Dr. Aysun Bozbaş

As a 72-year-old with a lifelong fear of hospitals, my experience with Dr. Bozbaş was transformative. I arrived at Acibadem Altunizade with unexplained weight loss and severe abdominal discomfort that other clinics had dismissed as 'old age.' Dr. Bozbaş didn't just look at my charts—she listened to my life story, my diet over decades, even my sleep patterns. Her endoscopic investigation revealed a subtle lesion others had missed. What struck me was her explanation: she used sketches to show me exactly what was happening in my colon, speaking to me like a fellow human being, not a case number. Her post-procedure follow-up call to my home was something I've never experienced in 50 years of medical visits.

Our 8-year-old daughter, Elif, developed sudden, severe vomiting and refusal to eat. The pediatric ER suspected a virus, but after 48 hours with no improvement, we demanded a specialist. Dr. Aysun Bozbaş met us with calm urgency. She knelt to Elif's eye level, showing her cartoon diagrams of the digestive system, turning fear into curiosity. Through gentle questioning of our child (not just us parents), she uncovered that Elif had secretly swallowed a small toy charm weeks earlier. The non-surgical retrieval procedure was scheduled immediately. Dr. Bozbaş let Elif hold the endoscope camera cover afterward, calling it 'her magic telescope.' She transformed a traumatic event into an adventure, and her detailed dietary plan for recovery was tailored for a child's palate.

I'm a 45-year-old software engineer who came for what I thought was a routine acid reflux checkup. Dr. Bozbaş noticed subtle patterns in my symptoms I hadn't connected—my nighttime coughing, occasional hoarseness, and exercise-induced discomfort. She proposed a comprehensive motility study rather than just prescribing stronger medication. Her approach was methodical and tech-forward; she used tablet animations to explain esophageal sphincter function in terms I, as an engineer, could appreciate. The discovery was a rare early-stage motility disorder. Her treatment plan integrates dietary timing algorithms with minimal medication, and she emails me monthly data-tracking templates. She treats my body like a complex system needing debugging rather than just a sick organ.

Following complex abdominal surgery abroad that left me with persistent fistulas and infections, I was a desperate case when I reached Dr. Bozbaş. Three other gastroenterologists had described my situation as 'managed decline.' Dr. Bozbaş spent her first consultation reconstructing my entire surgical timeline, requesting original imaging from three countries. She identified a microscopic anastomotic leak everyone had missed. Her innovation was a combined endoscopic and radiologic approach she called 'precision sealing,' avoiding another major surgery. For six weeks, she visited me daily during my hospital stay, adjusting treatments in real-time. She coordinated with nutritionists, pain specialists, and even a physical therapist specializing in post-surgical recovery. Her holistic battle plan didn't just close the fistula—it restored function I thought was lost forever.