OUR TEAM

We are highly aware of the importance of establishing a body-mind-soul balance in order to achieve and sustain a healthy life. Code Lotus Center focuses on new scientific research combined with the best modern therapeutic approaches pioneered in the West. Managed by a team of specialists doctors, our center is one of the best examples of the American Hospital's innovative approaches to support medical recovery. Code Lotus offers a broad definition of health care which goes beyond the traditional perceptions of patients either being sick or well.

  • OUR DOCTORS
  • CODE LOTUS TEAM
Dr. Elif Altuğ (Pulmonary Medicine)

Dr. Elif Altuğ (Pulmonary Medicine)

Dr. Elif Altuğ graduated from Robert College in 1988; she studied medicine at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and she completed her Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis residency at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty. She has been working at the American Hospital since 2002 and has been leading the Smoking Cessation Polyclinic within the Department of Pulmonary Medicine since 2016. In 2017, she completed Prof. Dr. Stephen Rollnick's Motivational Interviewing Training Workshop in Cardiff-England and received Yin Yoga instructor training with Berra Sertel and Advaita Yoga instructor training with Zeynep Aksoy. She also occupies the role of director of the American Hospital Code Lotus Mindfulness Center, where she has been providing regular Yin Yoga classes.

Dr. Bilgin Sait (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Bilgin Sait (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Bilgin Sait was born in 1977 in Kosovo. He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 2004 and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. He worked at the Memorial Ataşehir Hospital between 2012-2015 and Anadolu Medical Center (in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine) between 2015-2018. Dr. Bilgin Sait has been working at the American Hospital’s Internal Medicine Department since March 2018. In addition, he is a consultant doctor at the Code Lotus Mindfulness Center.


 

Specialist Fenhan Demirağ (Mindfulness Meditation & Yoga Instructor)

Specialist Fenhan Demirağ (Mindfulness Meditation & Yoga Instructor)

She was graduated from Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Mersin University in 2006 with honors degree. She worked in different units of various corporate firms. She worked at Cihangir Yoga in 2010 and also attended to Yoga Instructorship Trainings. After she completed 200 hours of basic instructorship training with Zeynep Aksoy in 2011, she received training on prenatal yoga. She received training on Vinyasa Yoga in 2012 and Yoga Therapy in 2013. She received training on Child Yoga and Yin Yoga in 2015 and she completed Mindfulness Training with David Cornwell in 2016. She has been working as an instructor in Code Lotus since 2017.