M.D. Yelda Başbuğ is a specialist in chest diseases and thoracic medicine with a strong clinical and academic background. She completed her chest diseases training at Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital in 2010. Currently affiliated with Acıbadem Health Group since 2025, she provides patient-centered care in respiratory medicine and participates in multidisciplinary management of lung disease. Active in professional and scientific communities, M.D. Başbuğ holds memberships in the European Respiratory Society, the Respiratory Research Society of Turkey, the Lung Health and Intensive Care Association, the Turkish Thoracic Society, the Lung Cancer Association of Turkey, and the Academic Respiratory Society. Her involvement in these organizations reflects a commitment to advancing respiratory health, research, and education.
Education
- 2010 Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research. Hospital Chest Diseases
- 2001 Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
Experience
- 2025 Acibadem Health Group
- 2012 Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonologist (Administrative responsible)
- 2008 – 2012 Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonologist
- 2005 – 2008 Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonology Assistant Physician
- 2004 – 2005 Heybeliada Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonary Diseases Assistant Physician
- 2003 Marmara University Hospital Anesthesia and Reanimation Assistant Doctor Istanbul-Turkey
Memberships
- European Respiratory Society
- Respiratory Research Society of Turkey
- Lung Health and Intensive Care Association
- Turkish Thoracic Society
- Lung Cancer Association of Turkey
- Academic Respiratory Society
Publications
- Distrubution of activation markers according to stages in the follo-up of patients vith sarcoidosis
Haydarpaşa Numune Med J, 65(1), (ahead of print) Başbuğ, Y., Tunçay, E., & Kururtepe, M. - Is it a myth to perform blind apical wedge resection in primary spontaneous pneumothorax surgery to improve recurrence rates?
J Minim Access Surg. 2022 Apr-Jun;18(2):279-283. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_269_20. PMID: 33885029; PMCID: PMC8973495 Vayvada M, Tezel Y, Tezel Ç. - Relation of Warrick Score and Polysomnographic Parameters in Patients vvith Interstitial Lung Disease
Med Sci Monit. 2019 Mar 21;25:2087-2095. doi: 10.12659/MSM.914905. PMID: 30894506; PMCID: PMC6439937. Sarac S, Kavas M, Sahin M, Aras G, Afsar GC, Tezel YB. - The Influence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Induced Intermittent Hypoxia on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver.
Ec Pulmonology And Respiratory Medicine . Sarac, S, Uluköylii M, Tepetam M, Çetintaş G, Saltiirk C., Kavas M, Başbuğ Y - Case of Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking a Pericardial Cyst
Eurasian Journal of Medicine and Oncology EJMO 2018;2( 1 ):49-51 Elcin Ersoz Köse, Mustafa Vayvada, Mustafa Akyil, Deniz Gurer, Yelda Tezel, Çağatay Tezel A - Surgical results of herpes zoster and lung cancer association in preoperative period
CurrThoracSurg 2018;3(2): 70-73. OnurDerdiyok, YeldaTezel, İlkerKolbaş, SerdaKanbur, ÇağatayTezel, LeventAlpay, VolkanBaysungur - The Effect of Oseltamivir Use in ARDS After Right Pneumonectomy with Suspected HINI
GKDA Derg 23(3): 101-104, 2017 OnurDerdiyok, YeldaBaşbuğTezel, ÇağataySaimTezel, DenizGiirer, LeventAlpay, VolkanSelamiBaysungur, İrfanYalçınkaya - Primary Pulmonary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Turkish Thorac J. 2017 Apr;18(2):54-56. doi: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2017.16039. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 29404161; PMCID: PMC5783081. Coşgun T, Tezel Y, Akyil M, Kolbaş İ, Şen A, Tezel Ç. - Have You Seen My Teeth?
A Case vvith an Extraordinary Radiologic Finding – The Surgery Journal, 2016 Y Tezel, S Evman, Ç Tezel - Double segmentectomy for T4 lung cancer in a pulmonary-compromised patient
AnnTransl Med. 2015 Dec; 3(22): 361 Çağatay Tezel, Mustafa Vayvada, SerkanBayram, irfan Yalçınkaya, Yelda Tezel


