M.D. Tamer Çeviker

My 82-year-old mother was admitted to Acibadem Bakirkoy with severe dehydration and confusion during the heatwave. Dr. Çeviker didn't just treat the numbers on her chart—he sat with her, spoke slowly in Turkish, and discovered she'd been rationing her heart medication due to cost concerns. He coordinated with the hospital pharmacy for a subsidy program, adjusted her diuretics for summer, and created a hydration schedule my siblings could follow. Three months later at follow-up, she recited a poem she'd written about 'the doctor who listens to whispers.' He treats the whole person, not just the illness.

As an expat software engineer with mysterious recurrent fevers, I'd seen 4 specialists who ordered endless tests. Dr. Çeviker reviewed my thick file and asked unexpected questions: about my new apartment's ventilation, the hiking trail near my home, and my weekend pottery hobby. Turns out the clay dust was triggering a hypersensitivity pneumonitis—something all the advanced scans missed. His diagnostic approach feels like detective work where the clues are in life details, not just lab results. At Acibadem Bakirkoy, he saved me from becoming a professional patient.

Our 7-year-old daughter's 'stomach aches' were dismissed as school anxiety until Dr. Çeviker noticed her subtly favoring her right side during the physical exam. He ordered a specific ultrasound protocol that revealed an atypical appendicitis—not textbook but dangerously advanced. His calm explanation during the emergency admission, his drawing of the appendix for our daughter ('a little pocket that got angry'), and his 10 PM check-in after the surgery showed extraordinary care. Pediatric cases aren't his specialty, but his clinical intuition transcends age categories.

Following gastric bypass abroad, I developed baffling neurological symptoms. Local doctors suspected everything from MS to conversion disorder. Dr. Çeviker spent 90 minutes tracing my nutritional timeline, then diagnosed a severe copper deficiency—a rare complication of weight-loss surgery. His treatment plan involved specific supplements, coordination with a neurologist, and monthly progress calls. What impressed me most was his intellectual humility: 'The body doesn't read textbooks,' he said, ordering tests others considered unnecessary. A year later, I'm symptom-free because he connected dots others didn't see.