İskender Dik, MD

İskender Dik, MD is an Internal Medicine specialist at Acibadem Bodrum Hospital in Muğla, where he works within the Internal Medicine unit. His clinical practice covers a broad range of general internal medicine, with particular interest in Crohn’s disease and colitis treatment and in thyroid diseases and their treatment. He also sees patients with diabetes and prediabetes, anaemia, metabolic diseases, gastritis, gastroenteritis and fatty liver disease, many of whom live with more than one condition at the same time.

Dr. Dik graduated from İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1977 and completed his Internal Medicine training at the same faculty in 1982. He has more than 49 years of experience in medicine and has been working with Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2018. This long clinical background in internal medicine informs his approach to patients with chronic and overlapping medical problems, in which several organ systems may need to be considered together when planning care.

Clinical focus

A substantial part of Dr. Dik’s work concerns metabolic and endocrine conditions. He assesses and manages type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and is involved in the diagnosis and treatment of metabolic diseases more generally, including fatty liver disease. He also treats thyroid diseases, where care may involve evaluating thyroid function, interpreting laboratory findings and adjusting treatment over time. For patients with anaemia, he works to clarify the underlying cause before deciding on management, since anaemia can arise from a range of nutritional, digestive and other conditions.

Digestive complaints form the second main area of his practice. Dr. Dik provides Crohn’s disease and colitis treatment and sees patients with gastritis and gastroenteritis. Many of the conditions he manages are long-term, and chronic disease management is a central element of his work. This typically includes periodic review of symptoms and test results, attention to coexisting conditions and medications, and adjustment of treatment plans as a patient’s situation changes. Care planning is based on the individual patient’s symptoms, medical history and treatment needs.

How Dr. Dik works with international patients

Dr. Dik 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, for example laboratory and pathology results, ultrasound or other imaging reports, discharge summaries and records of previous treatments, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing test results, 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 with Dr. Dik before travelling or as part of follow-up after a visit.