Prof. MD. Erkan Çakır

Education

• 1991–1997 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

• 1997–2002 Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

• 2004–2007 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology

Experience

• 2002–2004 Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics – Pediatrician

• 2007–2010 Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital – Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist

• Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology – Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist & Faculty Member (2010–2023)

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Pediatric Association – Audit Board Member

• Pediatric Pulmonology Association – Executive Board Member

• Turkish Thoracic Society

• Istanbul Tuberculosis Association

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Awards

• Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS) National Lung Health Award, 2023

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – Oral Presentation Second Prize: Pediatric interstitial lung diseases in Turkey: First data from the national registry, 2023

• 7th Young Pediatricians Congress – First Prize, Oral Presentation: Assessment of the relationship between MAIT cells and childhood asthma, 2022

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – First Prize, Oral Presentation: ISPAT Project – Evaluation of standardized tracheostomy training for caregivers of tracheostomized children at 1-year follow-up, 2022

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – Oral Presentation Award, 2021

• TTS International Publication Third Prize: Effects of inspiratory muscle training on postural stability, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children with cystic fibrosis: A randomized controlled trial, 2021

• TTS National Lung Health Award, 2020

• TTS International Publication Third Prize, 2020

• Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Cystic Fibrosis Association – Oral Presentation Second Prize: Comparison of clinical features in cystic fibrosis patients diagnosed with and without newborn screening, 2020

• Pediatric Pulmonology Association – Best Oral Presentation Second Prize: Comparison of functional capacity in children with non-CF bronchiectasis with reference values, 2019

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group Mini Symposium – Oral Presentation Award: Pseudo-Bartter syndrome: Most common complication identified in the national cystic fibrosis registry, 2019

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – Oral Presentation Award: Clinical and radiological assessment of post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans, 2019

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – Poster Presentation Award: Evaluation of right heart function in children with mild cystic fibrosis, 2018

• TTS Pediatric Pulmonology Working Group – Oral Presentation Award: Cystic Fibrosis Patients Followed in Turkey in the Last Year: First data from the National CF Registry, 2018

• Pediatric Pulmonology Association – Best Presentation Award, 2017

• TTS Published Conference Abstract First Prize, 2017

• TTS International Publication Second Prize, 2016

• TTS 17th Annual Congress – Young Researcher Encouragement Award, 2016

• TTS 16th Annual Congress Pediatric Working Group – Best Poster Award, 2013

• TTS 16th Annual Congress Pediatric Working Group – Best Oral Presentation Award, 2013

• TTS 16th Annual Congress Pediatric Working Group – Promising Study Award, 2013

• Best Poster Award in Pulmonology, European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, 2007

• TTS 10th Annual Congress Mini Symposium Second Prize, 2007