Check Up & Wellness Center Assoc. Prof. Murat İçen, MD
✓ Medically verified profileAssoc. Prof. Murat İçen, MD
Assoc. Prof. Murat İçen, MD is a Check Up & Wellness Center specialist at Acibadem Maslak Hospital, İstanbul, with 26+ years of experience. He focuses on routine health check-ups, preventive health screening, and conditions including diabetic neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Behçet disease, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia, and Parkinson disease. He consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
Accepting international patientsAbout Assoc. Prof. Murat İçen, MD
Assoc. Prof. Murat İçen, MD works in Check Up & Wellness Center and has 26 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include diabetic neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, adult-onset psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Behçet disease, neuro-Behçet disease headache, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia, and Parkinson disease.
Dr. İçen graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and completed Family Medicine at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2005. He received the academic rank of Associate Professor of Family Medicine in 2013. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2022. His experience also includes Family Medicine at Istanbul Memorial Service Hospital in 2011 and an Asst. Assoc. role in the Department of Family Medicine at Istanbul Bilim University from 2010 to 2011.
Internationally, Dr. İçen was a Postdoc Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, from 2007 to 2009, and a Postdoc Visitor in Dermatology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, from 2009 to 2010. He was also a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Epidemiology, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester from 2008 to 2009.
The profile lists 4 professional bodies, among them the Family Physicians Specialty Association of Turkey, Turkish Medical Association, and Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. The profile lists 11 publications dated between 2009 and 2015. Their subjects include diabetic neuropathy; cardiovascular disease risk in psoriasis and adult-onset psoriasis; and psoriatic arthritis, Behçet disease, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia, and Parkinson disease.
Dr. İçen speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
What Dr. İçen treats and performs
Each item opens the condition or treatment page with the care pathway for international patients.
Conditions treated
- Diabetes mellitus
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Behçet disease
- Neuro-behçet disease headache
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus features in rheumatoid arthritis
- Anemia
Procedures performed
- Routine health check-up
- Preventive health screening
- Adult-onset psoriasis
- Cardiovascular disease risk in psoriasis
- Psoriasis: treatment
- Psoriatic arthritis treatment
- Rheumatoid arthritis treatment
- Anemia treatment
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2013Associate Professor of Family Medicine
- 2009–2010Postdoc Visitor, Dermatology Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- 2007–2009Postdoc Fellowship, Epidemiology Clinical Research Training Program Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- 2005Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine
- 1998Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2022Acibadem Health Group
- 2011Family Medicine, Istanbul Memorial Service Hospital
- 2010–2011Asst. Assoc., Department of Family Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University
- 2009–2010Research Fellow, Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, Micigan State University
- 2008–2009Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
- 2007Research Trainee, Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
- 2006–2007Istanbul Surgical Hospital, Emergency Department
- 2005–2006Dz. K. Karamürselbey Training. Mrk. 30 Bedded Infirmary Polyclinic
- 2005Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Besiktas District Polyclinic
- 2004Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Diabetes and Endocrine Polyclinic
- 2003–2004Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Psychiatry Clinic
- 2003Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital 2nd Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic
- 2002–2003Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Clinic
- 2001–2002Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital 2nd Surgery Clinic
- 2000–2001Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital 2nd Internal Medicine Clinic
Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association
- Robert College Alumni Association
- Family Physicians Specialty Association of Turkey
- Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
Selected publications
Selected Publications
- Diabetic Neuropathy. Türkiye Klinikleri J Fam Med-Special Topics 2015;6(l):38-45. İçen M.
- Risk and predictors of cardiovascular disease in psoriasis: a population-based study Int J Dermatol. 2013 Jan;52(l):32-40. doi: 10.1111/j. 1365-4632.2011,05430.x. Maradit-Kremers H, Dierkhising RA, Crowson CS, Icen M, Emste FC, McEvoy MT.
- Disease severity and therapy as predictors of cardiovascular risk in psoriasis: a population-based cohort study J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2012 Mar;26(3):336-43. Maradit-Kremers H, Icen M, Emste FC, Dierkhising RA, McEvoy MT.
- Global transcriptional analysis of psoriatic skin and blood confirms known disease-associated pathways and highlights novel genomic “hot spots” for differentially expressed genes Genomics. 2012 Jul;100(l):18-26. Epub 2012 May 11. Coda AB, Icen M, Smith JR, Sinha AA.
- Time trends in epidemiology and characteristics of psoriatic arthritis over 3 decades: a population-based study. J Rheumatol. 2009 Feb;36(2):361-7. Epub 2009 Jan 22. Wilson FC, Icen M, Crowson CS, McEvoy MT, Gabriel SE, Maradit Kremers H.
- The presentation of headache in neuro-Behçets disease: a case-series 2009 Mar;49(3):467-70. Kale N, Agaoglu J, Icen M, Yazici I, Tanik O.
- Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of Behcets disease in the United States: A population-based study Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr 29;61(5):600-604. Calamia KT, Wilson FC, Icen M, Crowson CS, Gabriel SE, Maradit Kremers H.
- Trends in incidence of adult-onset psoriasis over three decades: a population based study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Mar;60(3):394-401. Icen M, Crowson CS, McEvoy MT, Dann FJ, Gabriel SE, Maradit Kremers H.
- Incidence and clinical predictors of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: a population-based study Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Feb 15;61(2):233-9. Wilson FC, Icen M, Crowson CS, McEvoy MT, Gabriel SE, Maradit Kremers H.
- Systemic lupus eiythematosus features in rheumatoid arthritis and their impact on overall mortality J Rheumatol. 2009 Jan;36(l):50-7. Icen M, Nicola P, Maradit Kremers H, Crowson CS, Gabriel SE.
- Anemia or low hemoglobin levels preceding Parkinson’s disease: a case-control study Neurology. 2009 Oct 27;73(17):1381-7. Savica R, Grossardt BR, Carlin JM, Icen M, Bower JH, Ahlskog JE, Maraganore DM, Steensma DP, Rocca WA
