HISTORY

Süleyman Demirel University and its School of Medicine were established in 1992.  Academic education has started at 1993.
Department of Pediatrics, founded on 1994 by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Rifat ÖRMECİ, begun to education and inpatient and outpatient  therapies. 
After establishment of the department, a total of 34 pediatricians graduated and still 23 pediatric residents are training about child health and diseases, in addition to 2 pediatricians who are having education of subspeciality.

The academic members provide high quality health services, scientific studies and education. 

CAPACITY

There are six outpatient clinics, in addition to a pediatric emergency service.

Three pediatricserviceswehave in our department are:

·         Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (21 incubators, 15 ventilators, 25 monitors and 4 open beds)

·         Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (with 6 beds)

·         Pediatric in-patient Clinic(25 beds)

EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS

Educational duration of residents is four years. Four rotations, one month of each, in different non-pediatric departments are compulsory: Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dermatology, Pediatric Surgery, and Pediatric Psychiatry.

In addition to these, rotations are present in different pediatric disciplines: general pediatrics, gastroenterology, hematology-oncology, nephrology, endocrine, and neonatology.

 Academic meetings are held for three days of a week (article presentation at every Tuesday, seminar/lecture at every Wednesday and problematic inpatient clinic case presentations at every Thursday) at 01:00-02:00 pm.

DIVISIONS

• General Pediatrics
• Pediatric Endocrinology
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Hemato-oncology
• Pediatric Nephrology
• Pediatric Infectious Disease
• Neonatology

FACILITIES

·         Children’s inpatient clinic

·         Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

·         Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

·         Sixout-patient clinics

·         EmergencyService for Children