Gurkan Yilmaz (Gürkan Yılmaz)

About doctor Gurkan Yilmaz (Gürkan Yılmaz)

Gurkan Yilmaz is a rheumatologist at University Hospital LIV Istinye with extensive experience. He treats diseases such as:

• ankylosing spondylitis;
• rheumatoid arthritis;
• psoriatic arthritis;
• gout;
• familial Mediterranean fever;
• Behcet’s disease;
• connective tissue diseases;
• systemic lupus erythematosus.

The doctor performs the following procedures:

• joint puncture (removal of synovial fluid);
• intra-articular injections;
• dry acupuncture;
• trigger point treatment;
• capillaroscopy of the vessels of the nail bed;
• salivary gland biopsy;
• joint ultrasound.

Professional experience

• Pinarhisar State Hospital;
• Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital of Katip Celebi University in Izmir;
• Gazi Yasargil Teaching and Research Hospital in Diyarbakır;
• Ankara Faculty of Medicine Hospital;
• Evliya Celebi Teaching and Research Hospital, Kutahya;
• Atatürk City Hospital, Balıkesir.

Doctor’s specialty

The main areas of clinical practice and scientific activity of Dr. Gurkan Yilmaz are:

• ankylosing spondylitis;
• rheumatoid arthritis;
• psoriatic arthritis (rheumatism of the joints associated with psoriasis);
• gout;
• familial Mediterranean fever (FMF);
• Behcet’s disease;
• connective tissue diseases;
• systemic lupus erythematosus;
• Sjögren’s syndrome;
• scleroderma;
• vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels of various etiologies);
• sarcoidosis;
• Still’s disease in adults;
• reactive arthritis;
• fibromyalgia (soft tissue rheumatism);
• osteoarthritis;
• osteoporosis (loss of bone mass);
• treatment of regional musculoskeletal pain and other rheumatic diseases.