Hülya Yolaçan, MD

Hülya Yolaçan, MD is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist at Acibadem Eskisehir Hospital in Eskişehir, where she practices within the Pulmonology unit. With more than 33 years in medicine, her work covers the assessment and management of a broad range of respiratory conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary embolism, lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia, as well as lung cancer and other thoracic cancers. Bronchoscopy and respiratory treatment and rehabilitation are also part of her clinical practice.

Dr. Yolaçan graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Medicine in 1993 and completed her specialty training at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine Department of Chest Diseases in 2004. Her early career included positions at Konya Kulu Kozanlı Health Center (1993–1998) and Çorum No. 4 Health Center (1998–2000), followed by Dicle University Faculty of Medicine (2000–2004). She then worked at Diyarbakır Chest Diseases Hospital (2004–2010), İstanbul Beyoğlu District Ok Meydanı Training and Research Hospital (2010–2011) and Eskişehir Yunus Emre Devlet Hospital (2011–2017) before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2018. She is a member of the Türk Toraks Association and the Internal Medicine and Surgical Intensive Care Association.

Clinical focus

A substantial part of Dr. Yolaçan’s work concerns chronic and acute airway and lung conditions. She evaluates and manages patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and she is involved in respiratory treatment and rehabilitation for patients whose breathing is affected by long-standing lung disease. She also assesses and treats lower respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, and the wider group of pulmonary diseases seen in a chest medicine practice.

Dr. Yolaçan also sees patients with pulmonary embolism, a condition in which a blood clot obstructs the arteries of the lung and which requires timely evaluation. Her expertise extends to lung cancer and other thoracic cancers, where pulmonary assessment contributes to diagnosis and to planning further care. Bronchoscopy, an endoscopic examination of the airways, is among the procedures she performs and may be used to investigate airway findings or to obtain samples when clinically indicated. The suitability of any investigation or treatment is determined individually after clinical review.

How Dr. Yolaçan works with international patients

Dr. Yolaçan consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as CT, X-ray or MRI reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and respiratory 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 may be used for an initial discussion or a review of existing findings before travel.