Recep Şekerci, MD

Recep Şekerci, MD is an Emergency Service physician at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul. He has more than 27 years of experience in medicine, and his clinical work centers on the assessment and management of patients who present with urgent or time-sensitive conditions. His areas of expertise include toxicology, trauma, burn treatment, emergency interventions, bee stings, tick bites, and environmental emergencies such as drowning, acute hypoxia, and airway obstruction.

Dr. Şekerci graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1999. He has been working within Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2022. In the emergency department, his role involves the initial evaluation of patients, stabilization where required, and coordination of further care according to the immediate clinical picture.

Clinical focus

A significant part of Dr. Şekerci’s practice relates to toxicology and poisoning-related concerns. This includes the evaluation of patients who may have been exposed to medications, chemicals, or other substances, with management guided by the suspected agent, the timing of exposure, and the patient’s clinical condition. He also handles trauma presentations and acute injuries, where the priorities are a structured assessment, identification of injuries that need urgent attention, and decisions about imaging, observation, or referral to other departments. Burn treatment is another component of his work, covering the first assessment of burn depth and extent, wound care, pain control, and decisions about the appropriate care setting.

Environmental emergencies form a distinct group within his areas of expertise. Drowning, acute hypoxia, and airway obstruction are conditions in which the ability to breathe and oxygenate is compromised, and the emergency response focuses on securing the airway, supporting breathing, and monitoring the patient closely. Dr. Şekerci also sees patients with bee stings and tick bites. Bee stings can range from a local reaction to a more generalized response, and assessment aims to identify patients who need closer observation or treatment. Tick bites may require careful removal of the tick and a discussion of symptoms to watch for afterward. Across these presentations, his approach follows the general principles of emergency interventions: rapid evaluation, treatment of what is immediately dangerous, and clear communication about the next steps.

How Dr. Şekerci works with international patients

Dr. Şekerci consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. For international patients, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior 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. Given the nature of emergency care, the pathway for a patient with an urgent concern is based on their immediate clinical needs. Video consultation is available for international patients, which may be useful for a preliminary discussion or for follow-up after treatment.