Pediatrics · Acibadem Kartal Hospital, İstanbul Recep Kavas, MD
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Recep Kavas, MD is a pediatrician at Acibadem Kartal Hospital, providing care for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents. His areas of expertise include newborn follow-up and jaundice, prematurity and neonatal respiratory conditions, and the diagnosis and treatment of childhood infectious diseases.
Accepting international patientsAbout Recep Kavas, MD
Recep Kavas, MD is a pediatrician at Acibadem Kartal Hospital, caring for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents. His clinical interests include newborn follow-up, neonatal jaundice, premature birth, respiratory conditions, childhood infections, nutrition concerns, constipation, lactose intolerance, and infant colic.
He graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and completed his pediatrics specialty training at Zeynep Kamil Women and Children’s Diseases Training and Research Hospital in 2002. His career includes neonatal intensive care and outpatient pediatric roles at Zeynep Kamil Hospital, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Private Yüzyıl Hospital, and Lokman Hekim İstanbul Hospital before joining Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2025.
International families can expect pediatric assessment tailored to their child’s age and clinical needs, from routine healthy-child monitoring to evaluation and treatment of common childhood and newborn health concerns. Dr. Kavas also has experience in neonatal intensive care follow-up, including phototherapy for neonatal jaundice and care related to prematurity and respiratory distress.
What Dr. Kavas treats and performs
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Conditions treated
- Child and adolescent health
- Newborn follow-up
- Neonatal jaundice
- Healthy child monitoring
- Upper respiratory tract infections in children
- Constipation in children
- Pediatric nutrition disorders
- Infant colic
Procedures performed
- Lactose intolerance in infants
- Diagnosis and treatment of childhood infectious diseases
- Lactose intolerance treatment
- ESS
Education, career and memberships
Education & training
Education
- 2002Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Pediatrics and Diseases
- 1995Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine
Career
Professional Experience
- 2025Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2017–2025Lokman Hekim İstanbul Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Responsible Physician and Outpatient Clinic
- 2007–2017Private Yüzyıl Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Responsible Physician
- 2003–2007Haseki Training and Research Hospital / Specialist Dr.
- 2002–2003Zeynep Kamil Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Clinic / Specialist Dr.
- 1998–2002Zeynep Kamil Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital / Pediatrics Specialization
- 1996–1998Heybeliada Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital / Chest Diseases Resident
- 1995–1996Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital / Neurology Resident
