Dilem Kadıoğlu, Physiotherapist

Dilem Kadıoğlu is a physiotherapist working in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. She has more than seven years of experience in the field and works with patients whose care plan includes rehabilitation and physical therapy, in coordination with the hospital’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit.

Dilem Kadıoğlu graduated from Hacettepe University in 2019. In 2024 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services and has since seen patients at the Altunizade hospital, where she takes part in the assessment and follow-up of patients referred for physiotherapy as one component of their overall treatment.

Clinical focus

Her areas of expertise are patient-centered rehabilitation, functional recovery rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise programs, manual therapy, mobility restoration and pain reduction therapy. In practice this means that a rehabilitation plan is shaped around the individual patient’s condition, current level of function and personal goals, rather than following a fixed template. Functional recovery rehabilitation focuses on helping a patient regain the ability to carry out everyday activities after illness, injury or surgery, and mobility restoration addresses limitations in movement, balance or range of motion that interfere with daily life. Progress is reviewed over the course of treatment and the program is adjusted as the patient’s condition changes.

Therapeutic exercise programs are designed and supervised by Dilem Kadıoğlu and are intended to be continued by the patient between sessions and after discharge, with instructions adapted to the patient’s abilities. Manual therapy consists of hands-on techniques applied to joints and soft tissues and is used, where appropriate, alongside exercise rather than in place of it. Pain reduction therapy combines these approaches with the aim of easing discomfort so that the patient can take part more fully in rehabilitation. Which of these methods are used, and in what combination, depends on the findings of the initial assessment and on the recommendations of the referring physician.

How Dilem Kadıoğlu works with international patients

Dilem Kadıoğlu speaks Turkish and English, so patients arriving from abroad can communicate with her in either language, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example 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, including how a rehabilitation program might be structured. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient to speak with Dilem Kadıoğlu before travelling and to clarify whether an in-person assessment is advisable.