Prof. Dr. Cafer Eroğlu

Prof. Dr. Cafer Eroğlu is a Clinical Laboratory specialist at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul. His professional work centers on clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, with a particular focus on the laboratory-based evaluation of infections. He has more than 37 years in medicine, and his career has combined laboratory responsibility with clinical work as an infectious diseases specialist.

Dr. Eroğlu graduated from İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1989. In 1995 he completed his training in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. From 1996 to 2017 he worked at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine in Internal Medicine as an Infectious Diseases Specialist. Between 2019 and 2020 he was Head of the Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory at Doğan Hospital, where he also worked in Internal Medicine as an Infectious Diseases Specialist. From 2021 to 2022 he served at İstanbul Laboratories Kadıköy Branch as Clinical Microbiology Specialist and Responsible Manager, heading the Microbiology Department. He joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2022. Dr. Eroğlu is a member of the Turkish Medical Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Eroğlu’s areas of expertise are clinical microbiology, infectious diseases and microbiology laboratory diagnostics. In the laboratory setting, his work involves the microbiological examination of patient samples to help identify the organisms that may be responsible for an infection and to support the treating physician in choosing an appropriate course of management. This laboratory-based evaluation is one part of the diagnostic process and is interpreted together with the patient’s clinical picture.

His background as an infectious diseases specialist informs how laboratory findings are read and reported. Microbiology laboratory diagnostics can be relevant across many clinical areas; for example, this site has a separate page on neuroinfectious diseases treatment, where laboratory testing forms part of the overall diagnostic approach. Whether a particular test or evaluation is suitable for an individual patient is decided on a case-by-case basis after review of the clinical situation.

How Dr. Eroğlu works with international patients

Dr. Eroğlu speaks 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, such as laboratory and pathology results, MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, operative notes and discharge summaries, 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 available options. Video consultations for international patients are available, which may allow an initial review of existing results and a discussion of which further laboratory or clinical evaluations might be considered before or during a visit to İstanbul.