Prof. M.D. Nergiz Hüseyinoğlu

My 82-year-old mother, who has advanced Parkinson's, was experiencing severe tremors that made eating impossible. Other neurologists had essentially given up, saying it was just progression. Dr. Nergiz Hüseyinoğlu approached it like a detective. She noticed a subtle pattern in the tremor timing unrelated to medication cycles. She ordered a specific type of MRI not typically used for Parkinson's, which revealed a tiny, previously undetected vascular issue compressing a pathway. A carefully calibrated, low-dose additional medication—something not standard for Parkinson's—reduced the tremor by 70% within days. It wasn't a cure, but it gave my mother her dignity back at the table. Dr. Hüseyinoğlu's willingness to look beyond the textbook diagnosis changed everything for us.

Our 7-year-old son started having what we thought were 'daydreaming' spells at school. His teacher mentioned he'd just stare for 10-15 seconds. Our pediatrician brushed it off. At Acibadem, Dr. Nergiz didn't just interview us; she engaged our son in a playful conversation about his favorite video games, watching his hands and eyes closely. She suspected absence seizures immediately. Instead of a standard EEG, she recommended a 24-hour ambulatory EEG so he could be at home, playing, to catch the events. The results confirmed it. Her explanation was so clear—using a 'traffic jam in the brain' analogy our son understood. She started him on a child-friendly medication syrup and coordinated with the school nurse herself. The spells stopped completely. She treated our fear, not just the condition.

I was admitted through the ER at Kayseri Hospital with sudden, debilitating vertigo and violent vomiting—I couldn't stand or open my eyes. The ER doc thought it was labyrinthitis. Dr. Hüseyinoğlu was called for a consult. While I was helpless on the gurney, she performed a series of precise head-positioning maneuvers (the HINTS exam) right there, holding my head firmly but kindly. She calmly told the team, 'This is not the inner ear. This is a cerebellar stroke. We need perfusion imaging now.' Her rapid assessment and insistence likely saved me from significant disability. The MRI proved her right—a small but critical PICA stroke. Her direct, no-nonsense clarity in that crisis, followed by her meticulous planning of my anticoagulation and rehab, was the definition of expert emergency neurology.

As a 45-year-old software developer, I came for a routine checkup for my managed migraine condition. It was just a follow-up. But Dr. Nergiz reviewed my headache diary and asked an unusual question: 'Have you noticed any change in your coding ability or problem-solving speed?' I had, but I blamed stress. She had me perform some simple cognitive tests in her office—drawing a clock, recalling a short list. She was concerned about 'cognitive fog' disproportionate to the migraine burden. She ordered a detailed neuropsychological assessment and a specific contrast MRI protocol. It revealed early signs of a rare inflammatory white matter disease, completely unrelated to the migraines, caught incredibly early. What was meant to be a 15-minute prescription refill turned into a life-changing early intervention because of her obsessive attention to a subtle, off-hand comment. She sees the patient, not just the chart.