Prof. MD. Bulent Erol

I am a 78-year-old retired history teacher with advanced osteoarthritis in both knees. For years, I accepted my pain as inevitable aging. My consultation with Prof. Erol was unlike any other. He didn't just look at my X-rays; he asked about my daily rituals, my morning tea on the balcony, my slow walks to the bakery. He proposed a staged bilateral knee replacement, explaining it with the patience of a scholar, using a detailed 3D model of my own joints. The surgery on my right knee was five months ago. Last week, I climbed the stairs to my fourth-floor apartment without clutching the railing. He restored not just my joints, but my independence. His team at Medical Park Göztepe was impeccable, but it was his profound respect for the patient's life story that truly heals.

Our 9-year-old daughter, Elif, a budding gymnast, took a bad fall during practice, resulting in a complex supracondylar humerus fracture. The local ER panicked at the displacement. We rushed to Medical Park Göztepe in the middle of the night. Prof. Bulent Erol met us with a calm that immediately stilled our terror. He explained the urgent need for a closed reduction and percutaneous pinning to avoid nerve damage, using simple analogies Elif could understand. He spoke directly to her, calling her 'the little champion.' The procedure was a success. At our follow-up, he had her wiggle her fingers before checking the X-ray. His focus on functional recovery over mere anatomical perfection is what sets him apart. Elif is back on the mat, her dream intact, thanks to a surgeon who treats the child, not just the chart.

As a 42-year-old software engineer, I ignored a nagging shoulder pain for months until I couldn't lift my laptop bag. An MRI elsewhere revealed a massive, retracted rotator cuff tear with significant muscle atrophy. Two other surgeons gave grim prognoses. Prof. Erol reviewed my case and proposed an ambitious arthroscopic reconstruction combined with a novel tendon transfer technique. He was brutally honest about the rigorous, year-long rehab but was confident in the outcome. The surgery lasted nearly four hours. He called my wife personally afterward to detail the procedure. Now, six months into rehab, I have 90% of my range back. He doesn't perform cookie-cutter surgeries; he engineers bespoke solutions for complex mechanical failures. His mastery in the OR is matched only by his meticulous post-op roadmap.

I presented to Prof. Erol not as an emergency, but with a confusing 'mystery' ankle instability that plagued me for years despite prior 'successful' ligament repairs. I'm a 30-year-old hiking guide. He conducted a physical exam so thorough it felt like a biomechanical investigation, identifying not just ligament laxity but a subtle congenital bone alignment issue (a talar tilt) everyone else missed. His solution was a unique hybrid procedure: a modified Broström ligament repair combined with a minimally invasive calcaneal osteotomy to correct the underlying architecture. The follow-up protocol was personalized, with goals tied to specific trails I wanted to conquer. He didn't just fix a sprain; he diagnosed and treated the root cause of a career-threatening condition. My first post-op mountain summit felt like a victory we both achieved.