Behram Kaya, MD

Behram Kaya, MD is a neurosurgeon at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul, where he works in the Neurosurgery unit with a subspecialty focus on Spinal Health. His practice centers on disorders of the spine and spinal cord, including degenerative conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine, spinal tumors and structural problems that may require surgical treatment. He has more than 31 years in medicine.

Dr. Kaya graduated from Tebriz Azad University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and completed his training in Neurosurgery at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2004. He then worked at Özel Kent Hospital from 2004 to 2006 and has been with Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2008. He is a member of the Türk Nöroşirürji Association and the Nervous System Surgery Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Kaya’s clinical work is dedicated to spine surgery and spine health. He evaluates and treats lumbar disc herniation and cervical disc herniation, cervical spinal stenosis and reduced lumbar lordosis. For patients in whom the spine needs to be stabilized, he performs spinal fusion surgery. The decision to operate is made on an individual basis after the patient’s symptoms, examination findings and imaging have been reviewed, and non-surgical options are considered where they are appropriate.

His areas of expertise also include spinal and spinal cord tumors, tethered cord syndrome and transverse myelitis. These conditions affect the spinal cord itself or the structures around it, and each requires a careful diagnostic work-up before any treatment plan is proposed. Dr. Kaya’s approach is to establish the diagnosis as precisely as possible and to discuss with the patient the range of options, including what a given procedure aims to achieve and what its risks may be. Where surgery is not indicated, this is explained as clearly as a recommendation for surgery would be.

How Dr. Kaya works with international patients

Dr. Kaya 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 MRI, CT or X-ray reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and organizes 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 consultations are available for international patients who wish to discuss their case with Dr. Kaya before deciding whether to travel, and existing imaging can be reviewed as part of that discussion.