Yalçın Culha, MD

Yalçın Culha, MD is an Inpatient Clinic Physician in the Functional Medicine unit at Acibadem Bursa Hospital in Bursa. He provides inpatient medical care to patients admitted to the hospital, with a particular focus on functional medicine. His work centers on the day-to-day medical assessment and follow-up of hospitalized patients, working alongside the other specialists involved in each patient’s care.

Dr. Culha graduated from Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and has more than three decades of experience in medicine. He joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2024 and now practices at the hospital in Bursa, where his responsibilities are concentrated on the inpatient clinic.

Clinical focus

Dr. Culha’s clinical work has two related dimensions. The first is inpatient medical care: the ongoing medical supervision of patients during a hospital stay. This includes reviewing a patient’s history and current symptoms on admission, monitoring their clinical condition and laboratory results over the course of the stay, adjusting general medical management as needed, and coordinating with the treating specialists and nursing team. Patients may be admitted for a wide range of reasons, and inpatient clinic physicians are typically the point of continuity for a hospitalized patient, following their progress from admission through to discharge planning.

The second dimension is functional medicine, which takes a broad view of a patient’s overall health, lifestyle and medical history rather than concentrating on a single complaint. In the inpatient setting, this approach informs how Dr. Culha evaluates the wider context of a patient’s condition and how general medical factors may influence recovery. Any recommendations arising from this assessment are discussed with the patient and, where relevant, with the other physicians involved, and depend on the individual clinical situation.

How Dr. Culha works with international patients

Dr. Culha consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a hospital visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior medical 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 practical aspects of the hospital stay. 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 available options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their situation with Dr. Culha before traveling; whether this is appropriate depends on the individual case and the documentation available.