Prof. Dr. Yaman Tokat

Prof. Dr. Yaman Tokat is a specialist in General Surgery at Acibadem Fulya Hospital in İstanbul, where he practices within the General Surgery unit. His subspecialty areas are General Surgery and Digestive System Diseases and Surgery. His clinical work concentrates on diseases of the pancreas, liver and biliary tract, on surgery of the digestive system, on inflammatory bowel disease, and on oncological surgery. He has more than 43 years in medicine and consults in Turkish and English.

Dr. Tokat graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1983 and completed his General Surgery training at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1992. He has been part of Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2020, and his current clinical practice is based at the hospital in İstanbul.

Clinical focus

A large part of Dr. Tokat’s practice concerns conditions of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract. He evaluates and treats patients with liver diseases, including fatty liver disease and liver failure, as well as liver cancer, where surgical treatment is considered as one part of the overall oncological plan. Pancreatic diseases and biliary tract diseases, including cholecystitis, are also within his field, and he undertakes digestive system surgery and oncological surgery when an operation is judged appropriate for the individual patient.

Dr. Tokat also sees patients with inflammatory bowel disease, covering both Crohn’s disease treatment and ulcerative colitis treatment. In these conditions, the decision between continued medical management and surgery depends on the course of the disease, the findings of imaging and other investigations, and the patient’s response to previous treatment, and each case is assessed on its own merits. Whether a patient presents with a benign or a malignant condition, the aim of the initial assessment is to clarify the diagnosis, to review what has already been done, and to set out the realistic treatment options and their implications.

How Dr. Tokat works with international patients

Dr. Tokat consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior medical reports 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 available options, including whether surgery is indicated and what alternatives may exist. For international patients who are not yet able to travel, a video consultation is available, which allows an initial review of the case and the existing records before any decision about traveling to İstanbul is made.