Pulmonology Dr. Yelda Başbuğ
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Dr. Yelda Başbuğ is a Pulmonology specialist at Acibadem Kartal Hospital in İstanbul with 23+ years of experience.
She treats sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea, lung cancer, primary spontaneous pneumothorax, acute respiratory distress syndrome, H1N1 influenza-related respiratory failure, and primary pulmonary malignant fibrous histiocytoma. She consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Dr. Yelda Başbuğ
Dr. Yelda Başbuğ is a pulmonologist with 23 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include lung cancer, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Dr. Başbuğ graduated from Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine in 2001 and completed chest diseases training at Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital in 2010. She was a Pulmonologist at Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul-Turkey in 2012. She joined Acibadem Health Group in 2025 and practises at Acibadem Kartal Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye.
The profile lists 6 professional bodies, among them the European Respiratory Society, Lung Health and Intensive Care Association, and Lung Cancer Association of Turkey.
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2015 and 2095. Their subjects include sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease and obstructive sleep apnea; primary spontaneous pneumothorax and lung cancer; and acute respiratory distress syndrome after right pneumonectomy.
Dr. Başbuğ speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Education
- 2010Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research. Hospital Chest Diseases
- 2001Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2025Acibadem Health Group
- 2012Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonologist (Administrative responsible)
- 2008–2012Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital,Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonologist
- 2005–2008Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonology Assistant Physician
- 2004–2005Heybeliada Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Turkey Pulmonary Diseases Assistant Physician
- 2003Marmara University Hospital Anesthesia and Reanimation Assistant Doctor Istanbul-Turkey
Professional 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
Selected 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
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