Internal Medicine · Acibadem Adana Hospital Burak Can, MD
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Burak Can, MD is an Internal Medicine specialist at Acibadem Adana Hospital and Acibadem Adana Orthopedia Hospital in Adana. His practice focuses on pituitary and thyroid diseases, type 1 diabetes, prediabetes, metabolic disorders, obesity, anemia, Behçet's disease, gastroenteritis, geriatric health and chronic disease management. He speaks Turkish and English and offers video consultations.
Accepting international patientsAbout Burak Can, MD
Burak Can, MD is an Internal Medicine specialist practicing at Acibadem Adana Hospital and Acibadem Adana Orthopedia Hospital in Adana. He works in the Internal Medicine unit, and his subspecialty areas are the treatment of pituitary diseases and thyroid diseases and their treatment. He has more than 16 years of experience in medicine.
Dr. Can graduated from Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine in 2010 and began his career the same year as a general practitioner at the Koeaeli/Körfez Emergency Aid Services Station. From 2011 he served as a research assistant at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, completing his specialty training there in 2015. He then held positions at Toyotasa Emergency Aid Hospital (Sakarya), Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital (Gaziantep), Gaziantep Sevgi Hospital, NCR International Hospital (Gaziantep) and Özel Adana Ortadoğu Hospital before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2024. He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association and the Turkish Internal Medicine Specialty Association. Dr. Can has co-authored articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, including case reports on drug-related pancreatitis, achalasia secondary to lung adenocarcinoma and late-onset anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome, as well as a study on the relationship between acute coronary syndromes, complications and uric acid.
Clinical focus
Dr. Can evaluates and manages a broad range of internal medicine conditions, with a particular interest in endocrine and metabolic disorders. His areas of expertise include the treatment of pituitary disorders, thyroid diseases, type 1 diabetes, prediabetes, and the diagnosis and treatment of metabolic diseases. He also provides medical care for obesity, supported by clinical nutrition guidance, and for anemia, Behçet’s disease and gastroenteritis.
A further part of his practice is chronic disease management and geriatric health, which involves ongoing follow-up of long-term conditions in older adults. He also carries out health check-ups and healthy living assessments for patients who wish to review their general health status. Treatment recommendations are made after a clinical assessment and depend on each patient’s diagnosis and overall health.
How Dr. Can works with international patients
Dr. Can speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. For international patients, the hospital’s international patient team coordinates the collection of prior medical reports, laboratory results 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 available options. Video consultations are also offered for international patients who wish to discuss their situation with Dr. Can before deciding whether to travel for further evaluation.
What Dr. Can treats and performs
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Areas of practiceTreatment of pituitary diseasesThyroid diseases and treatmentGeriatric health
Conditions treated
- Health check-ups and healthy living
- Anemia
- Behçet's disease
- Gastroenteritis
- Prediabetes
- Pituitary disorder treatment
- Chronic disease management
- Metabolic disease diagnosis and treatment
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2015Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine
- 2010Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2024Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2022Özel Adana Ortadoğu Hospital
- 2019NCR International Hospital (Gaziantep)
- 2017Gaziantep Sevgi Hospital
- 2016Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital (Gaziantep)
- 2015Toyotasa Emergency Aid Hospital (Sakarya)
- 2011Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Research Assistant)
- 2010Koeaeli/Körfez Emergency Aid Services Station General Practitioner
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association
- Turkish Internal Medicine Specialty Association
Selected publications
Selected Publications
- alluciations after ingesting a high dose of benzydamine hydrochloride Clinical Psychopharmacology uml NeuroscienceJ4(4). 407. (2016) Can B.. Oz I., Özer M.. Simsek. T.
- Late-onset Anticonvulsant Hypersensitivity Syndrome Mimicking Lymphoma Internal Medicine, 2015. 54.24: 3201-3204. Geduk A, Atesoglu EB. Mehtap O, Demirsoy E, Can B. Tarkun P and Hacihanefıoglu A.
- The relationship between acute coronary syndromes, complications and uric acid Kocaeli Medical Journal 2015; 4;2:18-22 Gedük A, Can B, Dündar E, Şali M, Gecgel F, Korkmaz O, Batman A; Dengeşik E.
- Achalasia secondary to lung adenocarcinoma Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Mar;30(2):250-1. Can B. Balli F, Korkmaz U, Yilmaz H, Can FI, Celebi A.
- Valsartan-induced acute pancrealitis. International Med. 2014;53(7):703-5. Can B. Şali M, Batman A, Yilmaz H, Korkmaz U, Celebi A, Senturk O, Hulagu S.
- A new technique for endoscopic treatment of gastric phytobezoars: fragmentation ising guidewire. Açta Gastroenterol Belg. 2014 Dec;77(4):389-92. Senturk O, Hulagu S, Celebi A, Korkmaz U. Duman AE. Dindar G, Bozkurt N, Yilmaz H, Ozturkler M. Can B. Batman A
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis with serosal involvement and cyclic neutropenia Abant Med. J.2013;2(2): 46-50. Korkmaz U; Duman AE; Bozkurt N, Dindar G, Yilmaz H, Dolasik I, Şali M, Can B, Celebi A, Senturk O, Hulagu S.
