Damla Akçora, MD

Damla Akçora, MD is an anesthesiology specialist practicing in the Anesthesiology & Reanimation unit of Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul. Her clinical background covers anesthesiology and reanimation, perioperative care, regional anesthesia and intensive care, with operating-room experience in anesthesia for pediatric surgery, neurosurgery and emergency surgery. She has more than 39 years in medicine and consults in Turkish and English.

Dr. Akçora completed her secondary education at İzmir Fen High School in 1987 and graduated from İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1993. She completed her specialization in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at the same faculty in 1999. From 1999 to 2006 she worked at the İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, serving in turn as responsible specialist physician for the pediatric surgery, neurosurgery and emergency surgery operating rooms. She subsequently worked at Bahçeci IVF Center, Alman Hospital (2006–2007), Hisar Intercontinental Hospital (2007–2015), Acıbadem Healthcare Services (2015), Acıbadem Taksim Hospital (2015–2016) and Ataşehir Florence Nightingale Hospital (2016–2022). She is a member of the İstanbul Medical Chamber, the Turkish Intensive Care Association, the Regional Anesthesia Association, the European Society Intensive Care Medicine and the Turkish Anesthesiology and Reanimation Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Akçora’s work centers on anesthesiology and reanimation across the perioperative period: assessing patients before an operation, planning and administering anesthesia, monitoring the patient during the procedure and overseeing the early recovery phase. Her operating-room experience includes anesthesia for pediatric surgery, neurosurgery and emergency surgery, settings in which the anesthetic plan is adapted to the age of the patient, the nature of the operation and the urgency of the situation.

She also has expertise in regional anesthesia, in which a specific region of the body is anesthetized as part of the overall anesthetic plan, and in intensive care and reanimation, which involve the monitoring and support of critically ill patients. The anesthetic approach for any individual patient depends on their medical history, current condition and the planned procedure, and is determined in coordination with the surgical team.

How Dr. Akçora works with international patients

Dr. Akçora consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. For international patients, the hospital’s 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, 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. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their case before traveling.