Prof. Gokhan Demir
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Professor Gokhan Demir and Professor Cihan Uras are excellent specialists, both professionally and as people.
Assistant Merve and male nurse Nurullah are simply wonderful.
03/11/2025
Dear Mr. Gokhan, how good it is that you exist. My wife Demet Aydin was a patient with lung adenocarcinoma. In 9 months, he cured her with targeted therapy — Giotrif and Tagrisso — and the disease, thank God, retreated. A decent, honest, polite, respectful, noble doctor — I highly recommend him. If you manage to get an appointment, do not leave his door. A good doctor, a good person.
In 2010, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I met my doctor. Thanks to his treatment, I overcame the disease. He is one of the most upright people who have come into my life, both as a doctor and as a person. Praise be to God for Professor Gokhan Demir. He complements his professional success with nobility, politeness, and modesty — a great fortune for all his patients.
Today, the fact that my mother is alive I owe first to God, and then to Mr. Gokhan. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and it was the most aggressive form. But thanks to the proper treatment prescribed by Mr. Gokhan, my mother defeated cancer. It is a blessing that there are doctors like Mr. Gokhan. Greetings from Azerbaijan.
13/12/2099
Professor Gokhan Demir is one of Turkey’s most renowned medical oncologists. He combines deep academic training with active clinical work and broad participation in the national oncology infrastructure.
He began his medical career in 1989, received the title of associate professor in 1999, and the title of professor in 2007. Since December 2013, he has worked as coordinator of the medical oncology department at Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi. In 1989, he completed an internship at the University of Cologne, and in 1999–2000 — at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) as a Fulbright Program scholar.
He has held leadership positions: he was president of the Turkish Society of Medical Oncology (2015–2016), of the Turkish Society of Neuro-Oncology, and president of the Mediterranean Multidisciplinary Oncology Forum. He is currently president of the Turkish Society of Chemotherapy.
In his scientific work, Professor Demir publishes actively. Among his recent papers is a multidisciplinary 2020 study in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology on total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer.
In patient reviews on Turkish portals, he is described as attentive and empathetic.
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About Professor Gokhan Demir
Medical Oncology (Tıbbi Onkoloji), a subspecialization following Internal Medicine.
Narrow areas of focus: breast cancer, lung cancer (based on patient reviews and publications), neuro-oncology, colorectal cancer.
- 1989/1990 — Istanbul Üniversitesi Istanbul Tıp Fakültesi, medical degree (MD)
- 1995 — Istanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, specialization in Internal Medicine (İç Hastalıkları)
- 1999 — Istanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, subspecialization in Medical Oncology (Tıbbi Onkoloji); title of associate professor in 1999
- 2007 — title of professor, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi
- 1989 — internship, University of Cologne, Germany
- 1999–2000 — internship, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Fulbright scholarship)
- Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi — many years of clinical work and teaching in medical oncology
- 2008–2009 — Head of the Department of Internal Medicine (İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Başkanı), Istanbul Bilim University
- 2009–2013 — Head of the Department of Medical Oncology (Tıbbi Onkoloji Anabilim Dalı Başkanı), Istanbul Bilim University
- December 2013 – present — coordinator of the medical oncology department, Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi
- September 2, 2014 – present — visiting lecturer at the Department of Internal Medicine (medical oncology), Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University.
According to the official academic profile AVESIS of Istanbul University:
- 130 scientific publications in total
- 47 publications in Web of Science, 56 in Scopus
- 661 citations in Web of Science, 719 in Scopus
- Hirsch Index (h-index) — 13 in WoS and Scopus
- 9 open-access publications
- Supervisor of 5 dissertation projects
- Participant in 2 scientific projects
- Turkish Society of Medical Oncology — former President (2015–2016)
- Turkish Society of Neuro-Oncology — former President
- Mediterranean Multidisciplinary Oncology Forum (MMOF) — board member, President-elect / former President
- Turkish Society of Chemotherapy — current President
Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi is the largest hospital of the Acıbadem Healthcare Group network, opened in 2009 in Sarıyer (Istanbul). After expansion in 2018, the clinic occupies 106,000 m² and has 248–288 inpatient rooms, 20 operating rooms, and 27 intensive care beds. JCI accreditation and LEED Gold certification.
For oncology patients, the clinic is one of the main hubs of the Acıbadem network. It hosts strong departments of medical oncology (coordinated by Professor Gokhan Demir), radiation oncology (led by Enis Ozyar), as well as oncological surgery and oncogynecology.
Modern radiation therapy methods are available at the clinic (TrueBeam Stx, MR Linac, Gamma Knife Icon, CyberKnife), as well as da Vinci robotic surgery, PET/CT diagnostics, genetic testing, and immunotherapy. This is critically important for patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, neuro-oncological diseases, and colorectal cancer — the main areas of Professor Demir’s work.
For international patients, the Health Point Center operates with coordination in 20+ languages and the organization of transfers, interpreters, and accommodation.
