Department of Pediatry

Professor Zuhal KESKİN SARILAR

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: 1990-1996 19 May University, Samsun

2000-2005 Atatürk University, Paediatrics Residency

2009-2012 Atatürk University, Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Residency

Research Areas: Evaluation of immunity and immunisation after treatment in childhood cancers, monitoring and treatment of long-term side effects of drugs used in childhood cancers, causes of thrombosis in children and treatment options, diagnosis and treatment of rare childhood haematological diseases.

Selected studies: Platelet function alterations and their relation to P-selectin (CD62P) expression in children with iron deficiency anaemia. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. Parenteral glutamine supplementation has no effect on chemotherapy-induced toxicity in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Clinical experience with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in the management of intracardiac and arterial thrombosis in children. Seven Patients With Transcobalamin Deficiency Diagnosed Between 2010 and 2014: A Single-Center Experience. Assessment of Humoral Immunity to Hepatitis B, Measles, Rubella, and Mumps in Children After Chemotherapy. The Comparison of The Efficacy and Safety of Original and Biosimilar Filgrastim in Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia in Children with Cancer. Clinical features and treatment results in preterm infants with intracardiac thrombus. Homozygous c.130-131 ins A (pW44X) mutation in the HAX1 gene as the most common cause of congenital neutropenia in Turkey: Report from the Turkish Severe Congenital Neutropenia Registry.

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Assoc. Prof. Mehmet KUCUK

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: 2001-2007 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara

2008-2012 T.C. S.B. Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatrics and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Paediatrics Residency

2013-2016 T.C. S.B. Dr Behçet Uz Paediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital (2013-2014) and Istanbul Siyami Ersek Chest Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital (2014-2016), Paediatric Cardiology Residency

Research Areas: Childhood rhythm disorders and transcatheter treatment, diagnosis and transcatheter treatment of cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart diseases, childhood acquired heart diseases such as Kawasaki disease and acute rheumatic fever, fetal echocardiography which enables the diagnosis and follow-up of congenital heart diseases in the womb.

Selected Studies: Risk Factors For Thrombosis, Overshunting And Death In Infants After Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt; Stenting Of The Ductus Arteriosus In Infants With Functionally Univentricular Heart Disease And Ductal-Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow: A Single-Center Experience; Intervention In Patients With Critical Pulmonary Stenosis In The Ductal Stenting Era; Initial Experience With The Nit-Occlud Asd-R: Short-Term Results; Report Of A Myocarditis Outbreak Among Paediatric Patients: Human Herpesvirus 7 As A Causative Agent?; Transcatheter ablation using near-zero fluoroscopy in children with focal atrial tachycardia: a single-centre experience; Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation using near-zero fluoroscopy in children with fascicular ventricular tachycardia: a single-centre experience; Transcatheter  Cryoablation  Procedures  without  Fluoroscopy in Paediatric  Patients  with  Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant  Tachycardia: A Single-Center -Center Experience are some of his studies.

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Assoc. Prof. Yonca SEMET

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education: 1991-1997 Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara

1998-2003 Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, Paediatrics Residency

2005-2010 Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology Residency

Research interests: Voiding disorders in children, urinary tract infection, congenital kidney and urinary system anomalies, glomerular diseases, tubular diseases, cystic kidney diseases, urinary system stones and Familial Mediterranean Fever disease.

Selected Studies: The effect of simvastatin and erythropoietin on renal fibrosis in rats with unilateral ureteral obstruction, Is serum cystatin C a better marker than serum creatinine for monitoring renal function in paediatric intensive care unit?  Effect of rosiglitazone on cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. A rare cause of recurrent haematuria in children: Nutcracker syndrome. Cerebral vasculitis in achild with Henoch-Schonlein purpura and familial mediterranean feve Protein Z Levels in Children With Nephrotic Syndrome.

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Assist. Prof. Gülfer AKCA

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine 

Education: 1999-2006 Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir

2006-2011 Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Paediatrics Residency

2021-2022 Samsun Training and Research Hospital Chief Assistant

Research Areas: Child Health and Diseases, diagnosis, follow-up and treatment of individuals from birth to adolescence, follow-up of healthy children, monitoring their development, taking preventive measures against diseases, congenital anomalies, motor development, growth, mental health, child vaccination follow-up, nutrition, weight control, neurological health problems, rash diseases, infections, daily life functions and all kinds of health problems that adversely affect the general health status.

Selected studies: Students’ unchanging smoking habits in urban and rural areas in the last 15 years, Factrem Study Group.Factors Associated with Treatment Adherence in Children with Malnutrition in Turkey, Mothers’s Knowledge and Attitude About HPV Vaccine, Clinical Use of the Poisoning Severity Score in Acute Pediatric Poisoning, . MRI Utilization in Pediatric Emergency Department: An Analysis Over 5 Years, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Tracheostomy Experiences in Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, A Child Presenting With Headache And Periorbital Dark Discoloration, Behind Smiling Faces: Angelman Syndrome, Evaluation of Epidemiological, Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Patients with Henoch Schönlein Purpura, Evaluation of clinical and electrophysiological findings in patients with neonatal convusion are some of the studies.

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Assist. Prof. Seyma KARATEKİN

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine 

Education: 2005–2011 : Istanbul University Cerrahapaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, 2012 -2016: Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital – Child Health and Diseases Specialization Training in Medicine, Istanbul

2018- Present:  Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Social Pediatrics Doctorate Program – PhD (c)

Research Areas: Child health monitoring

Breastfeeding counseling (breastfeeding in mothers on medication, breastfeeding in adopted babies and other problems encountered during breastfeeding)

Childhood sleep problems

childhood obesity

Non-routine vaccinations in children

Immunization in children with chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, leukemia, childhood rheumatic disease, etc.)

Topics of social pediatrics, such as the prevention of accidents in children, are included.

Selected studies: Efficacy of palivizumab prophylaxis on the frequency of RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infections in preterm infants: determination of the ideal target population for prophylaxis; Sluggish cognitive tempo, eating habits, and daytime sleepiness in obese adolescents; Pertussis Awareness and Vaccination Status of Health Workers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Laboratory Findings of Children whose Cognitive Status Evaluation was made in the Second Stage State Hospital Health Board; A Rare Cause of Acute Hepatitis: Salmonella Sepsis Due to Uncooked Egg; The Importance of Treatment According to the Cause in Finger Infections: Herpetic Enlargement

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Assist. Prof. Emre USTA

Internal Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Education:

2004-2010 Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of medicine, Samsun 2012-2016 T.C. S.B. Dr.Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Pediatric Residency 2018-2021 Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship

Research Areas: Childhood rhythm disorders and transcatheter treatment, diagnosis and transcatheter treatment of cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart diseases, childhood acquired heart diseases such as Kawasaki disease and acute rheumatic fever, fetal echocardiography which enables the diagnosis and follow-up of congenital heart diseases in the womb.

Selected Studies: Is strain echocardiography a more sensitive indicator of myocardial involvement in patients with MIS-C associated with SARS-CoV-2, Prenatal diagnosis of hepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos/hemiazygos continuation without structural heart defects:A case series, May HDL cholesterol level have a role in the diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease.

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