my livelihood and my dignity.

I came in for what I thought was a routine follow-up after a minor ankle sprain from three weeks prior. The resident said it was healing fine. Dr. Sevgen, however, glanced at my new X-ray and then spent five minutes meticulously examining my foot's range of motion. He found a subtle, missed ligament instability that, left untreated, would have led to chronic ankle problems. He said, 'Routine for you is never routine for me.' He devised a targeted physio plan and a custom brace. This wasn't emergency heroics; it was masterful, preventive vigilance. He sees the potential future problem hiding in the 'all-clear' present. That's a different kind of excellence.