Clinical Laboratory · Acibadem Altunizade Hospital, İstanbul Oğuz Akar, MD
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Oğuz Akar, MD is a clinical laboratory specialist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye, with 29 years of experience. Listed areas of expertise include diagnostic microbiology, pathogen identification, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship and clinical microbiology consultation. He consults in Turkish and English, and online consultation is available for international patients before travelling.
Accepting international patientsAbout Oğuz Akar, MD
Oğuz Akar, MD is a clinical laboratory specialist with 29 years of experience. He treats infectious disease as part of infectious disease management and provides clinical microbiology consultation, and his areas of expertise on this profile include diagnostic microbiology and antimicrobial stewardship; further areas appear in the list below. His work sits in the laboratory side of medicine, supporting the identification and treatment of infection.
Dr. Akar graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed specialty training in Medical Microbiology at Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital in 1997. His early career was spent as a specialist doctor at Rize State Hospital from 1997 to 1999, and he later held specialist doctor posts at Gelisim Hospital from 2005 to 2009 and at Gama Medical Center from 2009 to 2013. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2015 and practises at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. Further posts from his career appear in the timeline below.
Dr. Akar speaks Turkish and English, so patients from abroad can be understood in either language, and online consultation is available, which allows a patient to speak with him before travelling.
What Dr. Akar treats and performs
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Areas of practiceDiagnostic microbiology
Conditions treated
- Pathogen identification
- Infection control
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Clinical microbiology consultation
- Infectious disease management
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 1997Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Medical Microbiology
- 1987–1991Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
- 198650th Year Tehran High School
Career
Professional Experience
- 2015Acibadem Health Group
- 2013–2015Kocaeli Public Health Laboratory / Specialist Doctor
- 2013Hippocrates Laboratories / Specialist Doctor
- 2009–2013Gama Medical Center / Specialist Doctor
- 2005–2009Gelisim Hospital / Specialist Doctor
- 2000–2005Center Private Medical Analysis Laboratory / Responsible Manager
- 1997–1999Rize State Hospital / Specialist Doctor
