Rana Özgüven, MD

Rana Özgüven, MD is a physician in Emergency Service medicine who sees patients at Acibadem Adana Hospital in Adana, Türkiye. Her clinical work centers on the acute presentations that bring patients to an emergency department, including trauma, burns, poisoning, environmental emergencies and situations in which breathing is compromised. In this setting the first task is usually to assess the patient quickly, stabilize vital functions and decide which further steps are needed.

Dr. Özgüven graduated from Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine in 2024 and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in the same year. Since then she has practised emergency medicine in Adana, where she is part of the team that receives and manages patients arriving with sudden illness or injury. She consults in Turkish and English.

Clinical focus

Dr. Özgüven provides trauma care and burn treatment, two of the most common reasons for an emergency presentation. In trauma, this involves an initial assessment of the injured patient, identification of injuries that may threaten life or function, and stabilization before any further treatment is planned. In burn treatment, the priorities are to assess the depth and extent of the burn, manage pain and fluid needs, and protect the wound from infection. She also manages airway obstruction and drowning-related acute hypoxia, conditions in which the supply of oxygen to the body is interrupted and prompt intervention is required.

Toxicology is among her listed areas of expertise, covering the assessment and management of patients who have been exposed to a toxic substance, whether by ingestion, inhalation or contact. Her work further includes environmental emergencies, a group of conditions caused by external factors such as heat, cold or exposure to animals. Within this group she treats insect stings and tick bites, which range from local reactions to more serious systemic responses that need monitoring. Emergency interventions in general, the procedures carried out to stabilize a patient during the acute phase, are also part of her practice. The full list of conditions and procedures appears in the expertise section of this profile.

How Dr. Özgüven works with international patients

Dr. Özgüven consults in Turkish and English, so an international patient can communicate with her directly in either language; interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. The international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current symptoms, a review of any existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the available options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient abroad to speak with Dr. Özgüven before deciding whether to travel. Because emergency conditions by nature require in-person assessment, a remote conversation is generally used to review the situation and plan next steps rather than to replace acute care.