Reyhan Şahin, MD

Reyhan Şahin, MD is an Intensive Care specialist working within the Anesthesiology & Reanimation unit at Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital in İstanbul. Her clinical work centers on intensive care treatment, palliative care, and advanced life support. With more than 29 years in medicine, she cares for patients whose condition requires close monitoring and organ support in the intensive care setting, and she works alongside the treating teams involved in each patient’s care.

Dr. Şahin graduated from Karadeniz Teknik University Faculty of Medicine in 1997. She then completed her specialty training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, finishing in 2009. She has been part of Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2011, where her practice has been dedicated to intensive care and related supportive care.

Clinical focus

Intensive care treatment is the core of Dr. Şahin’s practice. This involves the continuous assessment and management of patients with serious or unstable conditions, including monitoring of vital functions, support of breathing and circulation where needed, and adjustment of treatment as the patient’s condition changes. Decisions in the intensive care unit are made step by step, based on the patient’s clinical course and in coordination with the other specialists responsible for the underlying condition.

Advanced life support is a further area of her expertise. This covers the structured, time-critical interventions used when a patient’s heart or breathing fails, and the stabilization measures that follow. Dr. Şahin also has a clinical interest in palliative care, which focuses on relieving symptoms and maintaining comfort and dignity for patients with advanced illness. In this area, communication with the patient and family about goals of care and realistic expectations is an important part of the work, and care plans are developed with the patient’s wishes and overall condition in mind.

How Dr. Şahin works with international patients

Dr. Şahin communicates with patients and families in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. For international patients, the Acibadem 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 that may be appropriate. Because intensive care needs are often urgent and closely tied to the patient’s current condition, the details of any care plan are determined after this assessment. Video consultation is available for international patients and their families who wish to discuss a case, review existing reports, or ask questions about intensive care, supportive care planning, or advanced life-support management before deciding on a hospital visit.