Prof. Dr. Murat Karaman

Prof. Dr. Murat Karaman is an otorhinolaryngology specialist in the Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) unit at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, with a subspecialty focus on head and neck surgery. He has spent more than 32 years in medicine and his clinical work covers ear, nose and throat conditions in adults and children. He is a board member of the Turkish Skull Base Association and a member of the Turkish Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery Association, the Turkish Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery Proficiency General Board, the Turkish Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery Foundation and the KBB-BBC Specialists Association.

Dr. Karaman graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2002 and completed his residency in Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital between 2003 and 2008. He then worked as an Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases specialist at Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital from 2008 to 2013 and at İstanbul Medipol University, where he held the title of associate professor from 2012 to 2017. In 2017 he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services. His training abroad includes sleep apnea and snoring surgery at L’Hôpital Foch in 2010 and, in 2011, sinus surgery and sleep apnea and snoring surgery at Stanford University as well as ENT training at Institut Gustave Roussy in Paris. He completed the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System Certification Training and a hypoglossal nerve stimulator implantation surgical cadaver course in 2014, and a cadaveric auditory implantation course organized by the Skull Base Association in 2016.

Clinical focus

A substantial part of Dr. Karaman’s practice concerns sleep-related conditions, including sleep apnea, snoring and insomnia. His published work includes comparisons of radiofrequency and transoral robotic surgery in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and of laser and electrocautery techniques in robot-assisted tongue base surgery. He also treats nasal and sinus disease, performing septoplasty, septorhinoplasty and nasal and sinus surgery for conditions such as sinusitis; one of his studies examined mucociliary clearance in patients with nasal septal deviation and its change after septoplasty.

Other areas of expertise include voice hoarseness, hearing loss, vertigo and balance disorders, and head and neck surgery. His research publications also address laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, the effect of functional neck dissection and postoperative radiotherapy on the spinal accessory nerve, facial nerve repair, thyroid autograft function and dexamethasone dosing in pediatric tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy. Treatment recommendations depend on the individual assessment, and surgery is one of several options that may be discussed.

How Dr. Karaman works with international patients

Dr. Karaman consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organizes 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 available options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation before traveling.