Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine — MD
Prof. Dr. Ayşenur Meriç Hafız
About
Twenty-three years of specialist practice, two university clinics and an international cancer institute. These days, a practice where every patient is heard in person.
- FEBORL-HNS · Turkish ENT Board
- ENT and head & neck surgeon since 2003
Prof. Dr. Ayşenur Meriç Hafız is an ENT and head & neck surgeon with extensive clinical, academic and research experience. She graduated from Istanbul University's Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1998 and completed her specialty training in 2003 at the II. ENT Clinic of Bezmialem Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital.
In 2006–2007 she worked as a research fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Cancer Institute in the United States. Back in Türkiye, she progressed through assistant and associate professorships at Bezmialem University, and in 2017 joined Koç University Faculty of Medicine as professor, serving there until 2021. Between 2017 and 2023 she completed a PhD in medical education at Marmara University.
Her main areas of interest are head and neck tumours, thyroid cancer, salivary gland tumours, neck masses, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and ultrasound-guided biopsy. Since 2022 she has seen patients at her private practice in Fulya, Beşiktaş.
She holds the Turkish ENT Board certification (2010, 2015, 2025) and the European ENT Board certification FEBORL-HNS (2011). She served as editor of the Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology in 2012–2014 and received three research awards from the Turkish Society of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery.
Career
1998
2003
ENT specialty — Bezmialem Vakıf Gureba Training & Research Hospital, II. ENT Clinic
2003–2006
Specialist — Bezmialem, Department of ENT
2006–2007
Research fellow — Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Cancer Institute, USA
2007–2010
Specialist — Bezmialem, Department of ENT
2010–2011
Assistant professor — Bezmialem University
2012–2017
Associate professor — Bezmialem University Faculty of Medicine
2017–2021
Professor — Koç University Faculty of Medicine
2017–2023
PhD in medical education — Marmara University
2022
Private practice — Fulya, Beşiktaş / Istanbul
For the complete list of her scientific work, see Publications & Works.
Thyroid Diseases · Salivary Gland Tumours · Laryngeal Cancer · Your First Visit
I listen to every patient first; we understand the diagnosis together, and we plan the treatment together.
Prof. Dr. Ayşenur Meriç Hafız
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The practice is at Selenium Plaza in Beşiktaş. Message us on WhatsApp or call to arrange a visit. English-speaking patients are welcome.