Ayten Güner Akbıyık, MD

Ayten Güner Akbıyık, MD is a thoracic surgeon at Acibadem Bodrum Hospital in Muğla, where she works in the Thoracic Surgery Department. Her practice covers the diagnostic and surgical care of conditions affecting the lungs, chest wall, diaphragm and mediastinum, with a subspecialty focus on robotic surgery. She has more than 32 years in medicine and sees both local and international patients who require assessment or surgical planning for thoracic conditions.

Dr. Akbıyık graduated from Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1994. She completed her thoracic surgery training at Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic, Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital in 2016. In 2024 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services, where she now practises in Bodrum.

Clinical focus

A central part of Dr. Akbıyık’s work is lung surgery, including the surgical management of lung cancer and other thoracic cancers. She also treats chest wall tumors and is involved in the evaluation and treatment of pneumothorax, in which air collects between the lung and the chest wall. Her diagnostic work includes bronchoscopy, which allows the airways to be examined directly, and mediastinoscopy, a procedure used to assess the lymph nodes and structures in the central chest. The choice of procedure depends on the individual patient’s findings and is discussed after a review of the available imaging and reports.

Dr. Akbıyık’s areas of interest also include minimally invasive approaches such as robotic surgery and single-port VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery), which are used in selected cases where the anatomy and the condition allow. She treats diaphragm disorders and chest wall deformities, namely pectus carinatum and pectus excavatum, as well as thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition in which nerves or blood vessels are compressed in the space between the collarbone and the first rib. Her work sits within the broader field of cardiothoracic surgery, and whether a given approach is suitable is decided on a case-by-case basis following clinical assessment.

How Dr. Akbıyık works with international patients

Dr. Akbıyık consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as CT, MRI, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and 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 that may be appropriate. Video consultation is available for international patients, which may be used for an initial review of a case or for follow-up, depending on the clinical situation and the documents available.