Halil Algan, MD

Halil Algan, MD is a physician specializing in the treatment of pain (algology) at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul, where he works in the Pain Management (Algology) Department. His areas of expertise include pain treatment, interventional pain treatment, musculoskeletal orthomanual medicine, regional anaesthesia and pain therapy, anesthesiology and neuroanesthesia. He has more than 35 years in medicine and consults with patients in Turkish and English.

Dr. Algan graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed his specialty training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 1997. In the same year he trained in pain management at Yale University Yale Center for Pain Management in New Haven, CT, U.S.A., and worked in neuroanesthesia at Marmara University Neurological Sciences Institute in İstanbul. He undertook Interventional Pain Management training at HealthSouth Medial Center Birmingham AL, U.S.A., in 1998 and again in 2000, and in 2004 received a Diplomate degree in pain management from the American Academy of Pain Management. From 1997 to 2017 he worked at Acıbadem Healthcare Services. He subsequently practiced in Germany, in anesthesiology at Die Praxis Klinik and in anesthesiology and intensive care at St. Marien Krankenhaus, both in Mülheim an der Ruhr, and in 2021 became Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management (Chefarzt) at Clinic Bel Etage in Düsseldorf. He obtained a Medical Doctor degree in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2021 and completed physician training in musculoskeletal (ortho-manual) medicine in the Netherlands in 2022. He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association (İstanbul), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schmerzmedizin e.V and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy.

Clinical focus

Dr. Algan’s clinical work centers on the assessment and treatment of pain. His training and practice cover interventional pain treatment, in which targeted procedures are considered as part of a pain management plan, as well as regional anaesthesia and pain therapy. He also applies musculoskeletal orthomanual medicine in the evaluation and care of patients with pain arising from the musculoskeletal system.

His background in anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia and intensive care informs his approach to pain patients. Whether a particular treatment is appropriate depends on the individual diagnosis, prior treatments and overall health, and is discussed with each patient after a clinical assessment.

How Dr. Algan works with international patients

Dr. Algan consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. 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 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 consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation before traveling.