Pulmonary Medicine · Acibadem Altunizade Hospital, İstanbul Prof. Hacer Kuzu Okur, MD
✓ Medically verified profileProf. Hacer Kuzu Okur, MD
Prof. Hacer Kuzu Okur, MD is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital. She treats conditions including COPD, asthma, sleep disorders, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary fibrosis, lung and thoracic cancers, respiratory infections, and allergic diseases, with expertise in bronchoscopy, EBUS, sleep medicine, and smoking cessation.
Accepting international patientsAbout Prof. Hacer Kuzu Okur, MD
Prof. Hacer Kuzu Okur, MD is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital. Her clinical interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, sleep disorders, smoking cessation, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, lung and thoracic cancers, lower respiratory tract infections, and immunology and allergic diseases. She also performs bronchoscopy and EBUS procedures.
She graduated from Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed her pulmonary medicine training at Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Her career has included work in sleep medicine at Istanbul University, ÇAPA Faculty of Medicine, and at the Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Center of Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. In 2013, she served as Associate Professor, Head of the Pulmonary Medicine Department, and founder of the Bronchoscopy Unit at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital.
International patients can consult Prof. Kuzu Okur at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital for assessment and management of respiratory, sleep-related, allergic, and smoking-related concerns. Her practice brings together pulmonary evaluation, sleep disorder care, bronchoscopy expertise, and support for smoking cessation.
What Dr. Okur treats and performs
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Areas of practiceSmoke-free lifeTreatment of sleep disordersImmunology and allergic diseases
Conditions treated
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2003–2012Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
- 2001Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital Chest Diseases
- 1991Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2017Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2013Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital / Associate Professor / Head of the Chest Diseases Department / Founder of the Bronchoscopy Unit
- 2007Washington University in St.Louis School of Medicine; Department of Neurology Multidisciplinary Sleep Medicine Center
- 2007St. Louis, Missouri
- 2005İstanbul University, ÇAPA Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases / Sleep Disorders Unit
- 1991–1995Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital / General Practitioner
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Türk Toraks Association (TTD)
- Uykuder Sleep Association
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
- Turkish Respiratory Research Association (TÜSAD)
- Akciğer Kanserleri Association
- Müzikle Terapi Association
- Lung Health and Intensive Care Association (ASYOD)
Selected publications
Selected Publications
- Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment on Leptin Levels in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders.2015; DOI:10.1089/2014.0161. S Yosunkaya , H.K. Okur, Ü Can, A Zamani, R Kutlu.
- Arginase activity and nitric oxide levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome CLINICS;2014;69(4):000-000. M.Yüksel, H.K. Okur, Z. Pelin, A.V. Öğünç , L. Öztürk.
- Detection of reactive oxygen metabolites in malignant and adjacent tissues of patients with lung cancer. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2013;11:9. H.K. Okur, M. Yüksel, T. Lacin,V. Baysungur and E. Okur.
- Pulmonary function changes in female patients undergoing obesity surgery. Marmara Medical Journal. 2014;27: DOI:10.5472/MMJ.2013.03256.1. H.K. Okur, A.B. Karip, O. Aras, İ. Taşdelen, H.Altun, K.Memişoğlu.
- Lipid peroxidation and paraoxonase in nocturnal cyclic and sustained intermittent hypoxia Sleep and Breathing. 2013;17:365-371.DOI 10.1007/s11325-012-0703-5. H.K. Okur, Z. Pelin, M. Yuksel, S. Yosunkaya.
- Matrix metalloproteinase-9 level and gene polymorphism in sleep disordered breathing patients with or without cardiovascular disorders. Balkan Medical Journal. 2013; 30:8-12.DOI:10.5152/balkanmedJ.2012.068. M. Yüksel, H.K. Okur, A.V. Öğünç, Z. Pelin.
- COPD and Sleep Disorders International Refereed Academic Journal of Sports Health and Medical Sciences, April-May-June 2012 issue; Issue 3/Skin:2:70-76. H.K. Okur.
- Definition and indications of polysomnography. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine. 2012;16(1):11-14. H.K. Okur.
- Pure Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Erectile Dysfunction. Balkan Medical Journal. 2011;28:435-439. C. Gurbuz, H.K. Okur, S. Demir, S. Ordu, T. Caşkurlu.
- Three cases of intrathoracic gossypiboma with varying morbidities depending on the time of detection. The Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeon. 2009;57:432-434. H.K. Okur, E. Okur, R. Baran.
