
Prof. Dr. Esin Yalçınkaya
In 2002, I took the first step toward my beloved profession by graduating from Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School. In 2008, I graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, and that same year, I earned the right to specialize in Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery—a field that has always brought me great joy. In 2013, I completed my specialization at Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine. After one year of compulsory service, I worked for five years at private hospitals in Ankara, including Kentkbb, Koru, Medicana, and Medisun. In 2019, I earned the title of Associate Professor and opened my own private practice, where I continue to work today.
Education and Specialization
- 1999–2002 Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School – Ankara
- 2002–2008 Gazi University Faculty of Medicine (Bachelor’s) – Ankara
- 2008–2013 Ufuk University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (Residency) – Ankara
Professional Experience
- 2014–2016 Private Koru Hospitals
- 2016–2018 Medicana International Hospital
- 2019–Present Private Practice
Announcements
· ECTOPIC MOLAR TOOTH IN THE MAXILLARY SINUS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW, Beriat GK, Yalcinkaya E, Beriat NC. Clinical Dentistry and Research, 2011.
· EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ISOTRETINOIN ON CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS, Beriat GK, Yalcinkaya E, Akmansu H, Alhan A, Erdogan FG, Tugrul B. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Thorat, 2011.
· AESTHETIC ANALYSIS OF IDEAL BROW SHAPE AND POSITION. Yalcinkaya E, Cingi C, Soken H, Ulusoy S, Muluk NB. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2014.
· EVALUATION OF PARADOXICAL VOCAL CORD MOTION AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. Yalcinkaya E, Guler I, Kocaturk S. Journal of Medical Updates, 2014.
· ARE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HABITUAL SLEEPING BODY POSTURE OR NASAL SETAL DEVIATION. Yalçınkaya E, Cingi C, Bayar Muluk N, Ulusoy S, Hanci D. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology 2015.
· OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY DYSFUNCTION IN MYASTANIA GRAVIS: A STUDY IN TURKISH PATIENTS. Tekeli H, Senol MG, Altundag A, Yalcınkaya E, Kendirli MT, Yaşar H, Salihoglu M, Saglam O, Cayonu M, Cesmeci E, Hummel T. Journal of Neurologic Sciences 2015.
· EVALUATION OF THE CORRELATION OF 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D SERUM LEVELS WITH ALLERGIC RHINITIS. Yalçınkaya E, Tunçkaşık ME, Güler İ, Kocatürk S, Gündüz Ö. ENT Updates 2015.
· PARANASAL OSTEOSARCOMA: A CASE REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF PATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS OF MESENCHYMAL TUMORS. Esin Yalçınkaya, Mert Başaran, Şefik Halit Akmansu. Koru Proceedings 2015.
· SMELL IMPAIRMENT. Ozan Gökdoğan, Esin Yalçınkaya, Aytuğ Altundağ. Koru Proceedings 2015.
· LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX HAS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON TASTE AND SMELL FUNCTIONS. Altundag A, Cayonu M, Salihoglu M, Yazıcı H, Kurt O, Yalcinkaya E, Saglam O. Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2016.
· LARYNGEAL HEMATOMA. Yalcinkaya E. Koru Proceedings 2015.
· ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF OLFACTION. Yalcinkaya E. Current Practice in Otorhinolaryngology, 2016
· FACIAL AND HYPOGLOSSAL PARESIS FOLLOWING DENTAL LOCAL ANESTHESIA: A CASE REPORT. Yalcinkaya E, Basaran M. Koru Proceedings, 2016.
· EVALUATION OF CLINICAL COMPLIANCE OF SKIN PATCH TEST RESULTS OF PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT APHTHOUS STOMATITIS. Akay AC, Yalcinkaya E, Yazıcı H. Türkiye Klinikleri Dermatology Journal, 2016.
· PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF SELENIUM AGAINST CISPLATIN-INDUCED OTOTOXICITY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL. Dogan S, Yazıcı H, Yalcinkaya E, Erdogdu HI, Sarıcı F, Sarikaya Y. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2016.
· PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF SELENIUM AGAINST CISPLATIN-INDUCED OTOTOXICITY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN. Dogan S, Yazıcı H, Yalcinkaya E, Erdogdu HI, Sarıcı F, Sarikaya Y. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2016.
· OTOPLASTY. Dizdar D, Dizdar SK, Yalcinkaya E. Medicana Medical Journal, 2017.
• EFFICIENCY OF SELENIUM IN CISPLATIN-INDUCED ORAL MUCOSITIS. Dogan S, Yalcinkaya E, Erdogdu HI. European Research Journal, 2017.
• COMPARISON OF PROFESSIONAL ANXIETY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS OF MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS. Dizdar SK, Dizdar D, Yalçınkaya E. Medicana Medical Journal, 2017.
• POLYMORPHOUS LOW-GRADE ADENOCARCINOMA IN THE HARD PALATE. Yalçınkaya E, Yazıcı H. Medicana Medical Journal, 2017.
• SYNDROMES PRESENTING WITH HEAD AND NECK ANOMALIES, Yalçınkaya E, Akmansu ŞH. Türkiye Klinikleri, Special Issue on Syndromes in Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, 2018.
· EVALUATION OF POSITIVE RESULTS FOR AUTOLOGOUS SERUM SKIN TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH SEASONAL ALLERGIC RHINITIS COMPARED WITH HEALTHY CONTROLS. GAC Akay, Yalçınkaya E, ENT Updates, 2018.
· OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN SPONDYLOARTHIRITIS. Yalcinkaya E, Altundağ A, Basaran M, Erdem H, Hummel T. European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2019.
· SELENIUM SUPPLEMENT FOR TREATMENT OF GERIATRIC RHINITIS. Yalcinkaya E, Yazici H, Kayır H, Soy FK, Hesham Negm. The Egyptian journal of Otolaryngology, 2019.
· OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IN OBESITY’. Yalcinkaya E, Saricam E. Journal of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2019.
· Association of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders with Habitual Sleeping Body Posture and Nasal Septal Deviation. Yalçınkaya E. ENT Updates, 2019.
· SKIN PRICK TEST RESULTS TO FOOD ALLERGENS IN PATIENTS WITH ALLERGIC RHINITIS. GAC Akay, Yalçınkaya E. Annals of Medical Research, 2019.
· EVALUATION OF TOPICAL AGENT EFFICIENCY ON SURGICAL WOUND HEALING IN RATS. Yalcinkaya E, Sarıcı GN, Tunckasık E, Elmas C, Kocaturk S. The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2019.
· Aesthetic Analysis of Ideal Eyebrow Shape and Position: Celebrities Compared with Normal Population. Yalcinkaya E, Avincsal MO, Dizdar D, Cingi C. Turkish Journal of Facial Plastic Surgery, 2020.
. The use of Canalith Reposition Maneuvers in Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Yalçınkaya E, Başaran M. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020.
. BESIDE APPROACH IN THE DIAGNOSIS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA USING POSTPRANDIAL OXIMETRY TESTING. A COMPARITIVE STUDY WITH POLYSOMNOGRAPHY. Sarıçam E, Yalçınkaya E, Tekdağ N. The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2020.
Announcements
• Septorhinoplasty Dissection Guide, Current Practice in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 2013. Metin Önerci, Esin Yalçınkaya, Özlem Önerci Çelebi.
• Sinus Surgery Dissection Guide, Current Practice in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 2013. Metin Önerci, Esin Yalçınkaya, Özlem Önerci Çelebi.
• Koru Proceedings Journal Editorial Board (National Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal) 2015-2016
• Medicana Medical Journal Editorial Board (National Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal) 2016-2018
• Syndromes Presenting with Head and Neck Anomalies and Pharyngeal Anomalies, Syndromes in Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Turkish Clinics, Esin Yalçınkaya, Ş. Halit Akmansu.
• Smell and Taste Perception, Book Editor, 2019
Awards
· ‘ALLERJİK RİNİT HASTALIĞI İLE 25-OH D VİTAMİNİ SERUM SEVİYELERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ’, 8. Türk Ulusal Rinoloji Kongresi, 2012, İkincilik Ödülü
· ‘ANALYSİS OF THE EFFECT OF TOPİCAL MATERİALS ON CUTANEOUS WOUND HEALİNG AFTER NECK SURGERY’, 10th Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference, Dubai, UAE, 2013, Young Otolaryngologists Award
· ‘SAĞLIK BAKANLIĞI ÜSTÜN BAŞARI ÖDÜLÜ’, Muş Genel Sekreterliği, 2014
Announcements
- THE HABIT OF SLEEPING ON THE PRONE AND THE PRESENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE NASAL SEPTAL DEVIATION; ‘EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER AND TINNITUS’, 31st Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, oral presentation, 2009
· ‘ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS: A CASE REPORT’, 31st Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2009
· ‘RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TINNITUS AND TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER’, 31st Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, e-poster, 2009
· ‘MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA OF THE HARD PALATE’, 31st Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2009
· ‘MAXILLARY SINUS ‘ ‘ECTOPIC MOLAR TOOTH: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW’, 32nd Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2010
· ‘EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ISOTRETINOIN USE ON CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS’, 32nd Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, oral presentation, 2010
· ‘CHOALANAL ATRESIA; REVIEW’, 7th Turkish National Rhinology Congress, Antalya, printed poster, 2011
· ‘LYMPHOEPITHELIAL PALATIN TONSIL CYST’; ‘A CASE REPORT’, 33rd Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2011
· ‘Lingual Hamartoma, A CASE REPORT’, 33rd Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2011
· ‘Evaluation of the Relationship Between Allergic Rhinitis and Serum Levels of 25-OH Vitamin D’, 8th Turkish National Rhinology Congress, Antalya, oral presentation, 2012
· ‘Giant Thornwaldt Cyst; A CASE REPORT’, 8th Turkish National Rhinology Congress, Antalya, printed poster, 2012
· ‘Laryngeal Hematoma; ‘A Life-Threatening Complication of Warfarin Sodium Use’, National Laryngology Congress, Ankara, 2012
· Facial and Hypoglossus Paresis Developing Following Dental Local Anesthesia; ‘A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW’, 34th Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2012
· ‘DISCUSSION OF RECURRENCE, RADIONECROSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES IN LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF HEAD AND NECK OSTEOSARCOMAS BASED ON A CASE REPORT’, 34th Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antalya, printed poster, 2012
· ‘IDEAL EYEBROW RATIOS’, 5th Respiratory Summit, Ordu, oral presentation, 2013
· ‘ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF TOPICAL MATERIALS ON CUTANEOUS WOUND HEALING AFTER NECK SURGERY’, 10th Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference, Dubai, UAE, oral presentation, 2013
· TONSIL PROBLEM AND ‘Where Does Protection Come From?’, 12th Rhinocamp ENT and Rhinocamp Family Medicine Congress, Bodrum, oral presentation, 2014
· ‘Paradoxical Vocal Cord Movements’, 37th National ENT Congress, Antalya, oral presentation, 2015
• ‘UMAMI TASTE AND HEALTH STATUS’, 17th International Society of Olfaction and Taste Congress, Yokohama, Japan, printed poster 2016.
• ‘SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION AS A NEW TREATMENT METHOD IN GERIATRIC RHINITIS’, 13th International Otorhinolaryngology Congress, Ankara, oral presentation 2018.
• ‘IDEAL EYEBROW RATIOS’, 13th International Otorhinolaryngology Congress, Ankara, oral presentation 2018.
• A RARE CAUSE OF OBJECTIVE TINNITUS; ‘Oropharyngeal Carotid Tortosis’, 13th International ENT Congress, Ankara, printed poster 2018.
‘Evaluation of Olfactory Function in Spondylarthritis Patients’, 14th Turkish Rhinology Congress, Ankara, oral presentation 2018.
‘Comparison of Eyebrow Shape and Position Between Celebrities and the Normal Population’, 14th Turkish Rhinology Congress, Ankara, printed poster 2018.
‘Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis in Vertigo Patients’, 16th Rhinocamp ENT and Rhinocamp Family Medicine Congress, Bodrum, oral presentation, 2018.
‘Bedside Approach in Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Postprandial Oximetry’ ‘TESTING. COMPRATIVE STUDY WITH POLYSOMNOGRAPHY’, 24th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Basel, Switzerland, 2018.
‘TASTE DYSFUNCTION AFTER TONSILLECTOMY’, 40th National ENT Congress, Antalya, 2018.
‘ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SENSE OF SMELL’, 1st Ankara Symposium on Smell and Taste Sciences, Ankara, 2019.
‘IDEAL FACIAL PROPORTIONS’, ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation 4th Spring Meeting, Antalya, 2019.
‘PANEL ON SMELL AND TASTE SCIENCES’, SESSION CHAIRMANSHIP, 22nd International Rhinocamp Congress, Marmaris, 2019.
‘WHY IS THE SENSE OF SMELL SPECIAL?’, 2nd Ankara Symposium on Smell and Taste Sciences, Ankara, 2019.
‘UTOPIAN’ ‘THE FORMULA FOR BEAUTY’, 3rd National Medical Aesthetics Congress, Antalya, Ankara, 2019.
