Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
Turkey, Istanbul
Mehmet Osman Akcakaya
20 years of experience
Clinic is certified :
Gamma Knife in Istanbul typically costs from $5,300 to $7,300. The final price depends on the lesion size, clinic accreditation level, and neurosurgeon experience. Patients save around 79% compared to the US, where this procedure costs $30,000 on average. Most Istanbul centers include neurosurgeon consultations, radiology mapping, and VIP airport-to-clinic transfers in their standard packages.
Bookimed Expert Insight: Istanbul serves as Turkey's primary neurosurgery hub, offering higher concentration of JCI-accredited clinics than Ankara or Izmir. A major advantage here is access to doctors like Dr. Turker Kilic, who brought radiosurgery expertise from the Karolinska Institute. Clinics like Medipol Mega and Istanbul Florence Nightingale bundle VIP transfers, effectively removing logistics costs from your treatment budget.
| Istanbul | Austria | Spain | |
| Gamma Knife | from $5,300 | ≈ $32,000 | from $24,900 |
| Gamma-knife for spinal tumor | ≈ $6,500 | ≈ $9,500 | from $28,000 |
| Gamma Knife for brain tumor | from $5,000 | ≈ $9,500 | from $12,800 |
Day 1 - Arrival
Day 2 - Pre-Operation
Day 3 - Gamma Knife Surgery
Day 4 - Post-Operation
Week 1-4 - Rehabilitation
Note: Each patient"s recovery timeline may vary based on individual health conditions and the complexity of the Gamma Knife surgery.
Dr. Ahmet Hilmi Kaya is a professor of neurosurgery at Anadolu Medical Center in Istanbul. He specializes in functional neurosurgery and deep brain stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders. Dr. Kaya previously led a Parkinson’s disease research project at Ondokuz Mayıs University. He earned the Aysima Altınok Thesis Award from the Turkish Neurosurgical Society.
Dr. Mustafa Sakar is a neurosurgeon at Memorial Göztepe Hospital in Istanbul. He specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and tumor surgery. Dr. Sakar completed a corner tumor surgery observership at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He also trained in fetal spina bifida surgery at HCor in São Paulo, Brazil.
Associate Professor Mehmet Tonge specializes in Gamma Knife radiosurgery at Medipol University's PARMER Center, with extensive research and clinical focus on stereotactic techniques.
The doctor is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgery Association, the Turkish Spine Association, and AOSpine. With an academic background from Marmara University in Turkey and further training at Yale School of Medicine in the USA, the doctor is well-versed in neurosurgery and spine-related medical practices.