Yeditepe University Hospital

Yeditepe University Hospital is one of the institution of the medical group Yeditepe, founded in 2005 by the Istanbul Educational Foundation (ISTEK). Yeditepe institution is one of the modern and respectable clinics in Turkey.

Annually about 30,000 patients from different countries  visit the hospital for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment. Involving modern technology and many years of unrivaled experience in the field of medicine made the medical center of Yeditepe one of the most advanced and well-known multidisciplinary hospitals in Europe.

The University hospital of Yeditepe has an integrated smart control system for all processes taking place in a medical facility, being one of the first smart hospitals in the region. Additionally in 2016, the medical institute of Yeditepe Healthcare Group emerged as the first absolutely antibacterial clinic in Turkey. 

The hospital is certified by the Joint Commission International(JCI), the highest international standard of medicine, which confirms the clinic's compliance with international quality and safety standards for the provision of medical services.

The goal of the hospital is to lead in the field of innovative medicine and modern medical technologies. For more than 10 years of successful practice and due to the constant scientific research activity the hospital has made number of outstanding achievements in the field of medicine.

Achievements of Yeditepe clinic:

• the first successful heart transplantation in Turkey;
• the first successful intervention with the replacement of the heart with a fully artificial pump;
• in  the basis of the hospital there is the availability of the only licensed blood bank in Turkey

Today, the Yeditepe University Hospital is a set of narrowly specialized medical units and centers:

• Institute of Neurosurgery
• Department of bone marrow transplantation
• Center for blood transfusion
• Center for Genetic Diagnosis
• Center for Radiology and Medical Imaging
• Intensive care and intensive care unit
• Ophthalmology Clinic
• Dental clinic
• The Department of Reproductive medicine (IVF center)
• Genetic laboratory
• Clinic for sleep disorders
• Department of Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Diseases
• Microsurgery Department 
• Hematology Department 
• Center for Organ and Biological Tissue Transplantation
• Center for Spine Surgery
• Neurological unit
• Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology
• Center for Cellular Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
• Center for Chest and Airway Surgery
• Oncology Center
• Department of Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery and Rhythm Disorders

Why is Yeditepe University Hospital the leader in healthcare, education and research

Yeditepe University Hospital is known for its wide application of innovative methods in treatment of Parkinson's disease & surgical treatment of epilepsy. The statistical data show high survival rates after liver, kidney transplantation, bone marrow transplantation for children and adults.

Yeditepe Hospital has about 750 medical partner-centers around the world which allows to conduct joint practice with leading foreign specialists and exchange academic experience in the field of medicine. To date, the hospital has about 4,000 employees, 50 of whom are world-renowned professors. The main principle of the hospital is the use of a multidisciplinary approach in patient’s treatment, where each medical case is observed separately taking into account all aspects of the patient's situation. This makes it possible to determine the most optimal protocol for further treatment.

Genetic Diagnostics at the Yeditepe University Hospital

The Center for Genetic Diagnostics of the Yeditepe University Hospital is a pioneer in clinical molecular gene diagnostics throughout the region.

Genetic diagnosis of cancer in the early stages, the development of drugs for the treatment of tumors taking into account their gene structure, preimplantation genetic diagnosis of human embryos, molecular karyotyping and comparative hybridization of genomes (CGH) are the preferred expertise of the genetic diagnostics center.

The center has its own powerful laboratory of gene diagnostics which is equipped with the latest equipment.

Bone marrow transplantation at the Yeditepe clinic

The department of bone marrow transplantation is fully equipped with everything necessary for carrying out all types of bone marrow transplantation in adults and children.

Careful monitoring of all 5 stages of bone marrow transplantation allows you to strictly control the process and create all the necessary conditions for the speedy recovery of the patient. Specialists of the Center have access to the latest world-class technologies needed in the process of bone marrow transplantation. The department of bone marrow transplantation at the University Hospital Yeditepe is one of the few clinics in Turkey where children's bone marrow transplantation is performed.

Neurosurgery at the Yeditepe Hospital 

The Institute of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Yeditepe has the most advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment that allows not only routine neurosurgical interventions such as herniated disc surgery or peripheral nerve surgery but also modern methods of surgical treatment of complex tumors of the brain and spinal cord, vascular malformations such as aneurysms, cavernomas and arteriovenous malformations, operative correction of motor disorders In the form of Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia and epilepsy in adults and children.

Cardiovascular surgery at Yeditepe clinic

Department of cardiovascular surgery at Yeditepe Hospital provides patients with solutions to cardiovascular problems at the Global level. Specialists of the department apply the method of "hybrid surgery" - one of the most advanced and in-demand diagnostic and treatment methods, conducted in a specially equipped hybrid operating room. Hybrid surgery is the simultaneous carrying out of several minimally invasive surgical procedures that allow rendering both urgent help to the patient, and at the same time not separating the diagnostic and treatment stages in planned patients.

Four-dimensional (4D echocardiographic assessment) echocardiographic evaluation of the heart valves immediately after surgery allows doctors to understand and assess the functionality of the valves immediately after the intervention. In addition, the hospital specialists have extensive experience in the field of transcatheter implantation of the aortic valve (TAVI), surgical correction of the aortic aneurysm, as well as surgical correction of other valve defects.

Transplantology at the Yeditepe University Hospital

Center transplantation of organs and biological tissues has one of the best statistical data of survival of donor organs. For foreign patients, kidneys, liver, bone marrow transplants as well as setting an artificial heart pump to patients who need a temporary artificial heart are performed here.

The international department of the clinic has a multilingual team of translators, which allows patients to communicate with doctors and medical. The staff of the international department provide all the necessary assistance to the patients of the clinic in order to make the stay in the medical center as comfortable as possible.