Mehmet Yazıcı, MD

Mehmet Yazıcı, MD is an Emergency Service physician at Acibadem Bursa Hospital in Bursa, Turkey. He graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1992 and has more than 34 years of experience in medicine. His professional interests include environmental emergencies, drowning, acute hypoxia, airway obstruction and tick bites.

After qualifying, Dr. Yazıcı worked in primary care at Afyon Sorkun Health Center from 1992 to 1993 and at Bursa Yunuseli Health Center from 1994 to 1995. Between 1996 and 1999 he served with the 112 Emergency Ambulance Service, providing pre-hospital emergency care. From 1999 to 2009 he was an Emergency Department Physician at Bursa Muradiye State Hospital. He then worked at 42 No. Küçükbalıklı Family Health Center from 2009 to 2011 before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2011. This career path has given him experience across ambulance, primary care and hospital emergency settings.

Clinical focus

Dr. Yazıcı’s work centers on the assessment and initial management of patients who present to the Emergency Service. Among his stated areas of interest are environmental emergencies, which include medical problems arising from exposure to the surrounding environment, and drowning incidents. He also has an interest in acute hypoxia, in which the body’s tissues receive insufficient oxygen, and in airway obstruction, where the passage of air to the lungs is blocked or restricted. These are conditions in which timely evaluation and management are important, and they fall within the scope of emergency medicine practice.

Tick bites are another area of interest. In the emergency setting this involves assessment of the bite site and of the patient’s symptoms and history. As with all his emergency work, Dr. Yazıcı’s approach is based on clinical examination and the information available at presentation, with further steps decided according to each patient’s condition.

How Dr. Yazıcı works with international patients

Dr. Yazıcı consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. The Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior medical reports and imaging, such as MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound 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 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. Dr. Yazıcı provides care in the Emergency Service of the hospital in Bursa.