Prof. M.D. Reha Baran

I was a terrified 8-year-old brought in during a severe asthma attack that wouldn't respond to my usual inhaler. Dr. Baran didn't just treat me like another case—he knelt down to my eye level, showed me how his stethoscope worked, and let me listen to my own lungs 'like a space explorer.' His calm voice explaining the nebulizer as a 'misty dragon breath' completely changed my panic to curiosity. Within an hour, I was breathing normally and left with a sticker that said 'Lung Champion.' My parents were in tears with relief. He treats children like people, not problems.

As a 72-year-old retired shipyard worker with 50 years of asbestos exposure, I'd seen many specialists who just shook their heads. Dr. Baran spent two hours reviewing my decades of scattered medical records, then mapped out a surveillance plan I could actually understand—no medical jargon. He found early-stage pleural thickening others had missed and coordinated with occupational medicine specialists. What struck me most was his question: 'What matters most to you in your daily life?' When I said gardening, he tailored my breathing exercises around that. He sees the person behind the lungs.

Rushed to Acibadem Fulya at 3 AM with sudden respiratory failure after what seemed like a mild flu. Dr. Baran was there within 20 minutes, ordered a bronchoscopy immediately, and discovered a rare fungal infection masquerading as pneumonia. While I was intubated in ICU, he explained everything to my family with hand-drawn diagrams. His team performed a complex bronchoalveolar lavage that avoided invasive surgery. Two weeks later, I'm walking unaided. His emergency response wasn't just clinically brilliant—it was humanely urgent, like my life was his only concern.

What I thought would be a routine follow-up for my chronic bronchitis turned into a detective story. Dr. Baran noticed a subtle pattern in my cough that I hadn't mentioned—it always worsened after eating. He ordered a specific swallowing study that revealed silent aspiration. Instead of just adjusting medications, he connected me with a speech therapist and modified my diet. Six months later, my 'chronic' condition has improved 80%. He listens to the body's whispers others miss. His clinic feels like a place where mysteries are solved, not just symptoms managed.