Has worked as a paediatrician at Anadolu Medical Center since 2005.
Specialties and areas of interest
- Monitoring of children's nutrition, growth and development
- Breastfeeding counselling
- Common childhood illnesses
- Vaccination
Education
- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 1992
- Specialty training: Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics, Istanbul, 1997
Professional career
From 1998 to 2005, worked as a paediatrician in the neonatal intensive care unit at Metropolitan Florence Nightingale Hospital. Since June 2005, has worked at Anadolu Medical Center, where this physician served as head of the neonatal intensive care unit until December 2010; took an active part in the "Baby-Friendly Hospital" certification and continues to train nursing staff.
Considers preventive medicine and appropriate nutrition to be the foundation of paediatric care, and therefore pays particular attention to counselling families on breastfeeding.
Memberships and scientific activity
- Turkish Paediatric Society
- UNICEF
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Lactation consultant certificate
- Editor of the translation of the book "Taking Care of Your Child" (Pantell, Fries)
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