Department of Otorhinolaryngology

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology was established within Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine and, as of 2022, has four faculty members: Assist. Prof. Dr. Hasan Zafer Hırçın, Assist. Prof. Dr. Anıl Hişmi, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Pelin Yiğider and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hande Senem Deveci. Theoretical courses are delivered at the Göztepe campus of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, while practical training takes place at Göztepe Medical Park and Maltepe Medical Park hospitals. In this practical training, students are taught diagnostic and treatment approaches for patients presenting to the outpatient clinic with complaints related to ear, nose and throat diseases, head and neck cancers, thyroid pathologies, hearing and balance disorders, speech disorders, vocal cord pathologies and voice aesthetics, and nasal and facial deformities and aesthetics, and surgical and medical procedures are demonstrated when necessary. Theoretical courses cover the approach to infections, cancers and manifestations of systemic diseases affecting the ear, nose, throat and head and neck region, as well as conditions specific to our field such as Meniere's disease, otosclerosis, cholesteatoma, inverted papilloma, sleep apnea, tinnitus and balance disorders.
 

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology has completed and ongoing academic studies. Our academic staff have published numerous articles in international journals and presented papers at national and international congresses. As the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, we aim to provide our students with Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery training at universal standards so that our graduates become competent physicians, and we continue our work in this direction.