Umut Şahin, Physiotherapist

Umut Şahin is a physiotherapist working in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Acibadem Bağdat Outpatient Clinic in İstanbul. He is part of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit, and his listed subspecialty is pediatric rehabilitation. He has more than five years of experience in the field.

Umut Şahin graduated from Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Health Sciences in 2021. In the same year he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services, where he has continued his professional work in physical medicine and rehabilitation since then.

Clinical focus

The areas of expertise listed for Umut Şahin are pediatric rehabilitation, child rehabilitation support, functional rehabilitation, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Pediatric rehabilitation concerns the physiotherapy-based assessment and support of children whose movement, posture or day-to-day function is affected by a medical condition. Child rehabilitation support refers to structured therapy that is planned around the individual child and adapted as the child develops, with the involvement of parents or caregivers where appropriate.

Functional rehabilitation focuses on the practical abilities that matter in everyday life, such as mobility, balance and independence in routine activities. Within physical medicine and rehabilitation, the approach generally starts with a careful evaluation of the patient’s current function and history, followed by a rehabilitation plan that is reviewed over time. Umut Şahin’s work is carried out within the wider Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation unit, and the suitability of any rehabilitation program is determined on a case-by-case basis after a clinical assessment.

How Umut Şahin works with international patients

Umut Şahin speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who need support in other languages. Before a visit, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, 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. Video consultation is available for international patients, which makes it possible to review a child’s situation and previous reports with Umut Şahin before any decision about traveling is made. Any recommendation regarding rehabilitation depends on the findings of the assessment and is discussed with the family at that stage.