Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialists in Turkey

Anesthesiology and Reanimation is a medical specialty that covers a broad field, ranging from preoperative assessment and the administration of anesthesia to monitoring vital functions during surgery, postoperative pain control, and intensive care processes. Many physicians with different academic and clinical backgrounds work in this field in Türkiye.

The following list is not a ranking based on achievement or a list of the “best doctors”. It has been prepared to introduce physicians working in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation.

Specialist Dr. Enis Biçerer

Specialist Dr. Enis Biçerer is a physician who, in addition to his specialization in Anesthesiology and Reanimation, continues his work particularly in the field of pain treatments. Born in Manisa in 1978, Dr. Biçerer completed his medical education at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy and subsequently completed his specialization training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at GATA Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital.

In his professional practice, Specialist Dr. Enis Biçerer focuses on the assessment of chronic pain and non-surgical pain treatments. He has received training and carried out studies in prolotherapy, neural therapy, and ozone applications. In his current practice, he is involved in the assessment of lower back and neck pain, joint-related pain, knee and shoulder pain, sciatica, nerve compression, and various chronic pain syndromes.

Dr. Biçerer considers accurately identifying the source of pain to be one of the fundamental stages of the treatment process and makes use of ultrasound-guided assessment and targeted applications. By combining the clinical background gained through his specialization in Anesthesiology and Reanimation with pain treatments, he focuses on personalized treatment planning.

Prof. Dr. Necmettin Ünal

Prof. Dr. Necmettin Ünal is a physician with many years of academic and clinical experience in the fields of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Intensive Care. He graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1984 and completed his specialization training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. In 2012, he also obtained his specialization in Intensive Care.

Prof. Dr. Ünal spent a significant part of his academic career within the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, where he served as a professor between 2003 and 2025. He also conducted research and clinical studies in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He currently works in the fields of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Intensive Care at TOBB ETÜ Hospital.

Prof. Dr. Necmettin Ünal’s academic fields of study include subjects such as intensive care, mechanical ventilation, respiratory support, critical patient management, and clinical nutrition. Taking part in national and international scientific activities, Ünal is among the academic physicians who combine education, research, and clinical practice in the fields of anesthesiology and intensive care.

Prof. Dr. Onur Özlü

Prof. Dr. Onur Özlü is an academic and physician working in the fields of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Intensive Care. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1986 and completed his specialization training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. He later obtained subspecialty certification in Intensive Care.

Throughout his professional career, Prof. Dr. Özlü worked at children’s hospitals, eye hospitals, training and research hospitals, and universities, combining his work as a medical specialist and academic with educational activities. He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation at TOBB ETÜ.

Prof. Dr. Onur Özlü’s academic areas of interest include ambulatory anesthesia, airway management, neuroanesthesia, and pediatric anesthesia. In addition, general anesthesia, spinal and epidural anesthesia, preoperative patient assessment, and intensive care processes constitute important parts of Anesthesiology and Reanimation practice.

Combining his many years of clinical experience with academic education, Prof. Dr. Özlü continues his work, particularly in the areas of perioperative patient safety and anesthesia management.

Prof. Dr. Aykut Sarıtaş

Prof. Dr. Aykut Sarıtaş is a physician who conducts academic and clinical studies in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation. He completed his medical education at the Selçuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine between 1998 and 2004 and received his specialization training in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Eskişehir Osmangazi University between 2005 and 2010.

After completing his specialization training, Prof. Dr. Sarıtaş worked at various healthcare institutions and continued his work at İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital from 2015 onward. As part of his professional and academic development, he conducted studies in different areas of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, particularly intensive care and regional anesthesia. He participated in intensive care training programs at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

His scientific areas of interest include regional anesthesia, nerve blocks, intensive care, critical patient management, and perioperative anesthesia applications. He has conducted academic studies connected with professional organizations such as the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, the Turkish Society of Intensive Care, and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

Prof. Dr. Aykut Sarıtaş continues his clinical approach based on patient safety and current anesthesia techniques alongside educational and scientific studies.

Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Öztürk

Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Öztürk is a physician who continues his academic, clinical, and educational activities in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation. He has focused his professional work on anesthesiology, reanimation, and intensive care and has served as a medical specialist, academic, and administrator at various healthcare institutions.

Prof. Dr. Öztürk currently serves as the Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation at Haliç University Faculty of Medicine. Throughout his academic career, he has gained clinical experience in anesthesia management during surgical procedures, intensive care applications, airway safety, and perioperative patient monitoring.

His areas of practice include general and regional anesthesia applications, critical patient monitoring, airway management, pain control, and intensive care. He also contributes to the theoretical and practical education of medical students and residents.

Based on the principle that anesthesiology does not merely consist of putting a patient to sleep during surgery but encompasses a comprehensive process that includes preoperative assessment, preservation of vital functions, safe awakening, and intensive care support when necessary, Prof. Dr. Öztürk continues his academic work alongside clinical practice.

Prof. Dr. Canan Balcı

Prof. Dr. Canan Balcı is an academic and physician who, in addition to the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, continues her work particularly in intensive care medicine. Alongside her specialization in Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Prof. Dr. Balcı has a subspecialty in Intensive Care and carries out clinical and academic activities involving the assessment of critically ill patients and advanced intensive care applications.

Prof. Dr. Balcı works within the University of Health Sciences and Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital and holds clinical responsibility in the hospital’s Intensive Care Clinic. She also contributes to specialist training as the protocol coordinator of the Intensive Care Specialist Training Program approved in 2025.

Her areas of practice include fundamental aspects of intensive care medicine, such as critical patient management, mechanical ventilation, postoperative intensive care, organ support treatments, hemodynamic monitoring, and respiratory support. The multidisciplinary assessment of patients in tertiary intensive care and the management of their treatment processes are important parts of her clinical practice.

Prof. Dr. Canan Balcı is among the specialists in Anesthesiology and Reanimation who combine clinical patient care with specialist training and academic studies.

Prof. Dr. Engin Ertürk

Prof. Dr. Engin Ertürk is a faculty member who continues his academic and clinical work in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation. He conducts studies on patient assessment, perioperative monitoring, and safe anesthesia management across different areas of anesthesia practice.

Prof. Dr. Ertürk works within the Department of Anesthesiology at Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine and serves as Head of the Department of Anesthesiology. Together with faculty members who have different specializations and areas of interest within KTÜ’s anesthesiology staff, he contributes to educational, clinical service, and scientific research activities.

Within the practice of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, processes such as general anesthesia, regional anesthesia methods, preoperative risk assessment, monitoring the patient’s vital functions during surgery, postoperative follow-up, and intensive care support when necessary are carried out through a multidisciplinary approach.

Prof. Dr. Engin Ertürk continues his academic work within this broad clinical framework while also contributing to the education of medical students and residents. With an approach that combines academic knowledge and clinical experience, he continues his work in the field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation.