Ruhan Özer Güzeldere, MD

Ruhan Özer Güzeldere, MD is a pediatrician practicing at the Acibadem Bağdat Outpatient Clinic in İstanbul, where Dr. Güzeldere works within the Pediatrics unit. Dr. Güzeldere provides medical care for infants, children, and adolescents, and has more than 39 years of experience in medicine. The work covers general pediatrics and child health and diseases, with an emphasis on the careful evaluation of children presenting with a range of childhood medical conditions.

Dr. Güzeldere graduated from Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine in 1987. Specialty training in pediatrics followed at Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases, where Dr. Güzeldere completed training in Child Health and Diseases in 1999. In 2025, Dr. Güzeldere joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services and now sees pediatric patients at the Bağdat outpatient location in İstanbul.

Clinical focus

Dr. Güzeldere’s clinical work centers on general pediatrics and child health and diseases. This includes the assessment and follow-up of infants, children, and adolescents with common and less common childhood medical conditions. In general pediatric practice, care typically involves reviewing a child’s growth and development, evaluating new or ongoing symptoms, and deciding, together with the family, whether further tests, treatment, monitoring, or referral to another specialty may be appropriate.

A central part of this work is the pediatric evaluation. For international families, this usually means a structured review of the child’s medical history, previous diagnoses and treatments, and any reports that have already been produced abroad, followed by a clinical examination. The aim of the evaluation is to reach a clear understanding of the child’s current health status and to discuss realistic next steps in a way that parents or guardians can follow. Where a condition falls outside general pediatrics, Dr. Güzeldere can advise on which further assessment may be needed; the specific course of care depends on the individual child and cannot be determined before an evaluation has taken place.

How Dr. Güzeldere works with international patients

Dr. Güzeldere 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 the child’s prior reports and imaging, such as MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes, and discharge summaries, and arranges the appointment and the visit to the outpatient clinic. A first consultation typically covers the child’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination, and a discussion of the available options and their implications. Video consultations for international patients are available with Dr. Güzeldere, which may be used for an initial discussion of the child’s situation or for a review of existing records, with the understanding that some aspects of pediatric assessment require an in-person examination.