Tahir Talat Yurttaş

Tahir Talat Yurttaş is an Emergency Medicine Specialist at Biruni University Hospital. He completed his medical education at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English Medicine Program) in 2008 and his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu Training and Research Hospital in 2016.

He previously worked as an Emergency Medicine Specialist at Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, and İstinye University Health Practice and Research Center Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, before joining Biruni University Hospital.

His clinical interests include resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), trauma, critical care management, disaster medicine, cardiovascular emergencies, toxicology, and airway management. He is a member of the Emergency Medicine Association of Türkiye (TATD) — including its Ultrasound Working Group and Disaster Commission — and the Turkish Medical Association (TTB).

Book Chapters

• Approach to Bleeding in Oncologic Patients. In: Approach to Shock and the Bleeding Patient: Diagnosis and Treatment. Ematip Publishing, 2021.
• Peritonitis and Related Diseases: Classification and Clinical Approach. In: Abdominal Pain in Emergency Medicine. Akademisyen Publishing House, 2026.