Gökay Kurtulan, MD

Gökay Kurtulan, MD is an Occupational Medicine physician at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul. His professional focus includes occupational health, workplace health services and preventive health. He graduated from Gülhane Military Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine in 1992 and completed his intern physician year at Gülhane Military Medical Academy in Ankara. He has more than 34 years of experience in medicine, spanning clinical work, preventive health, hospital management and academic positions.

His career began as a consulting physician at Diyarbakır Military Hospital (1993–1998), followed by a post as regimental headquarters physician with the Transportation Regiment Command in Ankara (1998–2002). Between 2002 and 2012 he served as health advisor and health branch director within military commands in İstanbul and Erzincan. During this period he completed a Preventive Health Course at the United States Army Medical Department Center and School (AMEDDC&S) in San Antonio, Texas, in 2003, served as Preventive Health Officer with ISAF in Afghanistan in 2005 and held a hospital chief physician role with SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. He was hospital manager and chief physician at Erzincan Military Hospital (2012–2014) and Edremit Military Hospital (2014–2016). He then held faculty member and deputy dean positions at Bahçeşehir University (2018–2022) and Nişantaşı University (2022–2023), where he also acted as workplace physician. From 2023 to 2025 he was deputy chief physician at Liv Hospital Ulus Hospital. In 2025 he took up a workplace physician role with Bilkent Holding TEPE İSG and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services.

Clinical focus

Dr. Kurtulan’s practice centers on occupational health, workplace health services and preventive health. Occupational medicine addresses the relationship between a person’s work and their health, including the assessment of health in the context of workplace conditions and the provision of health services to working populations. His background combines this workplace-oriented practice with long-standing involvement in preventive health, including formal training in preventive health and a preventive health assignment in an international setting.

His experience in hospital management and health advisory roles, together with his academic positions, informs an approach that considers both the individual patient and the wider organizational and preventive context in which health concerns arise. Each consultation is guided by the patient’s history and circumstances, and any recommendations are discussed with the patient on an individual basis.

How Dr. Kurtulan works with international patients

Dr. Kurtulan consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. The Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as laboratory results, imaging reports 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 reports and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation before or instead of traveling to İstanbul.