Prof. Rahim Horuz
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We are extremely grateful to him for the robotic surgery for our father’s prostate cancer and for his close attention afterwards.
Rahim Hoca operated on my father using the robotic method — the surgery went very successfully. My father got back on his feet quickly, and in terms of cancer we have very pleasing results.
He built an excellent doctor–patient relationship, lifted our spirits, and handled the treatment perfectly.
After suffering from prostatitis for years and visiting many doctors at well-known clinics, I finally found relief thanks to his approach.
With his modest personality, knowledge and endless reassuring conversations with the patient, he is the perfect doctor.
Thanks to him, I went through a very comfortable period.
Osman Bilbay and family.
A knowledgeable, pleasant, and competent doctor — definitely 5 stars.
Although his specialty is urology, before and after the surgery he prepared me like a psychologist.
I had a very comfortable surgical and hospital stay.
May God grant him good health.
I underwent surgery and am now in excellent condition. He helped me many times by phone and email.
Both as a person and as a doctor, he is excellent. I highly recommend him.
I underwent surgery and am now in excellent condition.
Both as a person and as a doctor, he is excellent. I recommend him.
Very modest, he listens to you patiently down to the smallest details and informs you fully.
I highly recommend him.
We are very, very pleased with him. We highly recommend him. When you come, you will see for yourself — you will never regret it.
I had a very successful surgery; in terms of attention, his anesthesiologist — everything was good, the staff is also kind.
I unconditionally recommend him to urology patients.
Professor Rahim Horuz is a Turkish urologist with twenty years of experience as a specialist and active academic and clinical work at Medipol Mega University Hospital in Istanbul. He completed his urology residency at Istanbul Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital (2002–2006), and later served there as Deputy Chief of the Urology Department (2010–2012). Since 2012 he has been at Medipol Mega. His clinical focus is uro-oncology with the use of robotic surgery (the da Vinci system) for prostate cancer, reconstructive urology, endourology, and urolithiasis. He has more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals. In 2025 he is actively featured in the press as an expert in robotic urological surgery. According to patient reviews on independent platforms (an average rating of 5/5 across 14 reviews on Doktortakvimi and Doktorsitesi), he is distinguished by his empathy, thorough preparation of the patient for surgery, accessibility by phone and messengers, and successful robotic operations for prostate cancer with rapid recovery. For the patient, this is an opportunity to undergo a robotic or endoscopic operation by a professor with a confirmed clinical and patient reputation in one of the most technologically advanced university clinics in Istanbul.
Achievements and Awards
About Dr. Rahim Horuz
Urology. Clinical areas: uro-oncology (including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer), reconstructive urology, robotic surgery, endourology, urolithiasis, minimally invasive urology. Also — varicocele, microsurgical sperm retrieval, prostatitis.
- 2001 — medical degree, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine.
- 2002–2006 — urology residency, Istanbul Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital.
- Academic title of Professor — confirmed; the exact year of conferral is not specified in open sources.
- 2006–2009 — Osmaniye State Hospital, urologist.
- 2009–2010 — military medical service at Balıkesir Vocational School, urologist.
- 2010–2012 — Istanbul Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Deputy Chief of the Urology Department.
- Since 2012 — Medipol Mega University Hospital, Istanbul.
- Main clinical areas: prostate cancer (including robotic prostatectomy), bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testicular tumors, urolithiasis, urinary incontinence, varicocele, prostate adenoma, microsurgical sperm retrieval.
- On ResearchGate — more than 60 publications, over 470 citations.
- Main topics of publications: radical perineal prostatectomy (a series of 120+ cases); the TVT-sling operation for female stress urinary incontinence; extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in children and adults; comparison of methods for removing ureteral stones (a series of 238 cases); the role of cytokines in the apoptosis of renal tubular cells in hyperoxaluria; reconstruction of the urethra using skin flaps and buccal mucosa.
- Publications in the journals International Brazilian Journal of Urology, International Journal of Impotence Research, Urology, Urological Research, Turkish Journal of Urology.
- Participation in international conferences: EAU Annual Congress (Paris, 2012), the 12th International Symposium on Urogynaecology (Ouro Preto, Brazil, 2012), SEEM 2010, ERUS 2010, AUA Annual Meeting (Washington, 2011).
- Chapters in handbooks: “Stones in Children” in the book Clinical Management of Urolithiasis (Springer, 2012, co-authored with Professor Kemal Sarica); chapters in a Turkish textbook on uro-oncology.
Medipol Mega University Hospital is a university clinical complex that combines four specialized hospitals under one roof: general, oncology, cardiac surgery, and dental. The clinic holds international JCI accreditation, including a separate academic accreditation for university medical centers (the first in Turkey under this standard). It runs a robotic surgery program (the da Vinci system) in urology, cardiac surgery, gynecology, and general surgery, as well as high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology for the treatment of prostate cancer, uterine fibroids, and bone metastases. The oncology hospital within the complex operates as a separate specialized facility with multidisciplinary tumor boards. For a patient with a uro-oncological diagnosis, urolithiasis, or prostate adenoma, this means the opportunity to go through the full path — from diagnosis and multidisciplinary discussion to robotic or endoscopic surgery and postoperative follow-up — in a university clinic with international accreditation and a modern technological base.
