Best Hematology Oncology Doctors in Ankara for Australians

Dr. Osman Ilhan is a Professor of Internal Diseases. He earned his medical degree at Ankara University in 1978. He completed his specialization in Internal Diseases there in 1982. He became an Associate Professor in 1990 and a Professor in 1996.

He served as a professor at Ankara University from 1997 to 2022. He has worked at Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital since 2023. Earlier, he held roles at MD Anderson Cancer Center (1996–1997), Ankara University (1978–1983; 1988–1995), GATA (1984–1985), and Ulus Hospital (1985–1988).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Köroğlu is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Memorial Ankara Hospital (2024–present). She previously served as a faculty member at Gaziler Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital (2016–2024). She was Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic at Elazığ Military Hospital (2011–2015). She earned her MD in 2003 from the GATA Faculty of Medicine. She completed her PM&R residency in 2011.

Her credentials include Ministry of Health–approved certified prolotherapy training. She has taught Prolotherapy and PRP (2022) and Knee Prolotherapy and Campinject (2019). She also taught GETAT and Dextrose Prolotherapy (2018) and ISPRM Ultrasound (2009). She has additional training in musculoskeletal ultrasound, neural therapy, lumbar injections and manipulation, and botulinum toxin treatment for the spastic hand. She attended the Euro‑Mediterranean PRM School in Italy (2010). She is a member of the Turkish Society of PM&R, the Turkish Society for Research and Fight Against Rheumatism, the Association of PM&R Specialists of Türkiye, the Spinal Cord Diseases Association, and the Ankara Medical Chamber.

Professor Ilhan was part of the pioneering team that performed the first bone marrow stem cell transplant in Turkey. He now leads specialist hematology care at Private Koru Ankara Hospital.

• Trained at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in the USA and in Genoa, Italy
• Founder of TURKOK – Turkey's national stem cell donor bank
• Holds four medical patents, including innovations in cancer stem cell research
• Former President of the Turkish Hematology Association with 300+ published papers
• Holds the Platinum CME certificate from the European Hematology Association