Prof. Dr. A. Bülent Oktay

Prof. Dr. A. Bülent Oktay is a urologist at Acibadem Bursa Hospital in Bursa, Türkiye, where he works in the Urology unit. He has more than 46 years in medicine, and his listed areas of expertise are urology, endourology and transplant coordination. He joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2011 after a long academic career at a single university department.

Dr. Oktay graduated from Bursa University Faculty of Medicine in 1980 and completed his urology training at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1983. He then advanced through the academic ranks at Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, becoming Assistant Associate Professor in 1987, Associate Professor in 1990 and Professor in 1995. He served as a faculty member of the Department of Urology from 1987 to 2011 and held the Department of Urology Chairmanship from 2001 to 2011. Between 1992 and 1996 he was also a member of the Dean’s Office Purchasing Commission. He is a member of the Turkish Urology Association, the Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Association, the Bursa Urology Association, the Endoüroloji Association, the European Urology Association and the Dünya Endoüroloji Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Oktay’s clinical work covers general urology, endourology and transplant coordination. Endourology refers to minimally invasive urological procedures performed through natural openings or small access points, and his published work in this area includes a case report on colonic perforation during pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy and its treatment, and a report on treating retrocaval ureter by pure laparoscopic pyelopyelostomy in four patients. His research also addresses stone disease in children, with a study on the urokinase gene 3′-UTR t/c polymorphism in childhood calcium oxalate urolithiasis.

His transplant-related publications include a report on ureteric aspergilloma as an unusual cause of ureteral obstruction in a renal transplant recipient, and a review of superimposed infections in a renal transplant recipient with pulmonary tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniasis. Further papers, published between 2003 and 2009, examine cytokine gene polymorphisms in renal cell carcinoma and in response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy, plasma transforming growth factor-beta 1 in unilateral ureteral obstruction, genetic evaluation of von Hippel-Lindau disease, and a case of coincidental adrenal ganglioneuroma presenting with enuresis nocturna. Whether a particular treatment is suitable for an individual patient depends on that patient’s clinical situation and is assessed at consultation.

How Dr. Oktay works with international patients

Dr. Oktay consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. The Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a case to be discussed with Dr. Oktay before any decision about travel is made.