Tuncay Filiz, MD

Tuncay Filiz, MD is an internal medicine physician with more than 47 years in medicine. He sees patients in the Internal Medicine unit of Acibadem Kent Hospital in İzmir, Türkiye. His practice covers general internal medicine, with thyroid diseases and treatment listed as a subspecialty. Within this scope he works on the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid and metabolic conditions, the management of long-term illnesses and the care of older adults.

Dr. Filiz graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1979 and completed his specialty training at the İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital Department of Internal Medicine in 1987. Over the course of his career he has held posts at Nevvar Salih İşgören Devlet Hospital, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital and İzmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Hospital. He joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2023. Alongside his clinical work, he completed university studies outside medicine at Anadolu University, finishing a program in philosophy in 2021 and a program in sociology in 2025.

Clinical focus

Thyroid disease is a central part of Dr. Filiz’s practice. He evaluates patients with suspected or established thyroid disorders, interprets laboratory and imaging findings and plans medical treatment and follow-up; general information on thyroid disease treatment is available on this site. He also diagnoses and treats anemia, prediabetes and other metabolic disorders, and manages obesity and fatty liver disease as part of a broader assessment of metabolic health. Edema and upper respiratory tract diseases are among the further conditions he sees in his practice.

A further area of his work is chronic disease management, in which patients with one or more long-term conditions are followed over time and treatment is adjusted as needed. Geriatric health is also listed among his areas of expertise; this involves the assessment of older adults, attention to several coexisting conditions and the review of ongoing medication. The full list of conditions Dr. Filiz treats appears below.

How Dr. Filiz works with international patients

Dr. Filiz speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who prefer another language. For a patient coming from abroad, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, laboratory results and imaging, arranges appointments and organizes 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. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a person to speak with Dr. Filiz in Turkish or English before deciding whether to travel.