Hamed Jafarzadeh Andabıl, MD

Hamed Jafarzadeh Andabıl, MD is a pathologist at Acibadem Kent Hospital (Izmir) in İzmir, where he works in the Pathology Department. His role is laboratory based rather than patient facing: he contributes to the diagnostic evaluation of tissue and laboratory specimens, and the findings he reports are used by treating clinicians to support diagnosis and treatment planning. He has more than 23 years in medicine.

Dr. Andabıl graduated from Tebriz University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. He then completed specialty training in Medical Pathology at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, finishing in 2019. In 2023 he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services, and he currently practices within the Pathology Department of the hospital in İzmir.

Clinical focus

Pathology is a diagnostic specialty. Rather than treating patients directly, a pathologist examines samples that other physicians have obtained and issues a report describing what the sample shows. Dr. Andabıl’s work at the hospital covers the diagnostic evaluation of tissue and laboratory specimens. The results of this evaluation form part of the information that surgeons, oncologists and other treating physicians consider when they establish a diagnosis and plan care.

For international patients, this means that Dr. Andabıl’s contribution usually takes place in the background of a multidisciplinary care process. When a specimen is sent to the Pathology Department, it is evaluated and reported, and the report is then returned to the referring clinician, who discusses the findings with the patient. Pathology results are one element of clinical decision making and are interpreted together with the patient’s history, examination findings and imaging. The time needed to complete a pathology report depends on the type of specimen and the examinations required, and this should be clarified with the treating team.

How Dr. Andabıl works with international patients

Dr. Andabıl speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who prefer another language. Before a hospital visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, including MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit itself. Because pathology is a laboratory specialty, most international patients encounter Dr. Andabıl’s work through the reports discussed by their treating physicians. A first consultation with a treating physician 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; where a pathology review of previously obtained material is relevant, this can be arranged as part of that process. Video consultation is available for international patients, which may be useful for an initial discussion or for reviewing existing reports before travel.