Melahat Yeni, MD

Melahat Yeni, MD is a pediatrician at Acibadem Kayseri Hospital in Kayseri, Turkey, where she works within the Pediatrics unit. With more than 16 years in medicine, she cares for newborns, infants, children and adolescents. Her clinical interests include newborn follow-up, well-child care, infant colic, iron deficiency and anemia in children, upper respiratory tract illnesses, childhood infections, childhood nutrition disorders and developmental disorders in children.

Dr. Yeni graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2010 and completed her specialty training at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases in 2016. She then worked as a specialist doctor at Bünyan State Hospital from 2016 to 2019, followed by positions at Özel Kayseri Memorial Hospital from 2019 to 2023 and Özel Tekden Hospital from 2023 to 2024. From 2024 to 2025 she was a specialist doctor at Private Medical Palace Hospital, and she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2026.

Clinical focus

A substantial part of Dr. Yeni’s work concerns the newborn period. She provides newborn follow-up, carries out newborn screening tests and manages neonatal jaundice treatment. She also evaluates and advises on infant colic, a common concern for parents in the first months of life. For older children, she offers well-child care, which involves monitoring growth and development at regular visits, and she addresses broader child and adolescent health questions as they arise.

Dr. Yeni diagnoses and treats childhood infections, including upper respiratory tract illnesses in children. She assesses iron deficiency and anemia in children as well as childhood nutrition disorders, which may require laboratory investigation, dietary guidance and follow-up over time. She also evaluates developmental disorders in children; where a developmental concern is identified, assessment is usually staged and may involve repeated observation at successive visits. The approach to each child depends on age, history and the findings of the clinical examination, and treatment decisions are discussed with the family.

How Dr. Yeni works with international patients

Dr. Yeni consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for families who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example laboratory and pathology results, ultrasound or X-ray reports, previous treatment notes and hospital discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the child’s history and symptoms, a review of existing reports and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options with the family. Video consultation is also available for international patients, for example for an initial review of a child’s records or for follow-up after a visit.