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PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE · AKDENİZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Doç. Dr. Alper Köker

Associate Professor at the Department of Paediatrics (paediatric intensive care) · Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya
Associate professor at the Department of Paediatrics, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine; specialist in paediatric intensive care. Specialises in renal replacement therapy in critically ill children (CRRT), nutritional support in the ICU, point-of-care echocardiography, and continuous EEG monitoring. In 2025, co-author of a JAMA Network Open paper on renal replacement therapy in children with crush syndrome following the 2023 earthquake. Completed observerships in paediatric intensive care at the American Family Children’s Hospital (Wisconsin) and Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard).
Specialties: Paediatrics
17+
years of experience
127
publications
455
citations
h=10
Scopus
JAMA Network Open 2025ESPNIC memberBoston Children’s observershipTÜBİTAK grant 2021
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professionally
ANTALYA · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • ★
    2025
    JAMA Network Open publication (Crush Syndrome AKI after the Türkiye earthquakes)
    JAMA Network
    Co-author
  • ★
    2022
    Young Investigator Scientific Award
    Turkish Society of Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care (CAYD)
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM

What Doç. Dr. Alper Köker does

Modern resuscitation methods in critically ill children.

  • 01
    Haemodialysis and CRRT in children
    Renal replacement therapy
  • 02
    Plasmapheresis
    In sepsis and autoimmune crises
  • 03
    Point-of-care ultrasound / echocardiography (POCUS)
    Bedside diagnosis
  • 04
    Continuous EEG monitoring
    In the ICU
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2020
Akdeniz University
Associate professor (Doç.) appointment
2023
Türkiye earthquake
Participation in the medical response
2025
JAMA Network Open
Co-author on the crush syndrome paper
2013-2017
Dokuz Eylül University
Paediatric intensive care subspecialty training
2007
Akdeniz University
Medical school graduation
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

127 publications, 455 citations, h=10 (AVESIS / Scopus).

  • 2026
    Child’s Nervous System
    «Opinions and practices of paediatric neurology and paediatric intensive care specialists on brain death diagnosis in Türkiye»
    · co-author
  • 2025
    JAMA Network Open
    «Kidney Replacement Therapies and Outcomes in Children With Crush Syndrome-Associated Kidney Injury»
    · co-author
  • 2025
    Neuropediatrics
    «Utility and Prognostic Implications of Continuous EEG Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care»
    · co-author
CLINIC

Where they practise

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Akdeniz University Hospital
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