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Ozan Uzunhan

Pediatric Health and Diseases

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Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Interests

  • Healthy child follow-up (0-18 years)
  • Newborn health, risky newborn monitoring
  • Breastfeeding, breast milk
  • Childhood diseases
  • Nutrition in infancy and childhood
  • Childhood vaccinations
  • Adolescent health and vaccines

Education:
  • 1997-2003 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Medical Education)
  • 2004-2009 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Child Health and Diseases Specialization Training)
  • 2011-2014 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Neonatology Minor Specialization Training)
Experience:
  • 2014-2016 Esenler Gynecology and Children's Hospital (Public Service Obligation)
  • 2016-2023 Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
  • 2023- Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Articles published in international refereed journals:
  • Baş F, Darendeliler F, Aycan Z, Çetinkaya E, Berberoğlu M, Siklar Z, Öcal G, Timirci Ö, Çetinkaya S, Darcan Ş, Gökşen Şimşek D, Bideci A, Cinaz P, Böber E, Demir K, Bereket A, Turan S, Atabek ME, Tütüncüler F, Isbir T, Bozkurt N, Kabataş Eryılmaz S, Uzunhan O, Küçükemre Aydın B, Bundak R. The exon 3-deleted/full-length growth hormone receptor polymorphism and response to growth hormone therapy in growth hormone deficiency and Turner syndrome: a multicenter study. Horm Res Paediatr. 2012;77(2):85-93.
  • Uzunhan O, Törn SH, Somer A, Salman N, Köksalan K. Comparison of tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis. Pediatr Int. 2015 Oct;57(5):893-6
  • Elshana H, Özmen M, Aksu Uzunhan T, Uzunhan O, Ünüvar E, Kılıç A, Tatlı B, Aydınlı N, Çalışkan M. A tertiary care center's experience with febrile seizures: Evaluation of 632 cases. Minerva Pediatr. 2015 Jun 4
  • Bulut O, Ince Z, Uzunhan O, Coban A. Prenatal thrombosis of renal veins and the inferior vena cava in a newborn with double heterozygosity for the factor V Leiden and prothrombin gene G20210A mutations: a case report. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2018 Mar;29(2):220-222
  • Bulut O, Coban A, Uzunhan O, Ince Z. Effects of targeted versus adjustable protein fortification of breast milk on early growth in very low-birth-weight preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial. Nutr Clin Pract. 2020 Apr;35(2):335-343
  • Polat AB, Ertürk M, Uzunhan O, Karademir N, Öztarhan K. 27 years of experience with the Fontan procedure: characteristics and clinical outcomes of children in a tertiary referral hospital. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jan 18;18(1):38
  • Uzunhan O, Yıldırım MB, Eser C, Öztarhan K, Çelik A.  A rare cause of air-leak syndrome in a premature newborn: a case report. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Jul 13;23(1):360
  • Istanbul Medical Chamber
  • Turkish Neonatology Association
  • Turkish Pediatric Institution

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