PEDIATRICS; NEONATOLOGY · MEMORIAL GÖZTEPE
Prof. Dr. Ferhat Çekmez
Professor of Pediatrics, neonatology subspecialist · Memorial Göztepe Hospital
Ferhat Çekmez is a paediatrician with a neonatology subspecialty who has practised at Memorial Göztepe Hospital since 2025 and also sees patients at Memorial Ataşehir Hospital. He completed his medical degree at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (1995–2001) and his paediatrics residency at GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital (2004–2008), followed by neonatology fellowship training at Istanbul University Çapa Faculty of Medicine. He received the associate professor title in 2013 and the professor title in 2019, and worked at Acıbadem University Altunizade Hospital between 2015 and 2023. His research output concerns neonatal sepsis, prematurity, vitamin D status in newborns and paediatric metabolic disease.
Specialties:
Paediatrics
63 (counted 3 Aug 2026); most recent indexed entry is from 2016
PubMed records
Neonatology and neonatal intensive carePreterm infant careNeonatal jaundice and exchange transfusionNeonatal cranial ultrasonographyGeneral paediatrics and healthy-child follow-up
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
1995–2001
Medical degree, Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA), Ankara
2004–2008
Residency in Paediatrics, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul
2009–2013
Neonatology fellowship, Istanbul University Çapa Faculty of Medicine
2013
Associate professor (doçent) title
2013–2015
Paediatrician, GATA Haydarpaşa Hospital
2015–2023
Paediatrician/neonatologist, Acıbadem University Altunizade Hospital
2019
Professor title
2025–present
Paediatrician and neonatologist, Memorial Göztepe Hospital (also Memorial Ataşehir)
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
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2016Clinical Laboratory«Diagnostic Value of uPAR, IL-33, and ST2 Levels in Childhood Sepsis»
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2016Fetal and Pediatric Pathology«Evaluation of Etanercept Treatment in Newborn Rat Model with Hyperoxic Lung Injury»
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2016The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine«The effect of the pre-pregnancy weight of the mother and the gestational weight gain on the bilirubin level of term newborn»
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