Faruk Batur, MD

Faruk Batur, MD is an Inpatient Clinic Physician at Acibadem Taksim Hospital in İstanbul. His work centers on the assessment and ongoing care of patients who have been admitted to the hospital, including clinical monitoring and the coordination of care during the hospital stay. He draws on a background in emergency medicine and has more than seven years of experience in medicine.

Dr. Batur graduated from Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine in 2019. He then worked as an Emergency Department Physician at Büyükçekmece Mimar Sinan State Hospital from 2019 to 2021, followed by a position in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Şişli Etfal Research Hospital from 2021 to 2022. In 2022 he worked as a Medical Aesthetic Physician at Pien Clinic Aesthetic. He joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2024.

Clinical focus

Dr. Batur’s areas of expertise are inpatient care, patient assessment, clinical monitoring, care coordination and emergency medicine. As an inpatient clinic physician, he contributes to the clinical evaluation of hospitalized patients, follows their condition over the course of the stay and helps ensure that the different parts of the care plan are aligned. This may include reviewing a patient’s history and current findings, observing changes in the clinical picture and communicating with the other members of the treating team so that care is delivered in a coordinated way.

His earlier work in emergency departments informs his approach to patient assessment, where timely recognition of changes in a patient’s status and a structured clinical evaluation are central. In the inpatient setting, the emphasis is on careful monitoring and steady communication rather than on any single procedure. The specific tests, treatments and follow-up arrangements for an individual patient are determined by the treating team according to that patient’s diagnosis and needs, and Dr. Batur’s role is to support that process during the hospital stay.

How Dr. Batur works with international patients

Dr. Batur speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who prefer another language. Before a visit, the Acibadem 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 consultations are available for international patients, which can be useful for an initial discussion or for questions before or after a hospital stay. Throughout the stay, patients can expect clear communication about their assessment, monitoring and the coordination of their care.