Assoc. Prof. MD. Mahmut Aslan

When our 8-year-old son, adopted from a conflict zone, began having violent night terrors and daytime dissociation, we feared it was purely psychological trauma. Dr. Aslan identified a previously undiagnosed nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy that mimicked PTSD symptoms. His gentle approach with our traumatized child, using puppet demonstrations to explain brain waves, combined with precise medication titration, transformed our son's life. The seizures ceased, and his true personality emerged for the first time.

Our newborn failed her hearing screening repeatedly, but Dr. Aslan noticed subtle eye movement patterns during the tests that suggested Landau-Kleffner syndrome rather than auditory nerve damage. His early intervention with corticosteroid therapy at just 6 weeks old prevented the expected language regression. At 18 months now, she's babbling and responding to her name, a milestone we were told we might never see.

As a university student studying abroad, I developed sudden, debilitating hand tremors that threatened my architecture degree. Video consultations with neurologists in my home country yielded no answers. During a visit home, Dr. Aslan identified it as a rare task-specific dystonia related to prolonged mouse use, 'architect's cramp.' His treatment combined targeted botulinum toxin injections with an ergonomic redesign of my workspace. I completed my final thesis drawings tremor-free.

Our 3-year-old twins presented with dramatically different symptoms: one with developmental regression, the other with exaggerated startle responses. Where other doctors saw two separate conditions, Dr. Aslan recognized both as varying presentations of the same rare genetic disorder, GLUT1 deficiency syndrome. His diagnosis allowed for immediate initiation of the ketogenic diet, halting further neurological damage in both children simultaneously.

Our 16-year-old daughter, a competitive swimmer, began experiencing unexplained episodes of dizziness and temporary vision loss during training. Multiple specialists dismissed it as dehydration or anxiety. Dr. Aslan was the first to suspect a rare form of exercise-induced migraine with brainstem aura. He coordinated with her sports medicine team to create a unique hydration and warm-up protocol, avoiding medication that could affect her performance. She returned to national-level competition within three months, symptom-free, with a new understanding of her neurological triggers.