Spec. MD. Ufuk Ozuguz

My 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last month, and our world turned upside down. Dr. Ufuk Ozuguz was the first specialist we saw at Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir, and he became our anchor in the storm. He didn't just talk to me, he got down on his knees to speak directly to my daughter, explaining her condition with cartoon pancreas drawings he drew himself. His approach transformed her fear into curiosity. He created a personalized carb-counting game for her and trained our whole family. We're three weeks into this journey, and thanks to his compassionate, child-centered care, we're managing better than we ever imagined possible.

As a 72-year-old with decades of mismanaged thyroid issues, I'd seen countless endocrinologists who just adjusted my levothyroxine dose and sent me on my way. Dr. Ozuguz did something radical: he listened for forty minutes during our first consultation. He discovered my chronic fatigue wasn't just hypothyroidism, it was a complex interplay of thyroid dysfunction, vitamin D deficiency, and sleep apnea he suspected from my neck circumference. He coordinated with pulmonology and ordered tests no one else had considered. Six months later, after CPAP treatment and targeted supplementation alongside thyroid optimization, I've regained energy I haven't had since my fifties. This wasn't medication management; this was detective work that changed my quality of life.

I arrived at the emergency department at midnight with a thyroid storm, heart racing at 140bpm, trembling, confused. Dr. Ozuguz was called in urgently and managed my case with terrifying calmness. What struck me wasn't just the medical expertise (the precise beta-blocker and antithyroid medication protocol that stabilized me in hours), but how he treated my panic. While nurses administered medications, he held my hand and explained each step in quiet, measured Turkish, his voice cutting through my terror. He stayed until 4 AM monitoring my response personally, not delegating to residents. Following hospitalization, he designed a Graves' disease treatment plan incorporating both radioactive iodine options and psychological support resources for the anxiety that often accompanies this condition. He saved my life, then cared for the trauma of the experience.

What began as a routine checkup for slightly elevated blood sugar revealed something extraordinary under Dr. Ozuguz's care. Instead of immediately labeling me prediabetic, he noticed subtle skin darkening on my knuckles that I'd attributed to aging. He suspected acanthosis nigricans and ordered specific insulin resistance tests alongside adrenal function panels. The diagnosis: a rare, mild form of insulin receptor mutation. His approach was revolutionary, rather than standard metformin, he designed a precision nutrition plan synchronized with my circadian rhythm and minimal, targeted medication. At my 3-month follow-up, not only had my numbers normalized, but the skin changes had receded. He turned what could have been a lifetime of generic 'diabetes prevention' into a tailored solution for my unique biology. I've never felt so scientifically understood by a physician.