Studying medicine with purpose.
Clinical curiosity, grounded in research.
Dedication to every patient.

“Surgery is not just technique — it is trust, translated into touch.”
Dr. Aylin Ismayilova is a physician who graduated from the University of Health Sciences (Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi) in Türkiye, where she was admitted in 2020. Born on 4 February 2001, she pursues a career in medicine with a particular interest in surgery.
Before university she completed her secondary education at Dəyanət Türk Liseyi, graduating with an approximate 90/100 grade-point average — an early record of the discipline and curiosity she now brings to her clinical studies.
Alongside her studies she has contributed to clinical research, co-authoring a survey on awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) among medical students in Turkey, and she writes about the human side of medicine.



Admitted to the medical programme in 2020 and graduated in 2026. Full undergraduate medical education spanning the basic and clinical sciences, alongside hospital clerkships and patient-facing training.
Co-authored a survey study on awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) among medical students in Turkey, released as a medRxiv preprint.
Completed secondary education with an approximate 90/100 grade-point average before admission to medical school.
A cross-sectional survey assessing awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) among medical students in Turkey. The study found that awareness of SUDEP remained low among students, underscoring the need to strengthen epilepsy education within medical curricula so future clinicians can counsel patients on risk and prevention.
Read paper →On the weight of what our hands carry — and what they must release — in the operating room and beyond.
Read essay →Patterns in surgical outcomes, human behavior, and the unexpected lessons that only repetition can surface.
Read essay →Against the myth that clinical detachment makes for better surgeons — and the evidence that says otherwise.
Read essay →Elective four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis. No intraoperative complications. Patient discharged within 24 hours.
Urgent laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis. Early intervention prevented perforation. Full recovery within one week.
Totally extraperitoneal repair of a right indirect inguinal hernia with mesh. Excellent visualisation, no neurovascular injury. Same-day discharge.
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