Dr. Serkan Selvi

Dr. Serkan Selvi is an Internal Medicine specialist with more than 12 years in medicine. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2023 and works within the Internal Medicine unit. His listed areas of expertise are diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. He is a member of the Turkish Diabetes Association, the Metabolic Syndrome Association, and the Turkish Internal Medicine Specialty Society.

Dr. Selvi graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2014. In the same year he completed his compulsory service at Kırşehir State Hospital in Kırşehir and began his specialty training, working as a Research Assistant at Health Sciences University Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul from 2014 to 2019. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2019. He then held positions as an Internal Medicine Specialist at Ministry of Health Istanbul Kağıthane State Hospital in Istanbul and at Ahi Evran University Training and Research Hospital in Kırşehir, both in 2019, and at National Defense University in Istanbul in 2022.

Clinical focus

Dr. Selvi’s clinical work centers on diabetes mellitus. In this area, his role as an internist involves reviewing a patient’s history, current medication and existing laboratory results, assessing how the condition is being managed, and discussing the available options with the patient. Because diabetes is a long-term condition, the emphasis is on assessment and on agreeing a plan that the patient can follow and that can be reviewed over time.

His second listed area of expertise is metabolic syndrome, a combination of related metabolic findings that is evaluated as a whole rather than as isolated results. Dr. Selvi’s approach is to look at the patient’s overall picture, including previous test results and treatments, before discussing which steps may be appropriate. He is a member of both the Turkish Diabetes Association and the Metabolic Syndrome Association, the two professional bodies that correspond to his listed areas of focus.

How Dr. Selvi works with international patients

Dr. Selvi speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. For patients coming from abroad, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organises 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. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient to speak with Dr. Selvi about their situation before deciding whether to travel; a video consultation does not replace an in-person examination but can help clarify what documents are needed and what a visit would involve.