Prof. Dr. Sevgi Baskan

Academic Title :

Prof. Dr.

Department	Work location
Pediatrics	Liv Ankara

Prof. Dr. Sevgi Baskan is an outstanding specialist in Child health and diseases at Liv Hospital Ankara. She has an extensive academic and clinical career spanning decades, dedicated to pediatric care, developmental monitoring, and national immunization programs.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine / Specialty Training in Pediatrics / 1981-1987
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine / Undergraduate (Medical Degree) / 1973-1979
Ankara Kurtuluş High School / 1973

Areas of Interest

Comprehensive monitoring of pediatric diseases
Child health and development monitoring in Turkey
Vaccination programs and practice in healthy children
Vaccination programs and practice for children with special conditions
Breast milk and breastfeeding counseling
Infant and child nutrition
School health
Adolescent health and related problems
Family counseling including appetite, sleep, toilet training habits, nursery and school selection, and behavioral issues

Work Experience

Specialist in Pediatrics at Liv Hospital Ankara (Present)
Board Member at Ankara University / 2019-2023
Faculty Member at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Social Pediatrics / 1994-2023
Board of Directors and Advisory Board Member at Ankara University Children's Science Center / 2009-2022
Head of the Division of Social Pediatrics at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine / 1994-2011
Research Assistant at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics / 1981-1987
Received the Second Prize for Poster Paper in 2018

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Ankara Medical Chamber
International Society for Social Pediatrics
National Social Pediatrics Association
Child and Information Security Association
National Pediatric Association
Adolescent Health Association
Turkish Pediatric Association
Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Ministry of Health Polio Advisory Board Member / 2010-2023
Ministry of Health Immunization Advisory Board Member / 1994-2017
Ministry of Health Breast Milk Promotion Board Member / 1990-2012
Ministry of Health Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Control Program Member / 1990-2002

Research & Publications

Study on "Evaluation of the effects of the toilet training process on the child's quality of life" published in Pediatrics International in 2023 .
Research paper on "Secular trends in height, weight and body mass index of primary school children in Turkey between 1993 and 2016" published in 2017.
Study on "Determining the persistence of maternally acquired antibodies to hepatitis A and varicella zoster during the first 2 years of life in Turkey" published in 2015.
Co-authored research on "A Comparison of Healthy Infants and Adults with Respect to Indirect Microparticle Activity and the Parameters of the Thrombin Generation Test" published in the Turkish Journal of Hematology in 2016.
Paper on "Comparison of tidos with m-chat for screening autism spectrum disorder" published in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology in 2018.

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