10 Years of Pride of the Turkish Medical World

Celebrating its 10th anniversary on August 26, 2015, Yeditepe University Hospital is proud to have achieved many "firsts" in the field of healthcare. Pioneering healthcare services not only in Turkey but also around the world, Yeditepe has written its name in golden letters in the last 10 years of the medical world.     
Head of the Department of Urology and Chief Physician of Yeditepe University Hospital Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faruk Yencilek congratulated the 10th anniversary of the hospital, which has been outstanding with its achievements since its establishment, and everyone who has contributed together with all employees and said, "Yeditepe University Hospital is making Turkey's name known worldwide in the field of healthcare. The 'firsts' realized in our hospital in 10 years are our gift to human history."

Yeditepe University Hospital, which has achieved significant success since its establishment on August 26, 2005, has left its mark on the last 10 years of the medical world. Yeditepe University Hospital, which is proud of realizing many "firsts" in Turkey for 10 years with the health services it offers by adhering to the principles of evidence-based medicine above world standards, is taking firm steps forward to realize its future goals by taking strength from its past achievements.

MADE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Yeditepe University Hospital, which has focused on scientific studies since its foundation, has written its name in gold letters in the medical literature in 10 years. The first permanent artificial heart pump operation in Turkey, the first bypass surgery with the impella device in Turkey, Turkey's first national cochlear implant project, the first double balloon endoscopy method in Turkey, new voice surgery techniques; new techniques that improve the characteristic and timbre of the voice and increase the comfort of people with voice disorders, the first application of flexible ureteroscopy in urology and the first artificial heart pump implantation for bridging heart transplantation in Istanbul were performed at Yeditepe University Hospital.
With a technique performed for the first time in the world, three patients underwent "vascularized bone transplantation" with bones taken from their own body without the need for knee prosthesis, also at Yeditepe, and this technique, which was performed for the first time in the world, was published as a scientific article abroad. The only foundation university hospital transfusion center licensed by the Ministry of Health in Istanbul was put into service at Yeditepe University Hospital. Yeditepe University Hospital, where the Santez project, a stent project that can dissolve in the body, was carried out for the first time in Turkey, became the first foundation university hospital in Istanbul to perform heart transplantation.

GERM-FREE HOSPITAL TO BE BUILT

Explaining that 10 years ago, they set out with the aim of establishing Yeditepe University Hospital as a whole with human resources, technological infrastructure and high-level healthcare services, Yeditepe University Hospital Urology Department Head and Hospital Chief Physician Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faruk Yencilek said, "We tried to establish a system close to perfection in our hospital. 10 years later, we are proud of achieving this. For 10 years, our hospital, which has made us proud with its achievements, has become the international face of Turkey in healthcare services. All of the 'firsts' realized at Yeditepe University Hospital are our gift to human history."

Announcing that health investments will continue in the future, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yencilek said that Yeditepe University's second hospital will open in Koşuyolu in early 2016. Yencilek said: "A very special dye that completely kills bacteria and viruses has been developed and patented at Yeditepe University Laboratories. Our new hospital, which will be painted with this special paint, will not only be protected from viruses and bacteria but will also destroy them. The fearful dream of hospitals is the hospital germ. When caught, the mortality rate is close to 100 percent. The new Oncology Hospital will be the most protected hospital against microbes in the world. The hospital itself will work like a sterilization device, like a giant sterilization device. Any germ that enters will die in 10 seconds. As soon as any germ touches the surface, as soon as a germ gets on someone's foot, it will die. It will be the first in the world."

NEARLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVED HEALTH SERVICES IN 10 YEARS

Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Urology and Chief Physician of the Hospital Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faruk Yencilek stated that they have provided health services to approximately 2 million people in evidence-based medicine standards for 10 years and that they have performed over 4 thousand births and nearly 55 thousand surgeries. After 10 years of great achievements, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yencilek said that the hospital owes this pride to the devoted work of the employees at all levels, from managers to doctors, and added, "Such a great success would not have been possible without the devoted employees of Yeditepe University Hospital."

Explaining that they attach importance to scientific studies as well as following technological innovations in the field of health, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yencilek said: "We are proud of our doctors' international achievements. We support them when they undertake academic studies and strive to pave the way for them. Until today, we have never thought that the efforts put into scientific projects are a wasted process, and we will never think of it again. We know that it is a great value not only for our hospital but also for the medical world. We develop our investments and studies with this awareness. In the future, these achievements will continue exponentially and the name Yeditepe will be a growing value."

You can watch our 10th Anniversary Video here.