Kemal Erkan, CEO of United Medical LLC and Chairman of UMACO, has reached a significant milestone in 2025: over 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. This achievement caps a year of expanded community outreach, patient education, and digital healthcare initiatives. Erkan launched the channel to make healthcare news more accessible, focusing on bariatric surgery, US economics, and politics, and has since built a global audience.
Erkan's subscriber base more than doubled in the past year, driven by high-quality content such as his speech at the 28th Eurasian Economic Summit (which garnered over 104,000 views), appearances on EKOTÜRK, and weekly US news updates. As a U.S. representative for the Marmara Group Foundation, Erkan is uniquely positioned to comment on current events.
Throughout the year, Erkan hosted notable figures including Sarah McBride, Seema Verma, Kyle Evans Gay, and Selin Yeninci. Discussions covered healthcare interoperability, protecting aid programs, and animal rights legislation. In a session with Seema Verma, GM and EVP of Oracle Health, the duo discussed frustrations with the U.S. healthcare system and Oracle Health's AI-powered, interoperable electronic health records designed to reduce provider burden.
Erkan also addressed urgent issues like the government shutdown and the expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits with Sarah McBride, highlighting the need for bipartisan collaboration to prevent healthcare affordability crises. These conversations help amplify constituent voices and drive change.
The channel's recurring segment, Bariatric Friday, featured surgeons such as Dr. Isaias Irgau and Dr. Gail Wynn from CHRIAS, providing physician-led information for patients considering or recovering from bariatric surgery. This segment supports patients in confidently pursuing weight-loss goals.
Erkan's digital reach and commitment to patient education have marked 2025 as a year of significant growth. For more information, visit https://www.kemalerkan.com.
