Dr. Ekrem Yılmaz
Dr. Ekrem Yılmaz, PhD
Responsible Physician, Traditional and Complementary Medicine (GETAT) Center · Sakarya Training and Research Hospital
A physician and researcher active in traditional and complementary medicine since 2003 through clinical practice, physician training, and scientific research. Since 2015 he has served as Responsible Physician of the GETAT Center at Sakarya Training and Research Hospital.
He graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1993. He completed his PhD in Traditional and Complementary Medicine at Lokman Hekim University under the supervision of Prof. Cemal Çevik (3 September 2026); his thesis examined the effects of major ozone autohemotherapy on clinical features in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
He holds authorization certificates in 12 GETAT modalities: acupuncture, cupping, hirudotherapy, ozone therapy, mesotherapy, prolotherapy, phytotherapy, hypnosis, apitherapy, larval therapy, homeopathy, and osteopathy. He has organized certified training for hundreds of physicians in acupuncture, ozone therapy, cupping, hirudotherapy, and larval therapy, and pioneered Türkiye’s first certified physician training in larval therapy.
He has served on the Ministry of Health GETAT Scientific Board and GETAT Scientific and Advisory Commission, contributing to practice guidelines including cupping therapy. He has 5 peer-reviewed articles and 3 academic book chapters, and is a researcher on TÜBİTAK 1001 and TÜSEB-supported projects on ozone therapy in fibromyalgia and acupuncture/phytotherapy in polycystic ovary syndrome.