Best Oncology Doctors in Ankara for Australians

Associate Professor Yusuf Acikgoz brings high-level international expertise from Ohio State University to the oncology department at Lokman Hekim University.

• Specialises in medical oncology with a focus on gastrointestinal, lung, and breast cancers
• Serves as an assistant investigator for major Phase III clinical trials like CheckMate-649
• Completed specialised immuno-oncology training through the CECOG programme in Vienna
• Active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) since 2022
• Holds multiple certifications in clinical research and patient protection from Ohio State

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 Eraslan is a breast and lung cancer specialist at Koru Ankara Hospital with 12+ years of expertise in internal medicine and oncology.

• Trained at Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital – one of Turkey's premier cancer centres
• Manages complex cases of gastrointestinal and reproductive system cancers
• Specialises in chemotherapy and targeted therapies for solid tumours
• Active researcher and member of the Turkish Medical Oncology Association

Professor Ilhan is a history-making hematologist who performed Turkey's first-ever bone marrow stem cell transplant. He now leads blood cancer care at Private Koru Ankara Hospital.

• Trained at MD Anderson Cancer Center in stem cell mobilization and cryopreservation
• Founded Turkey's national stem cell donor bank to improve life-saving access
• Specialises in treating acute leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma
• Holds the Platinum CME certificate from the European Hematology Association
• Published 300+ research papers with over 5,000 academic citations