Biruni University Hospital

Biruni University Faculty of Medicine Hospital is a comprehensive university hospital in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Türkiye.

The hospital was established in 2016 and has operated from its current Küçükçekmece healthcare campus since 2023. The campus covers approximately 80,000 m² and combines inpatient care, specialist outpatient services, surgery, intensive care, diagnostic imaging and academic medicine.

Current published hospital figures list:

617 inpatient beds100 intensive care beds150 outpatient clinic rooms20 operating rooms1 hybrid operating roomCapacity for more than 2,500 patients per dayMore than 1,250 physicians and specialist healthcare professionalsMore than 50,000 surgical procedures annually

For transplant patients, the hospital maintains dedicated clinical programs rather than treating transplantation as a general surgical service.

Organ Transplant Center

Biruni University Hospital's Organ Transplant Center currently states that it performs:

Kidney transplantationLiver transplantation

The hospital describes both living-donor and deceased-donor transplantation within these programs.

Evaluation typically involves recipient assessment, donor assessment where applicable, compatibility testing, surgical planning and post-transplant follow-up.

Kidney transplant program

The kidney transplant service evaluates patients with advanced or irreversible kidney failure for transplantation.

Depending on the patient's medical and legal eligibility, transplantation may involve a living donor or a deceased donor through the applicable transplant system.

Kidney transplantation requires coordinated care involving transplant surgery, nephrology, anaesthesia, intensive care, laboratory medicine and long-term follow-up.

Liver transplant program

Biruni University Hospital also operates a dedicated Liver Transplant Center.

The hospital describes both:

Living donor liver transplantationDeceased donor liver transplantation

The centre evaluates patients with severe liver disease, acute liver failure, selected liver cancers and other conditions where transplantation may be appropriate.

Living donor transplantation requires a separate evaluation of the donor's health, liver anatomy, compatibility and suitability for surgery.

Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation

Biruni University Hospital has dedicated adult and paediatric bone marrow transplant services.

Its Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Center states that it performs:

Autologous stem cell transplantationAllogeneic stem cell transplantation

The hospital also lists a dedicated Pediatric Bone Marrow Center.

These programs are relevant for selected patients with blood cancers, bone marrow failure syndromes, inherited blood disorders and certain immune-system diseases.

Bone marrow transplantation is clinically different from solid-organ transplantation. The treatment involves hematopoietic stem cells rather than transplantation of a whole organ.

Intensive care and surgical infrastructure

The hospital's published infrastructure includes 100 intensive care beds and 20 operating rooms, one of which is a hybrid operating room.

This matters for transplant care because solid-organ transplantation may require:

Major surgeryIntensive postoperative monitoringAdvanced imagingBlood-product supportInfection managementMultidisciplinary specialist input

Stem cell transplantation additionally requires specialised haematology, infection prevention, transfusion support and close monitoring during engraftment and immune recovery.

International accreditation

Biruni University Hospital received Temos International accreditation for “Quality in Medical Care” in 2024.

Temos reported that an international assessor team visited the hospital in June 2024 before accreditation was awarded.

Accreditation should be viewed as one quality indicator. It does not by itself guarantee that an individual patient is suitable for transplantation or predict a specific outcome.

International patients

Biruni University Hospital provides services for international patients, but transplantation is subject to additional medical and legal requirements compared with ordinary medical tourism.

For kidney or liver transplantation, international patients should verify:

Whether their donor relationship is legally acceptedWhich donor documents are requiredWhether living donation is permitted in their caseWhether deceased-donor access is available to non-residentsWhich pre-transplant tests must be completedHow long the recipient and donor must remain in TürkiyeHow post-transplant follow-up will continue after returning home

For bone marrow transplantation, additional considerations may include:

HLA typingDonor matchingDonor registry accessStem-cell collectionCell transportImport or export requirementsPost-transplant infection and GVHD monitoring

A hospital enquiry or preliminary review does not mean that a patient or donor has been approved for transplantation.