M.D. Semra Kavas

As a 72-year-old retired mycologist, I developed a persistent fungal pneumonia that baffled local specialists after extensive gardening. Dr. Kavas at Acibadem Kartal didn't just treat the infection—she identified a rare soil pathogen I'd likely encountered decades earlier during field research. Her treatment protocol felt like a personalized historical investigation of my own medical history.

Our 8-year-old daughter contracted an unusual post-viral neurological complication while we were vacationing in Istanbul from Norway. Dr. Kavas coordinated a pediatric infectious disease team that discovered a rare autoimmune response to a common childhood virus. Her calm explanation to our frightened child in simple Turkish (with translation for us) made the hospital stay feel like a learning adventure rather than a trauma.

I'm a 34-year-old humanitarian aid worker who returned from Central Africa with recurring fevers that defied diagnosis. Dr. Kavas spent hours reviewing my travel maps and activity logs, correlating symptoms with geographic exposures. She identified a co-infection of two tropical diseases that typically don't occur together, creating a hybrid presentation that had confused other doctors.

When my 58-year-old husband developed a mysterious infection after his antique clock restoration hobby led to a rusty gear injury, multiple doctors missed the connection. Dr. Kavas was the first to ask about his hobbies, then cultured unusual metal-loving bacteria from the wound. Her treatment cleared what others had called 'unexplained inflammation' in weeks.