Patient Experience
My family and I are grateful for the care we received from Dr. Bülent Ünal. The hospital staff was also very supportive.
When our newborn Zeynep turned blue minutes after birth, Dr. Tireli performed an emergency arterial switch operation on her tiny heart—smaller than a walnut. His team worked through the night, and today she's a thriving 3-year-old who outruns her siblings.
As a professional athlete's daughter, 16-year-old Elif needed mitral valve repair that wouldn't end her basketball dreams. Dr. Tireli used a minimally invasive technique through her ribcage; she was dribbling again in six weeks and now plays college sports.
Our 8-year-old twin boys both had congenital defects—one needed a Fontan procedure, the other a ventricular septal defect closure. Dr. Tireli scheduled their surgeries back-to-back, personally checking on them every hour for 48 hours straight.
After medical tourism nightmares in three countries, we found Dr. Tireli for our 12-year-old's complex Ebstein anomaly. He redesigned the surgical approach using 3D-printed heart models, achieving what others called impossible.
A refugee family with no Turkish, we communicated through drawings and gestures until Dr. Tireli found an interpreter. He secured hospital charity funds for our baby's tetralogy of Fallot repair and visited us daily with toys.
Our teenager's rare cardiac tumor required a multidisciplinary approach. Dr. Tireli assembled a team including oncologists and radiologists, performing a beating-heart resection that preserved full cardiac function.
When COVID restrictions separated us from our hospitalized 5-year-old, Dr. Tireli video-called us during rounds, translated medical charts, and even sang our daughter's favorite lullaby before her atrial septal defect closure.
As engineers, we appreciated how Dr. Tireli used fluid dynamics simulations to optimize our infant's bidirectional Glenn shunt. He drew diagrams explaining hemodynamics better than our textbooks.
After our 14-year-old's emergency aortic dissection during a soccer game, Dr. Tireli raced to the hospital at 2 AM. His calm demeanor during the 10-hour surgery saved our son, who now wants to become a heart surgeon.
Dr. Tireli noticed our 6-year-old's unusual fatigue wasn't just from her repaired truncus arteriosus—he diagnosed an unrelated blood disorder and coordinated care with hematologists, demonstrating holistic thinking.
For our daughter's third reoperation, Dr. Tireli developed a custom-sized pulmonary valve using tissue engineering techniques he'd researched abroad. He stayed with her in ICU for three days until she stabilized.
A simple checkup revealed our asymptomatic 10-year-old needed urgent intervention for an anomalous coronary artery. Dr. Tireli's preventive surgery likely averted a sudden cardiac arrest during puberty.
When our baby's surgery was postponed due to a hospital equipment delay, Dr. Tireli personally drove to another facility to retrieve the specialized cannulas needed for her complex bypass.
Dr. Adnan Kaya provided exceptional care for my cardiologist condition. The treatment was personalized and effective.
I was impressed by the professional approach at Bahcesehir University, Goztepe Medicalpark Hospital, Istanbul. Dr. Adnan Kaya explained everything clearly and made me feel comfortable.
The recovery process was smooth thanks to Dr. Adnan Kaya's expertise. Highly recommend for cardiologist treatment.
My family and I are grateful for the care we received from Dr. Adnan Kaya. The hospital staff was also very supportive.
A 72-year-old retired fisherman from the Black Sea coast presented with progressive hand tremors that prevented him from mending nets. Dr. Akakın diagnosed essential tremor and performed focused ultrasound thalamotomy. The fisherman returned to his craft within two weeks, sending Dr. Akakın a handmade net as gratitude.
An 8-year-old Syrian refugee with congenital spinal bifida was brought by aid workers. Dr. Akakın coordinated a multidisciplinary team for corrective surgery and postoperative rehabilitation. The child gained bladder control and now walks with minimal assistance, attending a local school.