Şişli Memorial Clinic – #1 in the Memorial Medical Network in Turkey, founded in 1995. It is the first private clinic in Turkey to receive JCI international quality certificate. Doctors at Şişli Memorial Clinic adopt an innovative approach to medicine. That is why many medical achievements and breakthroughs have taken place within the walls of this very institution.
Şişli Memorial Clinic is the first clinic in Turkey that has joined the American Hospitals Association (AHA). Thanks to this, they can be the first to learn from the world’s leading medical centres.
The building of the Şişli Memorial clinic occupies 53,000 m2. The hospital can receive 200 inpatients at a time. More than 1,700,000 people are treated there every year. The clinic also has 13 operating rooms equipped with the latest generation technology.
The strongest areas of the Şişli Memorial Clinic are:
Thanks to its innovative approach, Şişli Memorial Hospital has pioneered many achievements. Here are some of them:
Doctors at Şişli Memorial Clinic use modern technology in patient care. For example, all data on the patient’s condition is captured live and transmitted to the general hospital data system. The attending physician, located in any part of the hospital, can monitor the patient’s condition from his or her phone.
The Şişli Memorial Clinic offers a choice of single and double rooms for patients. They are all equipped with maximum comfort. Each room has a bathroom, TV, telephone, nurse call button, air conditioning, free internet access. The hospital, including bathrooms, stairs and elevators, is equipped for people with disabilities.
Relatives and friends can stay in the luxurious rooms of the five-star hotel located at the Şişli Memorial Clinic during their treatment. Visitors staying at this “Guest House” have 24-hour access to all services and facilities provided by the hotel.
Most of the medical staff speak English. If necessary, the clinic can provide a personal interpreter for any language.
Meals at Memorial Clinic provide a wide range of dishes for any diet. There is also a café-restaurant and a Starbucks in the clinic.
The hospital’s parking space is 10,000 m2 and can accommodate 300 cars.
The cardiology department at Şişli Memorial Hospital has innovative equipment for heart and vascular surgery. It has treated tens of thousands of patients. There is also a paediatric cardiology department, where young patients are admitted. They even perform heart surgeries on newborns.
The Şişli Memorial Clinic successfully conducts such procedures:
For the first time in Turkey, the clinic used radio-frequency ablation to treat arrhythmias. Also, endovascular stenting was performed there for the first time. The method of aortocoronary bypass using a hand vessel, which is used in many clinics around the world, was developed at the clinic Şişli Memorial.
Most aortocoronary bypass surgeries are performed with the AESOP robot. These procedures are minimally invasive and have a lower risk of complications. Şişli Memorial is also one of the few clinics that uses infrared cameras during surgeries, which improves the accuracy of the surgeon’s work.
At the Şişli Memorial Clinic, the treatment of cardiac angina is available with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP), an innovative method available only in 200 hospitals worldwide.
The Intensive Care Unit has all the necessary equipment to treat the patient but also takes care of their comfort. Each unit is equipped with temperature, lighting and humidity control systems and there is light soothing music playing throughout the day. The wards are also equipped with CCTV cameras and telephones, with the help of which relatives can always contact the patient.
The Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery specializes in diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. It employs doctors who specialise in the treatment of such diseases:
| Deep brain stimulation |
| Neurologist consultation |
| CT, PET-CT, MRI diagnostics |
| Operation with neuronavigation |
| Side effects reduction |
For diagnostics of diseases, doctors use modern equipment MRI, CT, EEG, EMG, angiography, and invasive neuroradiology. When making a diagnosis, specialists from other medical fields are involved, as neurological symptoms may be caused by diseases of different systems.
Thanks to high-tech equipment, delicate brain operations are performed with an accuracy of less than a millimetre. Surgeons use neuronavigation, microsurgery, stereotaxy and laser surgery including the CUSA method. This makes it possible to safely perform complex brain surgeries.
Operating rooms are equipped with HEPA filters and laminar airflow systems, which guarantee absolute sterility and reduce the risk of postoperative infections.
After the operation, patients undergo neurological rehabilitation, which allows them to quickly and effectively recover from the disease and return to normal life.
Robotic surgery is one of the most advanced medical achievements of the 21st century. With the help of medical robots, doctors can plan and perform operations with high precision and reliability. Robotic technology can observe the patient’s condition and notify the surgeon of changes, model the image of internal organs, broadcast the image on a large screen, improve the accuracy of movements, and much more.
Most often, doctors at Şişli Memorial Clinic use the da Vinci Robot in the treatment of such diseases:
Surgery with the da Vinci robot is most often performed using a laparoscopic method, that is, through small incisions. This allows 95% of patients to leave the hospital the very next day. This operation leaves fewer scars, is less painful, carries less risk of postoperative complications and requires a shorter recovery period.
| Da Vinci robotic surgery |
| Consultation with a surgeon |
| Pre-op diagnostics |
| Robotic surgery |
| Rehabilitation |
| Oncological check-up |
| Cancer markers blood test |
| Biopsy |
| CT/MRI/PET-CT |
| Consultation with an oncologist |
In 2017, surgeons at Şişli Memorial Clinic noted the successful transplant of 1,000 livers. 30% of the operations were performed on patients under five years old.
Şişli Memorial Hospital is among the most successful transplant centres in Turkey. Today, Turkey competes with South Korea for the title of the country No.1 for organ transplantation. Every year, hundreds of doctors from other countries, especially the US, come to Memorial Clinics to participate in educational programs.
The success of the organ transplantation operation is ensured by the cooperation of representatives of various medical departments – visual diagnostics, surgery, intensive care and inpatient care.
80% of the transplants are from a living donor. Most patients undergo laparoscopic surgery through incisions as small as 6 cm. Many have an opportunity to return home the day after the surgery.
Autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplants are performed at the Memorial Şişli Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre following international protocols. Bone marrow transplantation is used to treat such diseases:
Stem cell harvesting at Şişli Memorial Clinic is carried out using the apheresis method. In this case, no surgical interventions are necessary and the stem cells are injected into the recipient’s body through blood.
The success of transplantation is achieved thanks to the combination of modern treatment methods and strict standards of postoperative care. During the period when the patient’s immunity is restored, he or she is placed in a sterile room and preventive treatment is performed to prevent infection and control other possible complications.
The IVF Center at Memorial Şişli Clinic is one of the strongest in the country. Many methods of artificial insemination were carried out in this hospital for the first time, in particular – under the guidance of the head of the department, Professor Semra Kahraman. Patients from the USA, Germany, Italy and Balkans come to this medical centre. In 2015, the International Medical Tourism Journal (IMTJ) awarded the Şişli Memorial clinic the title of Reproductive Clinic of the Year.
More than 10,000 babies were born at Şişli Memorial thanks to the help of doctors at the clinic.
Modern methods of artificial insemination are available at the clinic. Under the supervision of experienced specialists in the field of reproductive medicine, couples undergo a thorough diagnosis, based on which individual treatment is selected.
In addition to artificial insemination, in the Memorial Şişli, it is possible to undergo pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, if there is a risk that the child may transmit hereditary disease. In 2018, it was in the clinic Memorial Şişli that held the 5th World Congress on Genetic Preimplantation Diagnostics.
The clinic offers various methods of diagnosing male and female infertility, such as:
In addition to the classical methods of artificial insemination (oocyte stimulation and intrauterine insemination), innovative methods such as:
| Procedure | Cost |
| Consultation with a specialist | from $150 |
| Gastroscopy | from $650 |
| PET-CT | from $715 |
| MRI | from $900 |
| Basic check-up | from $500 |
| Check-up for children | from $500 |
| Procedure | Cost |
| Myomectomy (uterine myoma removal) | from $4,000 |
| Liver transplant | from $22,100 |
| Hip replacement | from $12,000 |
| Chemotherapy | from $1,500 (per course) |
| IVF procedure | from $2,400 |
| Breast cancer surgery | from $7,900 |
