Prof. M.D. Ferhan Öz

As a 72-year-old retired opera singer, I feared my performing days were over when a persistent vocal tremor developed. Dr. Öz discovered a rare neuromuscular laryngeal condition unrelated to my age. His targeted microsurgery, which he described as 'recalibrating the strings of a fine instrument,' restored my vocal control completely. I sang an aria at my granddaughter's wedding six weeks later.

Our 8-year-old son, a competitive swimmer, began experiencing severe vertigo only when underwater. Multiple doctors dismissed it as imagination. Dr. Öz spent an hour interviewing him about the sensation, then ordered a specific positional test that revealed a unique form of superior canal dehiscence exacerbated by pressure changes. His minimally invasive repair allowed our son to return to the pool, medal-winning, within a season.

I'm a 41-year-old scent chemist who lost my sense of smell after a mild COVID-19 infection. For me, it was a career-ending disability. Dr. Öz designed a novel 'olfactory physical therapy' regimen combining topical treatments with structured scent retraining using chemical isomers. He treated it like retraining a muscle. After 5 months, I can now distinguish between 90% of my professional scent palette again.

Emergency flight diversion: At 30,000 feet, I developed sudden, catastrophic unilateral hearing loss and tinnitus mid-flight. The plane diverted to Istanbul. Dr. Öz met me at Acibadem Bakirkoy at 3 AM. He diagnosed and treated a perilymph fistula within the 'golden hour,' administering intratympanic steroids directly. The roaring silence stopped. He saved not just my hearing, but my career as an air traffic controller.