Tugba Akin Telli

Tugba Akin Telli is a medical oncologist at Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital. She completed clinical research fellowships at the Institut Jules Bordet in Belgium. This training allows her to integrate international protocols into her practice. Telli also gained experience at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in the USA.

Specialization and Oncology Approach

Telli treats various forms of cancer using systemic therapies. She uses personalized medicine to help improve patient outcomes. Her clinical work includes several procedures:

• Chemotherapy
• Immunotherapy
• Cancer screening and tumor marker analysis — tests that detect substances produced by cancer cells in the blood or tissue
• Advanced diagnostics including PET-CT and PET-MRI
• Immunohistochemistry for precise tumor characterization — a lab test that uses antibodies to identify specific antigens in a cancer sample

Professional Work Experience

• Present – Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital – Medical Oncology
• 2022–2024 – Memorial Sisli Hospital – Medical Oncology Specialist
• 2021–2022 – Institut Jules Bordet – Clinical Research Fellowship
• 2020–2022 – Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital – Medical Oncology Specialist
• 2019 – Institut Jules Bordet – Clinical Research Fellowship
• 2014–2016 – Golbasi Public Hospital – Internal Medicine Specialist

Education and International Training

• 2016–2019 – Marmara University Faculty of Medicine – Medical Oncology Fellowship
• 2013–2014 – MD Anderson Cancer Center – Observership
• 2013 – Bellvitge Hospital, Spain – Observership
• 2009–2014 – Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine – Internal Medicine Residency
• 2008–2009 – Akdeniz University – Medical Internship
• 2007 – Bilkent University – Molecular Biology and Genetics Summer Internship
• 2003–2008 – Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine – Medical Degree