Mehmet Malçok, MD

Mehmet Malçok, MD is a pediatrician at Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital in İstanbul, where he works in the Pediatrics unit. His clinical work centers on the care of newborns and premature infants, alongside general pediatric follow-up and the assessment of common childhood illnesses. He has more than 22 years of experience in medicine and offers video consultations for international patients.

Dr. Malçok graduated from İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2004. He completed his specialty training in child health and diseases at İstanbul Göztepe Training and Research Hospital Department of Child Health and Diseases in 2009 and continued there as a pediatrics specialist from 2009 to 2010, also serving as a pediatrics specialist at Şile State Hospital in 2010. He began neonatology subspecialty training at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases Division of Neonatology (2010–2011) and continued at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases Division of Neonatology (2011–2014), completing his neonatology training at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2014. He then served as Neonatal Supervisor at Bursa Zübeyde Hanım Maternity Hospital in 2014 and as Neonatal Intensive Care Supervisor at Çekirge State Hospital Zübeyde Hanım Additional Service Building in 2015, before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2017. He has co-authored case reports and clinical studies in Göztepe Medical Journal and Çocuk Dergisi on topics including Poland syndrome, juvenile polymyositis and dermatomyositis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Clinical focus

Dr. Malçok’s areas of expertise include prematurity, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and neonatal jaundice, including treatment with phototherapy. He provides newborn follow-up and newborn screening tests, and he sees infants with feeding-related concerns such as lactose intolerance in infants and infant colic.

Beyond the newborn period, he offers well-child follow-up, in which growth, development, and preventive care are reviewed at intervals appropriate to the child’s age. He also evaluates and manages upper respiratory tract diseases in children, which are among the most common reasons families seek pediatric care.

How Dr. Malçok works with international patients

Dr. Malçok consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for families who speak other languages. The Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, such as ultrasound or X-ray reports, laboratory results, newborn screening results, 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 situation before travel or as part of follow-up after a visit.