M.D. Mehmet Behram Çam

I'm a 72-year-old retired history teacher who had completely lost my sense of smell for over a year. My world had become flat and joyless—I couldn't smell rain, coffee, or my wife's perfume. Other ENTs dismissed it as age-related, but Dr. Çam listened differently. He didn't just look at my nose; he asked about my history of sinus infections and ordered specific imaging others hadn't. He discovered a rare osteoma blocking the olfactory cleft that three other doctors missed. His endoscopic surgery was precise—he narrated the procedure as he worked, explaining each step in calm Turkish. Two weeks post-op, I smelled bread baking for the first time in 14 months and wept. He didn't just fix a physical problem; he restored a dimension of my life I thought was gone forever.

Our 4-year-old daughter Elif developed sudden, terrifying stridor at 3 AM—a high-pitched sound with each breath. We rushed to Acibadem Altunizade in panic. Dr. Çam met us in the ER, still in casual clothes he'd thrown on. He knelt to Elif's eye level, showed her his otoscope light calling it a 'fairy flashlight,' and had her breathing normally within minutes. Diagnosed acute croup. But here's what made him extraordinary: instead of just sending us home, he taught us a steam technique using our shower and Turkish mint tea, created a breathing exercise game for Elif involving blowing tissue paper 'butterflies,' and called personally the next morning to check on her. He treated our fear as seriously as her airway.

As a 28-year-old musician, my recurring tonsillitis was threatening my vocal range and career. Dr. Çam proposed a tonsillectomy, but with a twist I've never encountered: he collaborated with my voice coach pre-surgery to map my vocal anatomy, then designed a 'precision tonsillectomy' preserving specific pharyngeal muscles crucial for my tenor register. During surgery, he played classical Turkish music in the OR and adjusted his technique based on real-time vocal cord monitoring. Post-op recovery included custom vocal exercises he developed with an ENT-specialized speech therapist. Six months later, not only are the infections gone, but my upper range has actually improved by a full tone. He approached me not as a throat, but as an instrument.

I'm a 42-year-old architect who came for a routine sinus checkup after moving from Germany. Dr. Çam noticed subtle asymmetry in my nasal passages that everyone else had overlooked. Through gentle questioning, he connected my occasional dizziness to undiagnosed eustachian tube dysfunction exacerbated by frequent flights. But his genius was in the solution: instead of medication, he designed custom breathing exercises based on traditional Turkish ney flute techniques to strengthen my palate muscles, and created a 3D-printed nasal dilator modeled from my own anatomy scan. At follow-up, he used endoscopic video to show me the improvement—my eustachian tubes now opening rhythmically with each swallow. He turned a routine visit into a masterclass in personalized, preventative ENT care.