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Education

• 1994 – 2000, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
• 2000 – 2005, Kocaeli University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Specialization

Experience 

• 2005 – 2006, Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine
• 2006 – 2017, Acibadem Kadıköy Hospital
• 2017 – 2024, Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital

Dr. Antonia Artigues-Barcelo is an Internal Medicine Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the field of Internal Medicine.

After completing her Medical Degree from Universitat Autonoma in Barcelona, Spain, she acquired her Specialisation in Internal Medicine from Hospital Universitari Son Dureta and Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, both in Spain. She has extensive experience in Internal Medicine in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Before moving to the UAE, she was practicing in both private and government Hospitals in Spain, where she implemented different projects, including Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Palliative Care Unit, and a multidisciplinary management program of hip fractures in older patients. She was also the HOD in Internal Medicine Department.

Since she moved to the UAE, she has been working as an Internal Medicine Consultant in well-known Clinics and Hospitals in Dubai. She has also been an Adjunct Associated Professor at Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU).

Her scope of expertise includes general internal medicine conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory diseases, anaemias, thyroid conditions, as well as, infection diseases, autoimmune systemic conditions and prevention, detection, and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidaemia. She also carries out general check-ups.

She is a member of the Spanish Medical Council and the Internal Medicine Spanish Association, as well as, member of Middle East and North Africa Stroke Organization.

EXPERTISE:

• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Respiratory Diseases
• Anaemias
• Thyroid Conditions
• Infectious Diseases
• Autoimmune Systemic Conditions
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Dyslipidaemia

Experience

2017 - 2020 Acıpayam Devlet Hastanesi

2016 - 2017 İzmir Halk Sağlığı Laboratuvarı

2013 - 2016 Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

2011 - 2013 Pendik Devlet Hastanesi

2011 - 2011 Midyat Devlet Hastanesi

2004 - 2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Acıpayam Devlet Hastanesi

İzmir Halk Sağlığı Laboratuvarı

Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Pendik Devlet Hastanesi

Midyat Devlet Hastanesi

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Education

2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloj

2010 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloj

2004 Ege Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

2004 Ege Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

Publications

ULUSLARARASI HAKEMLİ DERGİLERDE YAYIMLANAN MAKALELER

Bulent Ertugrul, Çağrı Buke, Özlem Saylak Ersoy, Bengisu Ay, Dilek Senen Demirez, Öner Savk. Intralesional epidermel growth factor for diabetic foot wounds: the first cases in Turkey. Diabetic foot and ankle.6: Ağustos 2015

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Causative pathogens and antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot infections: A prospective multi-center study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, Volume 30, Issue 5,July 2016,910-916

Alpay Arı, Ali Ilgın Olut, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Meltem Zencir, Mehmet Umut Çayıröz. A small outbreak of Serratia liquefaciens bacteremia due to use of contaminated saline infusion solution for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Journal of İnfectious Diseases, Volume 49, 2017, 639-40

B- ULUSLARARASI BİLİMSEL TOPLANTILARDA SUNULAN VE BİLDİRİ KİTABINDA (PROCEEDINGS) BASILAN BİLDİRİLER

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Current Bacterıal Etıology And Antımıcrobıal Resıstance In Dfıs; A Multıcenter Prospectıve Trıal Of “Turk-Day”. Congress of Balkan Millitary Medical Committee, 8-11 Haziran 2015, Yunanistan

C- ULUSAL HAKEMLİ DERGİLERDE YAYIMLANAN MAKALELER

VildanAvkan Oğuz, Bengisu Ay, Vasfi Karatosun, Zeynep Gülay; A Case of Total Knee Arthroplasty in whichAeromonasHydrophila Was Isolated in Perioperative Culture: Trakya Univ Tip Fak Derg, 2009

Şebnem Çalık, Bengisu Kara Ay, Arif Yüksel, Kamuran Çapcıoğlu, Meltem Zencir, Ümran Bingöl, Neslihan Genç, Meltem Avcı, Selma Tosun. Grip aşılaması önerilen risk grubundaki bireylerin grip aşılaması hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin ve aşı durumlarının değerlendirilmesi. İzmir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi (Medical Journal of İzmir Hospital) 2013; 17 (4): 241-245

B Ay, Ş Çalık, B Karaca, S Tosun. Atipik Akdeniz benekli ateşi: Ege Bölgesi'nden ilk olgu. Izmir Tepecik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi Dergisi. 2016; 26(2):175-177

B Ay, E Özdemir, N Ünel, Ş Çalık, B Karaca. Telbivudine-Related Myopathy: A Case Report. Viral Hepat J 2016; 22: 37-38

D- ULUSAL BİLİMSEL TOPLANTILARDA SUNULAN VE BİLDİRİ KİTAPLARINDA BASILAN BİLDİRİLER

Şebnem Çalık, Bengisu Kara Ay, Arif Yüksel, Kamuran Çapcıoğlu, Meltem Zencir, Ümran Bingöl, Neslihan Genç, Meltem Avcı, Selma Tosun. Grip aşılaması önerilen risk grubundaki bireylerin grip aşılaması hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin ve aşı durumlarının değerlendirilmesi. 5. Ulusal Aşı Sempozyumu, 25-29 Eylül 2013, Ankara

’’Kronik Hepatit C için Telaprevir alan 4 Hastanın Değerlendirilmesi” “Konuşma 7" İstanbul – Marriott Asia Hotel; ‘Türkiye Telepravir Deneyimimiz Sempozyumu, 21 Eylül 2013’

Bengisu Ay, Alpay Arı,Nalan Ünel, Erman Özdemir, Selma Tosun; İki merkezde telaprevir deneyimimiz: 12. Ulusal Viral Hepatit Kongresi, 26-29 Mart 2014, Belek/Antalya

Bengisu Ay, Erman Özdemir,Nalan Ünel; Bir olgu nedeniyle telbivudin tedavisinde miyopati yanetkisi: 12. Ulusal Viral Hepatit Kongresi, 26-29 Mart 2014, Belek/Antalya

Gülsüm Altın, Aslı Keleş, Bengisu Ay, Ebru Dik, Meltem Zencir, Halil Erkan, Selma Tosun. Toplumdaki Bireylerin Hepatit B virusunun bulaşma yolları hakkındaki farklılıklarının ve bilgi düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesi. BUHASDER 6. Tepecik Enfeksiyon Günleri Sempozyumu. 04-08 Kasım 2015 Muğla.

Vedat Turhan, Günalp Uzun, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Mesut Mutluoğlu, Erol Sevim, Hayati Demiraslan, Esma Eryılmaz, Cem Özuğuz, Ali Memiş, Turk-Day Çalışma Grubu ( Hakan Ay, Bilgin Arda, Serhat Uysal, Vicdan Köksaldı Motor, Cigdem Kader, Ayşe Ertürk, Ömer Çoşkun, Fazilet Duygu, Selma Güler F.Aybala Altay, Aziz Öğütlü, Sibel Bolukçu, Özlem Kandemir, Halide Aslaner, Arife Polat, Mustafa Karahocagil, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Emine Sehmen, Sırrı Kılıç, Mustafa Sünbül, Serap Gençer, Fatma Bozkurt, Tuğba Yanık, Nefise Öztoprak Çuvalcı, Ayşe Batırel, Hamdi Sözen, İnci Kılıç, İlhami Çelik, Bengisu Ay, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanalı, Şenol Çomoğlu, Affan Denk, Salih Hoşoğlu, Özlem Aydın, Nazif Elaldı, Şerife Akalın, Bahar Kandemir, Ayhan Akbulut, Tuna Demirdal, Recep Balık, Emel Azak, Gönül Şengöz); Diyabetik Ayak Enfeksiyonunda Güncel Etken Mikroorganizmalar ve Antimikrobiyal Duyarlılıklar; Bir Çok Merkezli Çalışma “TURK-DAY”. 5. EKMUD Bilimsel platformu, 01-04 Nisan 2015, İzmir.

Education

GATA Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey

Residency program Sep 2011

Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department fellowship program.

Gülhane Military Medical Academy Ankara, Turkey

Bachelor of Science: Medical School Aug 2003

Kuleli Military High School Istanbul, Turkey

High School Diploma Jul 1997

Experience

Health Sciences University Istanbul, Turkey

Associated Professor of Infectious Diseases Aug 2021 - Current

Associated Professor

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey

Infectious Diseases Physician July 2020–August 2021

Infectious Diseases Physician

Yale School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Department New Haven, CT, USA

Associate Research Scientist June 2019- June2020

Research to improve vaccine against Tick Borne Diseases (Lyme Diseases, Babesiosis etc.)

Yale School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Department New Haven, CT, USA

Visiting Research Scientist Jul 2018 - June2019

Research to improve vaccine against Tick Borne Diseases (Lyme Diseases, Babesiosis etc.)

Turkish Ministry of Health Ankara, Turkey

Head of Health Tourism unit Feb 2017 - June 2018

Improving the health tourism policy of Turkey.

Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey

Infectious Diseases Physician Aug 2016 - June 2018

Infectious Diseases Physician

Tatvan Military Hospital Bitlis , Turkey

Infectious Diseases Physician Jul 2013 - Aug 2016

Infectious Diseases physician

Girne Military Hospital Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Infectious Diseases Physician Oct 2011 - Jun 2013

Infectious diseases physician

GATA Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey

Residency period Jul 2006 - Sep 2011

4 th. Mechanized Infantry Brigade Command Edirne, Kesan, Turkey

Medical Doctor, May 2004 - Jun 2006

Maintaining the basic health services of the military unit.