Prof. Gökhan Aydemir, MD

Prof. Gökhan Aydemir, MD is a pediatrician at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in İstanbul, where he works in the Pediatrics unit and provides care for children and adolescents. He has more than 29 years in medicine. His clinical interests include childhood iron deficiency and anemia, constipation, hematuria, urinary incontinence, upper respiratory tract diseases, childhood infectious diseases, nutrition monitoring, growth disorders and well-child follow-up.

Dr. Aydemir graduated from Gülhane Military Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and completed his specialization at Gülhane Military Medical Academy Department of Child Health and Diseases in 2004. His early career included service as a medical officer at TCG Ertuğrul Command in Foça, İzmir, from 1997 to 2000, and a post at Aksaz Asker Hospital from 2004 to 2009. In 2009 he worked at Acıbadem Healthcare Services and then served as chief physician of the Deniz High School Infirmary in Heybeliada, İstanbul, as a specialist in Child Health and Diseases. From 2010 to 2017 he was Deputy Chief of Pediatrics at GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, first as Assistant Professor and later as Associate Professor. He subsequently worked at Memorial Ataşehir Hospital from 2017 to 2020 and was Department Head at Medicana Ataşehir Hospital from 2021 to 2022 with the title of Professor. He is a member of ESPID and the Turkish Medical Association. His published work includes studies on otitis media with effusion in primary school children, the bacterial etiology of acute middle ear infections, febrile convulsion, markers of neonatal sepsis and cardiovascular risk factors in children receiving long-term antiepileptic therapy.

Clinical focus

Dr. Aydemir’s practice covers a broad range of general pediatric concerns. He evaluates and treats childhood iron deficiency and anemia, childhood constipation, hematuria and urinary incontinence in children. He also diagnoses and treats upper respiratory tract diseases and other childhood infectious diseases.

A further part of his work is preventive and developmental: well-child follow-up, pediatric nutrition monitoring and the assessment of growth disorders in children and adolescents. The appropriate next steps in each case depend on the child’s age, history and clinical findings, and follow-up is planned according to the individual situation.

How Dr. Aydemir works with international patients

Dr. Aydemir 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, such as laboratory and pathology results, ultrasound or X-ray reports, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the child’s history and symptoms, a review of existing test results and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their child’s case before or after traveling.