Hülya Yıldız Bayar, MD

Hülya Yıldız Bayar, MD is a neurologist at Acibadem Ankara Hospital in Ankara, where she works in the Neurology unit. She has more than 29 years in medicine. Her subspecialty areas are movement disorders treatment; stroke and preventive treatments; and dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and aging. Her clinical interests also include epilepsy, migraine, vertigo and balance disorders, memory loss, essential tremor, trigeminal neuralgia, and peripheral neuropathy and neuropathic pain.

Dr. Bayar graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1997. She then completed her neurology residency at Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 1997 and 2002. From 2002 to 2025 she worked as a neurology specialist at Kahramankazan State Hospital, a period of more than two decades in hospital-based neurology practice. In 2025 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services and now sees patients at the hospital in Ankara.

Clinical focus

Dr. Bayar assesses and manages a range of neurological conditions. In the field of movement disorders, her work includes Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. She also sees patients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss, and her interest in aging covers neurological changes that may accompany later life. In cerebrovascular care, her focus is on stroke prevention and preventive treatments, which involves identifying and addressing risk factors before a stroke occurs.

Her practice also covers epilepsy, vertigo and balance disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, and peripheral neuropathy and neuropathic pain. For patients with headache, she works with migraine treatment protocols, including migraine vaccines and biological agents, where these are considered appropriate for the individual patient. The choice of treatment in each case depends on the diagnosis, the patient’s history and the findings of the clinical examination, and is discussed with the patient before any decision is made.

How Dr. Bayar works with international patients

Dr. Bayar speaks Turkish and English. For patients coming from abroad, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as MRI or CT reports, laboratory and pathology results, and discharge summaries, arranges appointments and organizes the hospital visit; interpreters can be arranged when needed. 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, which allows an initial discussion of the patient’s situation and existing records to take place remotely when a visit in person is not immediately possible.