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Prof. Dr. Melike Cengiz, MD, PhD

Head of Intensive Care · Akdeniz University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Melike Cengiz heads the Intensive Care Department at Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya. Trained at Akdeniz University in anesthesiology and reanimation (1999-2004) with a subspecialty in intensive care (completed 2012) and a PhD in physiology (2013), she became Professor in 2017. Her academic record includes 285 publications, more than 680 Scopus citations and a Scopus h-index of 13. Research focuses include intensive care medicine, hemorheology, organ donation/brain death management, and severe pneumonia outcomes.
Specialties: Intensive Care (ICU)
20+
years in anesthesia & critical care
285
publications (AVESIS)
13
h-index (Scopus)
Intensive Care MedicineAnesthesiologyOrgan TransplantationHemorheology
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · B2
DE German · B1
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ANTALYA · 06/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2011-2017
Associate Professor
Akdeniz University
2013-2016
Deputy Chief Physician
Education and Research Hospital
2017-Present
Professor / Head of Intensive Care Department
Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2021
    Intensive Care Medicine
    «Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult ICU patients: the DecubICUs study»
    · co-author
  • 2009
    Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
    «Influence of tourniquet application on venous blood sampling for serum chemistry, hematological parameters, leukocyte activation and erythrocyte mechanical properties»
    · first author
  • 2009
    Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
    «Effects of storage duration and temperature of human blood on red cell deformability and aggregation»
    · co-author
  • 2016
    Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
    «Effect of magnesium supplementation on blood rheology in NOS inhibition-induced hypertension model»
    · first author
  • 2006
    Human & Experimental Toxicology
    «A botulism outbreak from roasted canned mushrooms»
    · first author
CLINIC

Where they practise

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Akdeniz University Hospital
The largest university hospital in Türkiye’s Mediterranean region. 218,348 m² of floor area, 33 specialised departments, 1,267 beds, 8 buildings. A global leader in transplantation — the world’s first uterus…
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