Pediatrics Prof. Dr. Agop Çıtak
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Prof. Dr. Agop Çıtak is a pediatrician at Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital and Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital. He treats children with acute and critical conditions, with particular interests in pediatric intensive and emergency care, respiratory failure and sepsis. His practice also includes neonatal follow-up, childhood infections, anemia, and well-child monitoring.
About Prof. Dr. Agop Çıtak
Prof. Dr. Agop Çıtak is a pediatrician at Acıbadem Bakırköy Hospital and Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital. His clinical interests include pediatric intensive and emergency care, advanced life support, respiratory failure, sepsis, multiple organ failure, and neonatal follow-up.
He graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed his Pediatrics training there in 1996. His academic career at Istanbul University included appointments in Pediatric Intensive Care and the Pediatric Emergency Unit, followed by associate professorship in 2003 and professorship in 2009; he also gained experience in Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, in 2000.
International families can expect a careful pediatric assessment tailored to their child’s needs, from well-child monitoring and common infections to complex acute and critical conditions. Prof. Dr. Çıtak also provides care related to neonatal screening and jaundice, anemia, PFAPA syndrome, febrile seizures, and pediatric respiratory illnesses.
Areas of Expertise
Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Education
- 2011İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Intensive Care
- 2011İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Emergency
- 2009İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine / Professor / Division of Pediatric Intensive Care
- 2003–2009İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine / Associate Professor / Division of Pediatric Intensive Care / Pediatric Emergency Unit
- 1996İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics
- 1991İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2026Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2000USC Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles / Divison of Critical Care Medicine
- 1991–1996İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics / Physician Research Assistant
Professional Memberships
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/ European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
- Türk Pediatri Association
- Internal Medicine and Surgical Sciences Intensive Care Association
- Intensive Care Association
- Turkish Medical Association
- İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Alumni Association
- Türkiye Milli Pediatri Association
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Association
Selected Publications
- Evaluation of Endocrine Functions in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr Int. 2014 Aydın BK, Demirkol D, Baş F, Türkoğlu U, Kumral A, Karaböcüoğlu M, Cıtak A, Darendeliler F
- Secondary HLH/MAS Critical Care Study Group. Hyperferritinemia in the critically ill child with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/sepsis/multiple organ dysfunction syndrome/macrophage activation syndrome: what is the treatment? Crit Care. 2012 Dec 12;16(2):R52 Demirkol D, Yildizdas D, Bayrakci B, Karapinar B, Kendirli T, Koroglu TF, Dursun O, Erkek N, Gedik H, Citak A, Kesici S, Karabocuoglu M, Carcillo JA
- Hypophosphatemia and its clinical implications in critically ill children: a retrospective study. J Crit Care. 2012 Oct;27(5):474-9. Kilic O, Demirkol D, Ucsel R, Citak A, Karabocuoglu M.
- Critically ill children with pandemic influenza (H1N1) in pediatric intensive care units in Turkey. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;13(1):e11-7. D Kendirli T, Demirkol D, Yildizdas D, Anil AB, Asilioglu N, Karapinar B, Erkek N, Sevketoglu E, Dursun O, Arslanköylü AE, Bayrakçi B, Bosnak M, Köroğlu
- Lidocaine Treatment in Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. Pediatrics International. 2008:50;35-39. Yıldız B, Çıtak A, Karaböcüoglu M, Aydınlı N Üçsel R, Uzel N
- Pediatric Shock. Sıgnae Vitae 2008;3:13-23. Arıkan AA, Çıtak A.
- Positive end-expiratory pressure and pressure support in peripheral airways obstruction : Work of breathing in intubated children. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33:120-127. Graham AS, Chandrashekharaiah G, Citak A, Wetzel RC, Newth CJ.
- Seizures associated with poisoning Pediatr Int, 2006:48;582-585. Çıtak, A, D.D. Soysal, R. Üçsel, M. Karaböcüoğlu, N. Uzel
- Efficacy of Long Duration of Resuscitation and Magnesium Sulfate in Amitriptyline Poisoning Europ J. Emerg Med, 9 (1), 63-6 (2002). Citak, A., D. Soysal, M. Karaböcüoğlu, R. Üçsel, N. Uzel
- Central Venous Catheters in Pediatric Patients Subclavian Venous Approach as the First Choice? Inter Ped, 44 (1), 83-6 (2002). Citak, A., M. Karaböcüoğlu, R. Üçsel, N. Uzel
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