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Prof. MD.
Erkan Çakır
Liv Hospital Ulus
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
İSÜ Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
Pediatric Respirology
Areas of Interests
- Acute and chronic respiratory problems
- Respiratory tract infections
- Bronchoscopic diagnosis and treatment procedures
- Asthma
- Breathing problems during sleep
- Cystic fibrosis
- Tuberculosis
Education
- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 1991-1997
- Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 1997-2002
- Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Chest Diseases, 2004-2007
Experience
- Göztepe Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Clinic, Pediatrics Specialist, 2002-2004
- Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Chest Diseases Specialist, 2007-2010
- Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Chest Diseases, Pediatric Chest Diseases Specialist, Lecturer, 2010-2023
- Turkish Pediatrics Institution, member of the supervisory board
- Pediatric Chest Diseases Association, board member
- Turkish Thoracic Society
- Istanbul Tuberculosis Association
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• Turkish Thoracic Society (TTD) national lung health award, Turkish Thoracic Society, 2023
• TTD Pediatric pulmonology working group, oral presentation second prize: Childhood interstitial lung diseases in Turkey: First data from the national registry system, 2023
• 7th Congress of Young Pediatricians Oral Presentation First Prize/Evaluation of the Relationship between Mucosa-Associated Invariant T Cells (MAIT) and Childhood Asthma, 2022
• Turkish Thoracic Society Pediatric Chest Diseases Working Group oral presentation first prize ISPAT PROJECT: Evaluation of standardized tracheostomy trainings applied to caregivers of children with tracheostomy in the 1st year and its reflections on the clinic
• TTD, pediatric pulmonology study group oral presentation award, 2021
• TTD, International Publication Third Prize: Effects of inspiratory muscle training on postural stability, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children with cystic fibrosis: A randomized controlled trial, 2021
• TTD, national lung health award, 2020
• TTD, international broadcasting third prize, 2020
• Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Cystic Fibrosis Society, Oral Presentation Second Prize: 'Comparison of Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosed and Not Diagnosed by Newborn Screening', 2020
• Pediatric Chest Diseases Association, Best Oral Presentation Second Prize: Comparison of Functional Capacity in Pediatric Patients with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis with Healthy Population Reference Values, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group mini-symposium oral presentation award: Pseudo bartter syndrome: the most common complication encountered in the national cystic fibrosis registry, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group oral presentation award: clinical and radiological evaluation of postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans patients, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group poster presentation award: Evaluation of right heart functions in pediatric patients with mild cystic fibrosis, 2018
• TTD, Pediatric Chest Diseases Working Group Oral Presentation Award: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Followed Up in Turkey in the Last Year: Initial Data from the National Cystic Fibrosis Registry, 2018
• Pediatric Chest Diseases Association, Best Paper Award, 2017
• TTD, Published congress paper first prize, 2017
• Turkish Thoracic Society 2016 “Overseas publication” second prize, 2016
• Turkish Thoracic Society 17th Annual Congress Young Researcher Incentive Award, 2016
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group, best poster award, 2013
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group, best oral presentation award, 2013
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group promising work award, 2013
• Award for Best Poster in Pulmonology in European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 2007
• Turkish Thoracic Society 10th Annual Congress Mini Symposium Second Prize, 2007
• TTD Pediatric pulmonology working group, oral presentation second prize: Childhood interstitial lung diseases in Turkey: First data from the national registry system, 2023
• 7th Congress of Young Pediatricians Oral Presentation First Prize/Evaluation of the Relationship between Mucosa-Associated Invariant T Cells (MAIT) and Childhood Asthma, 2022
• Turkish Thoracic Society Pediatric Chest Diseases Working Group oral presentation first prize ISPAT PROJECT: Evaluation of standardized tracheostomy trainings applied to caregivers of children with tracheostomy in the 1st year and its reflections on the clinic
• TTD, pediatric pulmonology study group oral presentation award, 2021
• TTD, International Publication Third Prize: Effects of inspiratory muscle training on postural stability, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children with cystic fibrosis: A randomized controlled trial, 2021
• TTD, national lung health award, 2020
• TTD, international broadcasting third prize, 2020
• Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Cystic Fibrosis Society, Oral Presentation Second Prize: 'Comparison of Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosed and Not Diagnosed by Newborn Screening', 2020
• Pediatric Chest Diseases Association, Best Oral Presentation Second Prize: Comparison of Functional Capacity in Pediatric Patients with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis with Healthy Population Reference Values, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group mini-symposium oral presentation award: Pseudo bartter syndrome: the most common complication encountered in the national cystic fibrosis registry, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group oral presentation award: clinical and radiological evaluation of postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans patients, 2019
• TTD, Pediatric pulmonology working group poster presentation award: Evaluation of right heart functions in pediatric patients with mild cystic fibrosis, 2018
• TTD, Pediatric Chest Diseases Working Group Oral Presentation Award: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Followed Up in Turkey in the Last Year: Initial Data from the National Cystic Fibrosis Registry, 2018
• Pediatric Chest Diseases Association, Best Paper Award, 2017
• TTD, Published congress paper first prize, 2017
• Turkish Thoracic Society 2016 “Overseas publication” second prize, 2016
• Turkish Thoracic Society 17th Annual Congress Young Researcher Incentive Award, 2016
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group, best poster award, 2013
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group, best oral presentation award, 2013
• Turkish Thoracic Society 16th Annual Congress Child Study Group promising work award, 2013
• Award for Best Poster in Pulmonology in European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 2007
• Turkish Thoracic Society 10th Annual Congress Mini Symposium Second Prize, 2007
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