Anadolu Medical Center Turkey
The Anadolu Medical Center is a major Turkish multi-practice clinic located in a suburb of Istanbul. This non-profit institution is backed by the Anadolu Foundation, whose goal is to improve access to education and provide social and financial assistance to the needy.
The clinic offers the most advanced treatments for cancers, as well as gynecological and reproductive problems. Its IVF success rate is above 60%, not to mention impressive results in the fields of cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, traumatology, and orthopedics. Its surgery team performs plastic surgeries, as well as internal organs' and bone marrow transplantations. The number of successful interventions has exceeded 2,500.
More about the clinic
The medical center has 8 surgery rooms. Surgeries are assisted by the da Vinci robotic surgical system, which helps to visualize the process in 3D even during minimally invasive high-precision surgeries. The clinic's surgeons also use the CyberKnife system. It is used during bloodless surgery of patients with brain tumors. The center is also equipped with Varian Edge and Radixact radiosurgical systems.
The center also uses cutting-edge radiotherapy technology: the TrueBeam STxTM system helps regulate the patient's position with high precision and target the exact area that requires radiotherapy. The targeted area is calculated to within a millimeter, which minimizes radiation exposure of healthy tissues bordering the tumor. The center comes in fourth in the global ranking of the most technologically equipped medical centers, according to the Best Master's in Healthcare Administration.
The clinic's physicians cooperate closely with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, situated in Baltimore, US, has ranked first among US hospitals for 21 years in a row, according to the U.S. News & World Report media company. Young specialists of the Anadolu Center undertake internships at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. With the help of the hospital's experts, they learn to implement innovative treatment methods.
Achievements
The clinic has received a high score from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA). The MTQUA is an international independent organization that does quality control of medical travel destinations. The organization analyses treatment technologies, medical equipment, qualifications of doctors, prices and insurance.
In 2014, MTQUA experts ranked the Anadolu Medical Center fourth among the top-rated clinics in the world. In 2019, the clinic ranked second in the world according to MTQUA. The Anadolu Medical Center has a certificate from the Organisation European Cancer Institute (OECI) for its high level of cancer treatment.
The clinic also has a Joint Commission International (JCI) certificate. JCI is an independent non-profit organisation that accredits hospitals and healthcare programs.
The most effective surgeries and procedures
Stem cell transplantation: transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells taken from the patient's or donor's bone marrow or blood.
Plastic surgery: surgeries aimed to remove deformations or defects of the patient's organs, tissues or skin.
Cancer surgery: removal of the primary site of a cancerous tumor.
Biopsy: a non-invasive method of determining the tumor's genome taken from the patient's peripheral blood flow through analysis of circulating tumor DNA.
The CellSearch System: this system helps calculate the number of circulating tumor cells in the patient's bloodstream in order to select a suitable treatment method.
History
The center was founded in 2005 on the initiative of the Anadolu Foundation as a cancer clinic. Later, new departments opened at the center in various fields of medicine.
Services
The Anadolu Medical Center admits patients from all over the world. Patients value the clinic's quality of treatment, high level of comfort and affordable prices. The clinic's junior staff has a basic knowledge of Russian.
The inpatient facility has comfortable rooms with a total of 205 hospital beds. Patients that do not need inpatient treatment and visitors are accommodated in a nearby hotel, located 100 meters away from the medical center.
There are 22 coordinators employed at the hospital who organize foreign patients' stay at the clinic. They are fluent in several foreign languages.
Location
The Anadolu Medical Center is located in a small town of Gebze near Istanbul. The center of Istanbul, famous for its sights, such as the Blue Mosque, the Galata Tower, the Dolmabahce Palace, can be reached easily by car or public transport.
It takes about an hour by car to reach the clinic from Istanbul Airport.
