Gurkan Yilmaz (Gürkan Yılmaz)
Specialty: Rheumatologist
Experience: 15 years
Clinic: University hospital LIV Istinye
Admission fee: To be clarified
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.
Doctor’s education
-
2003
Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University;
-
2009
Katip Celebi University of Izmir, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, specialization;
-
2015
Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Department of Rheumatology, additional specialization.
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