Ashraf Rakhımov, MD

Ashraf Rakhımov, MD is an Emergency Service physician practising at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. He has more than nine years of experience in medicine and speaks Turkish and English. His clinical work is based in the hospital’s emergency department, where patients who arrive with acute or urgent health complaints are assessed and managed.

Dr. Rakhımov graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2017. He then completed his specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Medicine, finishing in 2026. In the same year he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services and took up his current position in the Emergency Service in İstanbul.

Clinical focus

Dr. Rakhımov’s specialty is emergency medicine. The Emergency Service is the point of entry for patients whose condition requires prompt medical assessment, whether they arrive on their own or are brought in by ambulance. In this setting, the role of the emergency physician typically includes taking a focused history, performing a clinical examination, ordering and interpreting the initial tests that the situation calls for, providing initial treatment and stabilisation, and deciding whether the patient can be discharged, needs observation, or should be referred to another department for further care.

Because emergency care is by its nature unplanned, the Emergency Service differs from departments that deliver scheduled treatment. Patients who are in İstanbul for planned procedures and develop an unexpected problem during their stay may be seen in the emergency department, after which the emergency physician coordinates with the relevant specialists in the hospital as needed. The specific conditions Dr. Rakhımov treats depend on what patients present with; no particular procedure or subspecialty focus is listed in the available information.

How Dr. Rakhımov works with international patients

Dr. Rakhımov consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. The international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current symptoms, a review of any existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the available options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient abroad to speak with Dr. Rakhımov before deciding whether to travel. As with any remote consultation, the information that can be given depends on the records available at the time, and a definitive assessment may require an in-person examination.