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Assoc. Prof. MD. Seda Yılmaz Semerci
Assoc. Prof. MD. Seda Yılmaz Semerci
Assoc. Prof. MD.

Seda Yılmaz Semerci

İstinye University Liv Hospital Topkapı
Pediatrics
Areas of Interests
    • Newborn Follow-Up
    • Neonatal Intensive Care
    • Premature (Preterm) Infant Follow-Up
    • High-Risk Infant Follow-Up
    • Neonatal Jaundice
    • Neonatal Diseases
    • Breastfeeding and Lactation Counseling

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Resume
Publications
Awards
Education and Specialization:
  • Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – 2007
  • University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital – Pediatrics (Specialization), 2013
  • University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital – Neonatology (Subspecialty), 2017
Experience:
  • Boston Children’s Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Observer – 2016
  • Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Visiting Researcher – 2025
Journal Articles:
  • Semerci SY, Demirel G, Tastekin A, Broad Cerebral Infarct in a Term Neonate. J Pediatr Neurol 2015; 13(03): 132-135.
  • Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Buyukkale G, Semerci SY, Bornaun H, Oztarhan K, Gokce, M, Cetinkaya M. Treatment of neonatal fungal infective endocarditis with recombinant tissue plasminogen: activator in a low-birth-weight infant case report and review of the literature. Mycoses. 2015 Oct;58(10):578-81.
  • Vatansever B, Demirel G, Gundogdu S, Yilmaz-Semerci S, Gunduz M, Oktem S, Tastekin A. LARYNGEAL WEB ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMOSOME 22q11 DELETION IN A PRETERM INFANT. Genet Couns. 2015;26(2):277-80.
  • Semerci SY, Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Buyukkale G, Cetinkaya M. Hepatic Abscesses in Preterm Infants: Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature. J Trop Pediatr. 2016 Jan 11.
  • Semerci SY, Kurnaz D, Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Buyukkale G, Cetinkaya M, Guvenc U, Kucur O. Neonatal Appendicitis as a Rare Cause of Intestinal Perforation in a Preterm Neonate. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2017 Mar;27(3):S38-S40.
  • Göksever Celik H, Semerci SY, Yildirim G, Cetinkaya M, Iniencephaly: a rare Congenital anomaly reaching the term. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine, 2017.
  • Yilmaz Semerci S, Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Buyukkale G, Cetinkaya M. et al. Cytomegalovirus as a Seldom Cause of Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Iran Red Crescent Med J.
  • Seda Yilmaz Semerci, Demirel G, Vatansever B, Gundogdu S, Bolukbasi F, Oran G, Hazar V, Tastekin A, Urgent surgical management of congenital intracranial hemangiopericytoma in a preterm neonate. British Journal of Neurosurgery, doi 10.1080/02688697.2017.1366420.
  • Cetinkaya M, Erener-Ercan T, Kalayci-Oral T, Babayiğit A, Cebeci B, Semerci SY, Buyukkale G. Maternal/neonatal vitamin D deficiency: a new risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants? J Perinatol. 2017 Jun;37(6):673-678.
  • Yılmaz-Semerci S, Demirel G, Taştekin A. Wickerhamomyces anomalus blood stream infection in a term newborn with pneumonia. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 349-351.
  • Akat A, Yilmaz Semerci S, Ugurel OM, Erdemir A, Çetinkaya M, Turgut-Balık D. Genotyping And Analysis of rs3771150 polymorphism to investigate an association with bronchopulmonary dysplasia incidence in Turk Population. Istanbul Bilim University Florence Nightingale Journal of Medicine, 2018 Mar;4(1).
  • Kurnaz D, Semerci SY, Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Buyukkale G, Cetinkaya M. Angioedema Associated With Nebulized Recombinant Human DNase in a Preterm Infant: Case Report. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2018 May-Jun;23(3):219-222.
  • Seda Yılmaz Semerci, Burak Yücel, Ibrahim Mert Erbas, Osman Samet Gunkaya, Merve Talmac & Merih Çetinkaya (2018). The utility of amniotic fluid pH and electrolytes for prediction of neonatal respiratory disorders. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine.
  • Yılmaz-Semerci S, Bornaun H, Kurnaz D, Cebeci B, Babayigit A, Büyükkale G, Çetinkaya M. Neonatal atrial flutter: Three cases and review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr. 2018;60(3):306-309.
  • Semerci SY, Demirel G, Baskan O, Tastekin A. Is thymus size at birth associated with respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants? J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2019 Feb 19.
  • Yılmaz-Semerci S, Güzelbey T, Kurnaz D, Kalkan Ş, Çetinkaya M. A rare case of cephalothoracopagus janiceps conjoined twins. Turk J Pediatr. 2018;60(6):751-754.
  • Salmanton-García J, Koehler P, Kindo A, Falces-Romero I, García-Rodríguez J, Ráčil Z, Chen SC, Klimko N, Desoubeaux G, Thompson GR, III, Benítez-Peñuela MÁ, Rodríguez JY, Sheppard DC, Hoenigl M, Le Govic Y, Badali H, Baddley JW, Chander J, Ingram PR, Pakstis DL, Mellinghoff SC, Atıcı S, Cesaro S, Chakrabarti A, Dupont D, González GM, Hatvani L, Herbrecht R, Klyasova G, Lass-Flörl C, Mareș M, Mullane K, Vinh DC, Wisplinghoff H, Lackner M, Cornely OA, Seidel D; ECMM/ISHAM working group. Needles in a haystack: Extremely rare invasive fungal infections reported in FungiScopeⓇ-Global Registry for Emerging Fungal Infections. J Infect. 2020 Nov;81(5):802-815.
  • Semerci SY, Kurnaz D, Guzelbey T, Oz S, Sahin M, Cetinkaya M. Isolated Asymptomatic Pulmonary Artery Sling in a Preterm Neonate. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2021; 31(03):346-349.
  • Gonen I, Babayigit A, Bornaun H, Yasa B, Memur S, Semerci SY and Cetinkaya M (2021). SIMPLE: A Novel Scoring System for Predicting Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus Without Echocardiographic Evaluation in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Front. Pediatr. 9:649515.
  • Yilmaz Semerci S, Onal H, Topal N, Şiraneci R. The effect of the height of a second-degree relative on children with short stature. Trends in Pediatrics 2021;2(2):60-6.
  • Erbaş, İ. M., Çetinkaya, M., Yıldız Ekinci, D., Yilmaz Semerci S. 2021. The Possible Effect of Pentoxifylline on Development and Severity of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Cutaneous and ocular toxicology, 1–20.
  • Hasan Onal, B Arslan, N Ü Ergun, HS Topuz, S Yilmaz Semerci, ME Kurnaz, YM Molu, MA Bozkurt, N Suner, A Kocatas, Treatment of COVID-19 Patients with Quercetin in Combination with Vitamin C and Bromelain: A Prospective, Single - Centre, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Turk J Biol, 45, 2021, 518-529.
  • Topal N, Yılmaz Semerci S, Çiçek M, Aydoğan G. Prognostic value of myeloid marker positivity and its association with prognostic factors in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Trends in Pediatrics 2021;2(3):122-30.
  • Semerci SY, Yücel B, Erbaş İM, Günkaya OS, Çetinkaya M. The possible association between neonatal morbidities and amniotic fluid pH and electrolyte levels in infants of preeclamptic mothers. Turk J Pediatr. 2021;63(5):867-874.
  • Akat A, Yilmaz Semerci S, Ugurel OM, Erdemir A, Danhaive O, Cetinkaya M, Turgut-Balik D. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and wnt pathway-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms. Pediatr Res. 2021 Dec 1.
  • Onal H, Ergun NU, Arslan B, Topuz S, Semerci SY, Ugurel OM, Topuzogullari M, Kalkan A, Yoldemir SA, Suner N, Kocatas A. Angiotensin (1-7) peptide replacement therapy with plasma transfusion in COVID-19. Transfus Apher Sci. 2022 Mar 12:103418.
  • Aygün, E., Tüfekci, S., Yılmaz Semerci, S. Serum vitamin D levels in newborn with clavicle fracture. Cukurova Medical Journal 47 (2022): 266-274.
  • ÖNAL, H., TOPUZ, H. Ş., YILMAZ SEMERCİ, S., & ADAL, E. (2022). Is the Season of Diagnosis Changing in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Tıp Dergisi, 14(2), 180-185.
  • Yaşa, B, Dincer, E., Babayiğit, A., Yılmaz Semerci, S., Memur, Ş., Sağlam, Ö., Gönen, İ., Can Büker, H. S., Özkan, S., Bornaun, H., Öztarhan, K. & Çetinkaya, M. (2022). Determination of Risk Factors, Clinical Picture and Prognosis of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Newborns. Çocuk Dergisi, 22 (2), 110-116.
  • Aygun, E., Sayman, O. A., Erturk, E. Y., Semerci, S. Y., & Kanburoglu, M. K. (2023). An Implicit Cause of Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice: Vitamin B12 Deficiency. Journal of Child Science, 13(01), e1-e5.
  • Polat, İ., Talmaç, M. A., Bahat, P. Y., Bestel, A., Akça, A., Karadeniz, O., Yılmaz Semerci, S., Çetinkaya, M. (2022). Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Women with COVID-19 in İstanbul, Turkey: A Single-center, Descriptive Study. CAM AND SAKURA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2(3), 90-96.
  • Karademir, Z., Semerci, S. Y., Ozdemir, F. E., & Bayramoglu, S. E. (2023). Subconjunctival Hemorrhage in The Newborn: Experience of a tertiary care hospital. Northern Clinics of İstanbul, 10(1).
  • İlktaç, H. Y., Aktaç, Ş., Güldemir, H. H., Semerci, S. Y., Batırel, S., & Garipağaoğlu, M. (2023). Maternal Factors Affecting the Macro Nutrient Composition of Colostrum and Mature Breast Milk. Beslenme ve Diyet Dergisi.
  • Aygun, E., Yilmaz Semerci, S., Cakil Saglik, A., & Yurdakul Erturk, E. Neurodevelopmental Outcome of the Infants with Transient Hypothyroxinemia of Prematurity in Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology, 2023.
  • Akçay N, Topal N, Semerci SY. A rare case of acute cerebellitis due to enterovirus treated with therapeutic plasma exchange: Case report and review of the literature. J Clin Apher. 2024;39(4):e22142.
  • Saglik, A. C., Semerci, S. Y., Aygun, E., Gemici, H., Topal, N., & Buyukkale, G. (2024). Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for a Critically Ill Late Preterm Infant with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Children: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
  • Ozkan, H., Duman, N., Tuzun, F., Narter, F., Akyildiz, C., Altuncu, E., Satar, M., Ozdemir, M., Kurt, A., Tugcu, A. U., Konak, M., Uygun, S. S., Yilmaz Semerci, S., Dikmen, R. T., Baysal, B., Zeybek, C. K., Kostekci, Y. E., Sahin, S., Tutal, M., Anik, A., … Keskinoglu, P. (2024). The efficacy and safety of isotonic and hypotonic fluids in intravenous maintenance fluid therapy in term newborns: national multicenter observational "neofluid" study. Frontiers in nutrition, 11, 1410571.
  • Cetinkaya, M., Buyukkale, G., Cebeci, B., Akca, T., Babayigit, A., Semerci, S. Y., ... Kurnaz, D. (2016). INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SCORING SYSTEM IN DELIVERY ROOM: MODIFIED COMBINED APGAR AND COMPARISON OF ITS' EFFECTIVENESS WITH OTHER SCORING SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTION OF HOSPITALIZATION. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.175, no.11, 1833.
  • Cicek M, Kalaycik Sengul O, Dogan S, Yilmaz Semerci S, Buyukkale G. (February 02, 2025). Outcomes in Children With Umbilical Catheter-Related Portal Venous Thrombosis. Cureus 17(2): e78386.
  • Güven, R., Yılmaz Semerci, S., Eyüpoğlu, G., Avci, B. Ş., et al. (2025). Do childhood measles and DTaP vaccination decrease the mortality rate caused by SARS CoV-2 in OECD countries? Journal of Cukurova Anesthesia and Surgical Sciences, 8(2), 139-142.
Books and Books Chapters:
  • Aygün, E., & Semerci, S. Y. (2021). Prolonged Jaundice in Newborn. In (Ed.), Topics on Critical Issues in Neonatal Care.
  • Yılmaz, H., Yılmaz Semerci, S. (2017). Language and Speech Disorders. In: Akçay, A., Baskın, S. (Eds.), Speech Training Week by Week with Activities. Anı Yayıncılık.
  • Yılmaz Semerci, S., Sağlık, A. (2022). Scientific Research in Health Sciences: Application of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods with Software Packages - Scientific Research Process and Concepts. In: Güven, R., Tekindal, M. A. (Eds.), Systematic Review: Software Applications and Article Examples. Akademisyen Yayınevi.
  • Yılmaz Semerci, S. (2022). Scientific Research in Health Sciences: Application of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods with Software Packages - Scientific Research Process and Concepts. In: Güven, R., Tekindal, M. A. (Eds.), Meta-Analysis: Software Applications and Article Examples. Akademisyen Yayınevi.
  • Yilmaz Semerci, S., Çakil Sağlik, A. (2023). New Applications In Fetal Medicine: Metabolomics. In: Yurtçu, N. (Ed.), Current Topics in Perinatology and Neonatology. Nova Publishing.
  • Yilmaz Semerci, S., Aygün, E. (2023). Mechanism Of Hypothermic Neuroprotection In Newborn. In: Yurtçu, N. (Ed.), Current Topics in Perinatology and Neonatology. Nova Publishing.
  • Yilmaz Semerci, S. Metabolomic Profiles of Body Fluids in Preterm Births. In: Metabolomics and Clinical Approach.
  • Semerci, S. Y. (2025). Mechanisms and Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. Turkiye Klinikleri Neonatology-Special Topics, 6(1), 65-81.
  • Aygun, E., & Yilmaz Semerci, S. (2025). Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Therapeutic Hypothermia, and Novel Combinations.
International Conference Presentations:
  • Yilmaz Semerci S, Yucel B, Erbas I. M, Gunkaya O. S, Talmac M, Cetinkaya M. The predictive value of amniotic fluid pH and electrolytes on neonatal respiratory disorders. XXV European Congress of Perinatal Medicine, oral presentation, Maastricht, Netherlands, June 15-18, 2016.
  • Cetinkaya M, Erener-Ercan T, Kalaycı-Oral T, Babayigit A, Cebeci B, Semerci SY, Buyukkale G. Maternal/neonatal vitamin D deficiency: can it be a risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis in preterms? Short oral presentation, The 6th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS), Geneva, Switzerland, October 21-25, 2016.
  • Cetinkaya M, Buyukkale G, Cebeci B, Akca T, Babayigit A, Semerci SY, Kurnaz D. Introduction of a new scoring system in delivery room: modified combined Apgar and comparison of its’ effectiveness with other scoring systems for prediction of hospitalization. The 6th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS), Geneva, Switzerland, October 21-25, 2016.
  • Cetinkaya M, Buyukkale G, Cebeci B, Akca T, Babayigit A, Semerci SY, Kurnaz D. A new scoring system for initial evaluation of neonates in the delivery room: modified combined Apgar scoring system. Hot Topics in Neonatology, Washington DC, US, December 4-7, 2016.
  • Çetinkaya M, Cebeci Burcu, Semerci Yılmaz Seda, Kurnaz Dilek, Sağlam Özge, Büyükkale Gökhan, Kazancı Ebru (2017). Comparison of synchronized nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation vs nasal CPAP vs high flow nasal canula in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome: prospective randomized study. Sharing Progress in Neonatology, SPIN 2017.
  • Cetinkaya M, Kılıç Dilek, Semerci Yılmaz Seda, Cebeci Burcu, Sağlam Özge. The effect of sustained lung inflation at birth on short term respiratory outcomes in term infants. Hot Topics in Neonatology, 2017.
  • Cetinkaya M, Kılıc D, Semerci SY, Cebeci B, Saglam O. The effect of sustained inflation at birth on short term respiratory outcomes in term infants. Hot Topics in Neonatology, Washington DC, US, December 10-13, 2017.
  • A Genc, M Cetinkaya, A Babayigit, Seda Yılmaz Semerci, D Kurnaz, O Saglam, İ Gönen. Investigation of The Relationship Between Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Ferritine Levels and Presence, Severity and Prognosis of Intraventricular Hemorrhage In Premature Infants. 5th Symposium Turkish- Hellenistic Days in Neonatology, 5-6 October, 2019 Izmir.
  • Aygun E, Seda Yılmaz Semerci. Breastfeeding During Pregnancy: Evaluation of the Effect on Newborn, Preterm Birth and Miscarriage Risk. 1st International Gülhane Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Congress, 2021.
  • Seda Yılmaz Semerci, Aygun E, Cakil Saglik A. Evaluation of Exclusive Breastfeeding within the First Six Months in Infants of Mothers Infected with Novel Coronavirus-2: 1-year Experience of a Single Center. World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, 2021.
Conference Presentations:

 

 

  • Cetinkaya M, Cebeci B, Semerci Seda Yılmaz, Kurnaz D, Sağlam Özge, Babayiğit Aslan, Büyükkale Gökhan, Kazancı EBRU (2017). Evaluation of the efficacy of three different non-invasive respiratory supports including nasal CPAP, nasal IPPV, and high-flow nasal cannula in newborns with respiratory distress: a randomized prospective study. 25th National Congress of Neonatology (UNEKO-25).
  • Cetinkaya M, Kurnaz Dilek, Cebeci Burcu, Semerci Seda Yılmaz, Sağlam Özge, Büyükkale Gökhan, Kazanci E (2017). Investigation of the effect of positive pressure application with long inspiration time at birth on short-term respiratory outcomes in term infants: a randomized prospective controlled study. 25th National Congress of Neonatology (UNEKO-25).
  • Hacıoğlu K, Çetinkaya M, Babayiğit A, Semerci Seda Yılmaz, Cebeci Burcu (2017). The role of cardiac markers in predicting extubation success in intubated premature infants. 25th National Congress of Neonatology (UNEKO-25).
  • Aygün E, Yılmaz Semerci S, Çakıl Sağlık A, Buyukkale G, Bornaun H. Evaluation of Neonatal Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias. 44th Pediatrics Days and 23rd Pediatric Nursing Days, 2022.
  • Aygün E, Yılmaz Semerci S. A Hidden Cause of Prolonged Jaundice: Vitamin B12 Deficiency. 2nd Children's Civilization Online Symposium, 2022.
  • Guven R, Yılmaz Semerci S. Does Childhood Measles and DTaP Vaccination Decrease the Mortality Rate Caused by COVID-19 in OECD Countries? Aydın Pediatrics Association 1st Online Pediatrics Symposium, 2021.
  • Yılmaz Semerci S, Memur Ş, Payaslı Muge, Cil B, Cetinkaya M. Could Serum AFP Levels Be a New Marker for Early Neonatal Sepsis? 28th National Congress of Neonatology, 2020.
  • Aygün E, Yılmaz Semerci S, Çakıl Sağlık A, Mahmut Z. Evaluation of Complications Related to Enterostomy in Our Neonatal Patients: Our 1-Year Experience. 43rd Pediatrics Days 22nd Pediatric Nursing Days, 2021.
  • Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Valedictorian, 2007.
  • 1st Place Oral Presentation Award at the 38th Pediatrics Days, April 3-6, 2016, Istanbul, for the presentation: "The Role of the Modified NeoMod Scoring System in Determining Mortality and Prognosis in Culture-Positive Neonatal Infections," by Cetinkaya M, Kurnaz D, Cebeci B, Yılmaz Semerci S, and Babayiğit A.
  • Research Project Award from UNEKO-27, April 3-7, 2019, received by Seda Yilmaz Semerci.
  • 2nd Place Oral Presentation Award at the 27th National Neonatology Congress, 2019, Antalya, for the presentation: "Evaluation of the Relationship Between Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Ferritin Levels and the Presence, Severity, and Prognosis of Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants," by A Genç, M Çetinkaya, Seda Yılmaz Semerci, et al.
  • 1st Place Oral Presentation Award at the 28th National Neonatology Congress, Online, 2020, for the presentation: "Investigation of the Role of Genetics in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia from Different Nucleotide Polymorphisms to a Single Gene," by A Akat, Seda Yilmaz Semerci, O M Uğurel, A Erdemir, M Çetinkaya, and D Turgut Balık.
  • Research Article Award at the 30th National Neonatology Congress, 2022, for the article: "Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and wnt pathway-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms," by Akat, A., Yilmaz Semerci, S., Ugurel, O. M., Erdemir, A., Danhaive, O., Cetinkaya, M., & Turgut-Balik, D.
  • Award for Innovation in Health and Innovative Product Development from TÜSEB - 2023.
  • TÜBİTAK Threshold Award - 2024.
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