Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Prof. Dr. Serdar Beken
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Prof. Dr. Serdar Beken is a neonatology specialist at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul with over 24 years of experience.
He treats premature and very low birth weight infants, neonatal sepsis, acute lower respiratory tract infections, perinatal asphyxia, critical congenital heart disease in newborns, neonatal vitamin D deficiency, and other neonatal conditions, and performs therapeutic hypothermia, neonatal surfactant administration, and newborn hearing screening. He offers consultations in Turkish and English, including online…
About Prof. Dr. Serdar Beken
Prof. Dr. Serdar Beken works in neonatal intensive care and has 24 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include prematurity, very low birth weight infant care, necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants, neonatal vitamin D deficiency, congenital ectropion in collodion infants, and segmental dilatation of the duodenal bulb in infants. Listed procedures include neonatal surfactant administration and newborn hearing screening.
Prof. Dr. Beken graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2002. He completed Pediatrics at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2008 and Neonatology at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2011. He was a Research Assistant at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine from 2008 to 2011 and a Specialist Doctor at Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital from 2012 to 2015. He completed a Clinical Rotation at Hospiatal Universitario La Paz in Madrid, Spain, from 2011 to 2015.
He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2015. Prof. Dr. Beken practises at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. The profile lists four professional bodies, among them the European Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR), Eurpean Society of Neonatology (ESN), and Turkish Neonatology Association.
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2013 and 2015. Their subjects include vitamin D deficiency and acute lower respiratory tract infections in newborns; necrotizing enterocolitis and surfactant administration in preterm infants; and hearing screening, perinatal asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, and critical congenital heart disease in newborns.
Prof. Dr. Beken speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with the doctor before travelling.
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Education
- 2011Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Neonatology
- 2008Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics
- 2002Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2015Acibadem Health Group
- 2015Acıbadem University Atakent Hospital / Asst. Assoc.
- 2012–2015Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital / Specialist Doctor
- 2011–2015Hospiatal Universitario La Paz Madrid, Spain / Clinical Rotation
- 2008–2011Gazi University Faculty of Medicine / Research Assistant
- 2007–2008Hacettepe University, İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital / Chief Resident in Pediatrics
- 2002–2008Hacettepe University, İhsan Doğramacı Children’s Hospital / Research Assistant Doctor
Professional Memberships
- European Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR)
- Eurpean Society of Neonatology (ESN)
- Turkish Neonatology Association
- Pediatrics Specialization Association (PUADER)
Selected Publications
- Association of vitamin D deficiency with acute lower respiratory tract infections in newborns. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2015; 19:1-5. Dinlen N, Zenciroglu A, Beken S, Dursun A, Dilli D, Okumuş N.
- The ProPre-Save Study: Effects of Probiotics and Prebiotics Alone or Combined on Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. J Pediatr 2015; 166(3):545-51. Dilli D, Aydin B, Fettah ND, Özyazıcı E, Beken S, Zenciroğlu A, Okumuş N, Özyurt BM, İpek MŞ, Akdağ A, Turan Ö, Bozdağ Ş.
- Skinfold thickness of preterm newborns when they become late preterm infants. Nutr Clin Pract 2015; 30(2):266-73. Şimşek M, Ergenekon E, Beken S, Kulalı F, Ünal S, Kazancı E, Aktaş S, Altuntaş N, Hirfanoğlu İ, Türkyılmaz C, Koç E, Atalay Y.
- Mean platelet volume and uric acid levels in neonatal sepsis: Author’s reply. Ind J Pediatr 2015; 82:101. Aydın B, Dilli D, Zenciroğlu A, Karadağ N, Beken S, Okumuş N.
- Effect of Therapeutic Hypothermia on C-Reactive Protein Levels in Patientswith Perinatal Asphyxia. Am J Perinatol 2014 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print, DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1393933.] Okumuş N, Beken S, Aydin B, Erol S, Dursun A, Fettah N, Dilli D, Zenciroglu A.
- Successful medical treatment of segmental dilatation of duodenal bulb in an infant. Kafkas J Med Sci 2014; 4:121?123. Aydın B, Dilli D, Gökçe S, Beken S, Zenciroğlu A, Okumuş N.
- Development of hearing in the newborn and hearing screening tests. Bozok Medical Journal 2014; 4(3):57-62. Beken S, Önal E, Kemaloğlu Y.
- Main risk factors for mortality after cardiovascular interventions in newborns with critical congenital heart diseases. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2014; 8(2):79-85. Üstün N, Dilli D, Özgür S, Koç M, Zenciroğlu A, Beken S, Okumuş N.
- Prophylactic and selective surfactant administration in preterm infants aged 28 weeks and younger: a single center experience. Pam Med J 2014;7(3):184-188. Altuntas N, Koç E, Türkyılmaz C, Kulalı F, Beken S, Önal E, Ergenekon E, Atalay Y.
- Congenital ectropion in a collodion infant-case report. Turkiye Klinikleri J Ophthalmol 2013; 22(1): 60-64. Özer Altıaylık P, Gürkan A, Beken S, Okumuş N.
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