Memorial
Istanbul (Şişli and other sites)
4.7 out of 5 on Google(Memorial Şişli, 8,427 reviews)
JCI
Memorial Şişli is a private general hospital in the Şişli district of Istanbul; it was the first hospital of the Memorial Health Group and admitted its first patients in February 2000. It received JCI accreditation two years after opening and has 252 beds. Alongside the usual medical and surgical specialties, it has centres for organ and bone marrow transplantation, oncology, IVF and genetics, stroke, breast health and da Vinci robotic surgery.
- Opened
- 2000
- Beds
- 252
- Operating rooms
- 13
- International accreditation
- JCI
Known for
- Robotic surgery
- Interventional oncology
- Organ transplantation centre (liver, kidney)
- Bone marrow transplant centre
- Oncology centre
- IVF, andrology and genetics centre
- Stroke centre
- da Vinci robotic surgery centre
Doctors
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Prof. Dr. Sertaç ÇiçekCardiovascular surgeryCardiovascular surgeon, Memorial Şişli Hospital, Istanbul (since 2026)
Official profileShort CV
- Medical degree from GATA (Gülhane) Medical Faculty, Ankara; residency at GATA and Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital (1988–1993)
- Fellowships at Mayo Clinic (1995–1997) and Children's Hospital Los Angeles – University of Southern California (1997–1999)
- Senior Associate Consultant and Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (2017–2020); clinical director of paediatric cardiothoracic surgery, West Virginia University Children's Hospital (2020–2021)
- Professor and head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine (2022–2025); clinic chief at Liv Vadistanbul (2021–2025) and Memorial Göztepe (2025–2026)
- Member of AATS, STS, EACTS and ASCVTS; founding member of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Accreditations and reviews
- JCI: Joint Commission InternationalMemorial ŞişliSource
- Google4.7 out of 5 on Google(Memorial Şişli, 8,427 reviews)See the reviews on Google
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