OUR DOCTORS

Prof. Berkan Gürakan, M.D.

Pediatrics

Prof. Berkan Gürakan, M.D.
  • Member of Turkish Neonatal Society, Turkish National Association of Pediatrics and Turkish Society of Neonatology.
  • Received Wheyt Research Award for the article titled “Lactation Period in Working Mothers” and Milupa Research Award for the article “Effects of Breast Milk Boosters on Immunological Characteristics of Breast Milk”.
  • Authored 79 articles that were published in international scientific journals.
 
  • Principal fields of clinical interest:
    • Neonatal health,
    • General Pediatrics.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Education Institution Year
Neonatology Fellow School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 1990 - 1992
Pediatrics Residency School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 1981 - 1985
Medical Education School of Medicine, Hacettepe University 1976 - 1981

CAREER

Title Institution Year
Director, Department of Pediatrics Chief of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit American Hospital     2007 - to date
Faculty Member Chief of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit School of Medicine, Başkent University     1994 - 2007
Attending Physician SSK Etlik Maternity Hospital, Ankara 1989 - 1994
Conscription Adana State Hospital 1987 - 1989
Military Service Ankara Mevki Military Hospital 1985 - 1987