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PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION · İSÜ LIV BAHÇEŞEHİR

Prof. MD. Nazife Berna Tander

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
Prof. Dr. Nazife Berna Tander is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir, Istanbul, with academic appointment at Istinye University Faculty of Medicine. She graduated from Ege University in 1996 and completed her PMR specialization at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital in 2002. She undertook visiting scholarships at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (Wayne State University, 2006-2007) and the Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia University (2009), and earned the European Board of PRM exam-based certificate in 2009. She served on the faculty of Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun for 15 years before moving to Istanbul (Acıbadem 2018-2021, Liv 2021-present). Her clinical focus covers fibromyalgia, lower back and neck pain, osteoporosis, arthrosis, geriatric, orthopedic and neurologic rehabilitation.
28+
years in medicine
22+
years in PMR
42+
international publications
FibromyalgiaLower Back & Neck PainOsteoporosisGeriatric RehabilitationOrthopedic RehabilitationNeurologic RehabilitationISPRM MemberEuropean Board PRM
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • ★
    2009
    European Union Medical Specialists Certificate (PRM Section, exam-based)
    European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2002
PMR Specialist
Samsun Gazi State Hospital
2002-2010
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
2010-2016
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
2016-2017
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
2018-2021
Professor of PMR
Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital + Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
2021-present
Professor of PMR
Liv Hospital Ulus / Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir + Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2008
    Rheumatol Int
    «A comparative evaluation of health related quality of life and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis»
    · first author · 173 citations
  • 2011
    Clin Exp Rheumatol
    «Sleep quality in fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis: associations with pain, fatigue, depression, and disease activity»
    · co-author · 144 citations
  • 2009
    Joint Bone Spine
    «Effects of two exercise interventions on pulmonary functions in the patients with ankylosing spondylitis»
    · co-author · 118 citations
  • 2012
    Int J Rheum Dis
    «Therapeutic ultrasound versus sham ultrasound for the management of patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind controlled clinical study»
    · co-author · 104 citations
  • 2008
    Rheumatol Int
    «Polymorphisms of the serotonin-2A receptor and catechol-O-methyltransferase genes: a study on fibromyalgia susceptibility»
    · first author · 101 citations
  • 2010
    Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
    «Does short-wave diathermy increase the effectiveness of isokinetic exercise on pain, function, knee muscle strength, quality of life, and depression in the patients with knee osteoarthritis?»
    · co-author · 96 citations
CLINIC

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PRIMARY CLINIC
İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
A multidisciplinary Liv Hospital campus on the European side of Istanbul. Opened in December 2016. 60+ departments: cardiology, neurosurgery, oncology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology. da Vinci surgery, 3 Tesla MRI.
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