Hafsa Hicret Bülbül Göktaş, MD

Hafsa Hicret Bülbül Göktaş, MD is a neurologist at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul, where she practices within the Neurology unit with a subspecialty focus on Headache Treatment and Stroke and Preventive Treatments. Her clinical interests include migraine and other headache disorders, dizziness, epilepsy, memory loss, stroke prevention, peripheral neuropathy, essential tremor and trigeminal neuralgia. She has more than 12 years of experience in medicine.

Dr. Göktaş graduated from İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2014 and completed her neurology specialty training at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2019. Her early career included a position as a general practitioner in the Adult Emergency Unit of Denizli State Hospital (2014–2015), followed by neurology residency training as a resident doctor in the 2nd Neurology Clinic of İstanbul Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital (2015–2016). From 2016 to 2020 she was a research assistant in the Department of Neurology at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine. In 2020 she worked as a neurology specialist in the Neurology Clinic of Afyonkarahisar State Hospital, and in 2022 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services. She is a member of the Turkish Neurology Association.

Clinical focus

A substantial part of Dr. Göktaş’s practice is dedicated to headache medicine. She assesses and manages patients with migraine and other forms of headache, and her practice includes migraine Botox, migraine vaccination and nerve blocks for headache, which may be considered for selected patients after clinical evaluation. She also sees patients with trigeminal neuralgia and dizziness, symptoms that often require careful neurological assessment to clarify their cause before a treatment plan is discussed.

Her second area of focus is stroke and preventive treatments, with an emphasis on stroke prevention through the identification and management of risk factors. In addition, Dr. Göktaş evaluates and follows patients with epilepsy, memory loss, peripheral neuropathy and essential tremor. Treatment recommendations are based on the individual patient’s history, examination findings and existing test results, and may include ongoing follow-up where appropriate.

How Dr. Göktaş works with international patients

Dr. Göktaş speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, 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, arranges appointments and organizes 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 available options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation with Dr. Göktaş before or instead of traveling.