Prof. Dr. Mehmet Taşdemir graduated from Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1998. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Ministry of Health Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2009, followed by a subspecialty in Pediatric Nephrology at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he worked at the University of Health Sciences Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, where he contributed to the development of pediatric nephrology services and medical education. In October 2015, he served as an observer at Boston Children’s Hospital, Har...
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Taşdemir graduated from Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1998. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Ministry of Health Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2009, followed by a subspecialty in Pediatric Nephrology at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he worked at the University of Health Sciences Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, where he contributed to the development of pediatric nephrology services and medical education. In October 2015, he served as an observer at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Nephrology. He then worked at Koç University Hospital between November 2015 and April 2021, playing a leading role in establishing dialysis and transplant-focused pediatric nephrology care. He joined Istinye University Faculty of Medicine in July 2021. Since February 2022, he has been pursuing a PhD in the “Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Research Program” at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. As of September 1, 2023, he has been working at Istinye University Bahçeşehir Liv Hospital. On February 3, 2025, he was promoted to Full Professor of Pediatric Nephrology. He successfully passed the Turkish Society of Pediatric Nephrology (TSPN) Board Exam in May 2019 and the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) Board Exam in November 2020. In July 2021, he was awarded the FESPN (Fellow of ESPN) designation. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2019 and to Professor in February 2025. Dr. Taşdemir is a member of IPNA, ESPN, ERA-EDTA, Turkish Society of Nephrology, Turkish Pediatric Association, and TSPN. Since 2023, he has actively participated in the Transplant Working Groups of both TSPN and ESPN. His clinical focus includes kidney transplantation and dialysis, glomerular diseases, childhood hypertension, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), and acute and chronic kidney disease. His research interests are primarily centered on pediatric kidney transplantation. He also investigates hypertension and cardiovascular outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease, inflammation, nephrotic syndrome, and anatomical and functional urinary tract disorders. Since 2020, he has been an active researcher in CERTAIN (Cooperative European Paediatric Renal TransplAnt INitiative), one of the leading international registries in pediatric transplantation.
Articles
Clinical and Molecular Evaluation of MEFV Gene Variants in the Turkish Population: A Study by The National Genetics Consortium
, 2022
Complement gene mutations in children with C3 glomerulopathy: do they affect the response to mycophenolate mofetil?
, 2024
Pediatric kidney care experience after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake
, 2024
Managing recurrent parvovirus B19-associated anemia after a pediatric kidney transplant
, 2024
Implication of FOXD2 dysfunction in syndromic congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT).
, 2024
Comprehensive evaluation of patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1: A nationwide study.
, 2024
Rituximab treatment for difficult-to-treat nephrotic syndrome in children:\na multicenter, retrospective study
, 2021
Clinical and molecular evaluation of MEFV gene variants in the Turkish population: a study by the National Genetics Consortium
, 2022
Urinary HSP70 improves diagnostic accuracy for urinary tract infection in children: UTILISE study
, 2023
Abstracts of the 54th ESPN Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ARE THE COMPLEMENT GENE MUTATIONS
AFFECTING CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH
C3 GLOMERULOPATHY ?
, 2022
Diagnostic and therapeutic management of vesico‐ureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplantation—Results of an online survey on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology
, 2023
Leptin and ghrelin in chronic kidney disease: their associations with protein-energy wasting
, 2018
Humoral and cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine in pediatric kidney transplant recipients compared with dialysis patients and healthy children
, 2022
Improving the urine spot protein/creatinine ratio by the estimated creatinine excretion to predict proteinuria in pediatric kidney transplant recipients
, 2021
Can Immature Granulocyte Count and Hemogram Indices be Good Predictors of Urinary Tract Infections in Children?
, 2021
Macrophage Activation Syndrome in a Child with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Secondary to SARS-CoV-2
, 2021
COVID-19 in pediatric nephrology centers in Turkey
, 2022
PROGRESS STUDY: Progression of chronic kidney disease in children and heat shock proteins
, 2021
Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia-coli-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome in Istanbul in 2015: outcome and experience with eculizumab
, 2018
Time-averaged hemoglobin values, not hemoglobin cycling, have an impact on outcomes in pediatric dialysis patients
, 2018
Does pyuria always suggest urinary tract infection with common microorganisms? Questions
, 2018
An 8-month-old infant with hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia\u2014Answers
, 2020
Predictors of poor kidney outcome in children with C3 glomerulopathy
, 2020
COVID-19 in pediatric patients undergoing chronic dialysis and kidney transplantation
, 2021
A rare cause of chronic hyponatremia in an infant: Questions
, 2019
Ambulatory blood pressure and subclinical cardiovascular disease in patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
, 2013
The Relationship between the Waist Circumference and Increased Carotid Intima Thickness in Obese Children
, 2019
Are mechanical and chemical trauma the reason of meatal stenosis after newborn circumcision?
, 2018
Does pyuria always suggest urinary tract infection with common microorganisms? Answers
, 2018
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Children with Cystine Stone: Long-Term Outcomes from a Single Institution
, 2013
Homozygous mutation in NUP107 leads to microcephaly with steroid-resistant nephrotic condition similar to Galloway-Mowat syndrome
, 2017
Malnutrition and its association with inflammation and vascular disease in children on maintenance dialysis
, 2013
Subclinical cardiovascular disease and its association with risk factors in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
, 2014
A rare cause of chronic hyponatremia in an infant: Answers
, 2019
Different approaches among physicians to treat pediatric stone disease: a survey-based study
, 2021
Is there a unique symptom in lower urinary tract dysfunction in children?
, 2020
Does Voiding Cystourethrogram Exclude Posterior Urethral Valves in Late Presenting Cases?
, 2018
Silicate calculi, a rare cause of kidney stones in children
, 2017
An 8-month-old infant with hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia: Questions
, 2020
Comments on the letter of Galland et al. on \u201cA rare cause of AA amyloidosis and end-stage kidney failure\u201d
, 2019
A rare cause of AA amyloidosis and end-stage kidney failure: Answers
, 2019
A rare cause of AA amyloidosis and end-stage kidney failure: Questions
, 2019
Rituximab treatment for difficult-to-treat nephrotic syndrome in children:\na multicenter, retrospective study
, 2021
Improving the urine spot protein/creatinine ratio by the estimated creatinine excretion to predict proteinuria in pediatric kidney transplant recipients
, 2021
Could plasma based therapies still be considered in selected cases with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome?
, 2021
Ambulatory arterial stiffness index is increased in obese children
, 2020
Sjögren sendromu ve sistemik lupus eritematozus birlikteliği
, 2016
Urinary biomarkers in the early detection and follow-up of tubular injury in childhood urolithiasis
, 2018
Biomarkers of airway and systemic inflammation in obese asthmatic paediatric patients
, 2017
Association of Osteoprotegerin with Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children
, 2016
Potential of Serum and Urinary Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Levels for the Early Detection of Renal Involvement in Children With Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
, 2016
The clinical spectrum of reactions developed based on paraphenylenediamine hypersensitivity two pediatric cases
, 2015
Yenidoğan yoğun bakım birimindeki hastane enfeksiyonları
, 2009
AASI
, 2018
Lomber ponksiyon konusunda annelerin tutum ve davranışları
, 2007
Are there any new reliable markers to detect renal injury in obese children?
, 2018
Reports
Evaluation of data from an individual centre within the CERTAIN framework - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
LACK OF STANDART APPROACH FOR EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS DNAEMIA IN PEDIATRIC
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: A MULTICENTER QUESTIONNAIRE - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,AKACI OKAN,PARMAKSIZ GÖNÜL,SAYGILI SEHA KAMİL,ALPARSLAN CANER,BULUM AKBULUT BURCU,YILDIZ NURDAN,TABEL YILMAZ,POYRAZOĞLU MUAMMER HAKAN,DÖNMEZ OSMAN,BİLGE İLMAY,KESKİNOĞLU AHMET,AKMAN SEMA,TOPALOĞLU REZAN
Are the complement gene mutations affecting clinical outcomes in children with C3 glomerulopathy? - GÜNAY NESLİHAN, DURSUN İSMAİL, GÖKCE İBRAHİM, AKBALIK KARA MEHTAP, TEKCAN KARALI DEMET, ÇİÇEK NESLİHAN, TORUN BAYRAM MERAL, KOYUN MUSTAFA, DİNÇEL NİDA, DURSUN HASAN, SAYGILI SEHA KAMİL, YÜRÜK YILDIRIM ZEYNEP NAGEHAN, YÜKSEL SELÇUK, DÖNMEZ OSMAN, YEL SİBEL, DEMİRCİOĞLU KILIÇ BELTİNGE, AYDOĞ ÖZLEM, ATMIŞ BAHRİYE, ÇALTIK YILMAZ AYSUN, BAKKALOĞLU EZGÜ SEVCAN AZİME, AYTAÇ MEHMET BAHA, TAŞDEMİR MEHMET, KASAP DEMİR BELDE, SOYLU ALPER, ÇOMAK ELİF, KANTAR ASLI, Kaçar Alper, CANPOLAT NUR, YILMAZ ALEV, GİRİŞGEN İLKNUR, Akkoyunlu Kadriye Betül, ALPAY HARİKA, POYRAZOĞLU MUAMMER HAKAN
S8- ÇOCUK VE ERİŞKİN ÇAPRAZ BÖBREK NAKLİ; TEK MERKEZ DENEYİMİ - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET, USLU HİMMET BORA, EREN ERYİĞİT, TOKAÇ MEHMET, YAMAN AYHAN, EVRENGÜL HAVVA, ŞAHİN TAYLAN, Özkan Ayşe, ÖZKAYA OZAN, DİNÇKAN AYHAN
How important is the rectum diameter in bladder and bowel dysfunctions? - ÖZEN MEHMET ALİ, AYGÜN MURAT SERHAT, Shabsog Mohammed, TAŞDEMİR MEHMET, BİLGE İLMAY, EROĞLU EGEMEN
Hematüriye neden olan ilginç birliktelik: Posterior üretral valv ve IgA Nefriti - ÇOBANOĞLU ERİM,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,ÖZEN MEHMET ALİ,GÜNDOĞDU GÖKHAN,BABA ZELİHA FÜSUN,EROĞLU EGEMEN,BİLGE İLMAY
Prematüre Yenidoğanlarda PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) Kullanımında Heparinin Etkinliği ve Komplikasyonlara Katkısı - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,BÜLBÜL ALİ
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Of Early Childhood Due To PKD1/TSC2 Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndrome, PKD With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex - BÜLBÜL MUSTAFA CEM,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,ERASLAN SERPİL,OCAK SEDA,KAYSERİLİ KARABEY HÜLYA,BİLGE İLMAY
Malnutrition-Inflammation-Atherosclerosis Complex in children undergoing chronic dialysis - CANPOLAT NUR,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,SEVER FATMA LALE,AĞBAŞ AYŞE,KUCUR MİNE,PEHLİVAN GÜLSEREN,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM
Glucose tolerance and insulin resistance after renal transplantation in children and adolescents - CANPOLAT NUR,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM,KARA ACAR MANOLYA,PEHLİVAN ŞÜKRAN,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,SEVER FATMA LALE
NAG, KIM-1 and NGAL levels for determining of renal tubular injury in children with urolithiasis - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,FUÇUCUOĞLU DİLARA,KÜÇÜK SUAT HAYRİ,EROL MELTEM,YİĞİT ÖZGÜL,TÜKEN MURAT,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM
Evaluation of patients with primary Hyperoxaluriatype 1: a multicenter study - BAKKALOĞLU EZGÜ SEVCAN AZİME,BÜYÜKKARAGÖZ BAHAR,SAYGILI SEHA KAMİL,ÇOMAK ELİF,YÜRÜK YILDIRIM ZEYNEP NAGEHAN,AKINCI NURVER,KARABAY BAYAZIT AYSUN,KAVAZ TUFAN ASLI,AKMAN SEMA,YILMAZ ALEV,DURSUN İSMAİL,NOYAN ZEKİYE AYTÜL,AĞBAŞ AYŞE,SERDAROĞLU ERKİN,DELİBAŞ ALİ,ELMACI AHMET MİDHAT,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,SEVER FATMA LALE
Hypertension in children with chronic kidney disease stage 2 - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,CANPOLAT NUR,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM,PEHLİVAN GÜLSEREN,SEVER FATMA LALE
İşeme bozuklukları olan çocukları uygun şekilde değerlendiriyor muyuz? - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,TIRAŞ MAHİR,YİĞİT ÖZGÜL,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM
Nefroloji Eğitimi ”Söz Genç Nefrologlarda” Anket Sonuçları - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and its association with parathyroid hormone (PTH), and phosphate (P) levels in chronic kidney disease (CKD) 1-3” - SEVER FATMA LALE,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,KONUKOĞLU DİLDAR,CANPOLAT NUR,TAŞ ÇİĞDEM,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM
Bir idrar analizinden öğrendiklerimiz - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
Faktör H Eksikliğine Bağlı Atipik Hemolitik Üremik Sendrom Olgusu - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,POLAT CAN,YİĞİT ÖZGÜL,DEDE AYŞE,TOTOZ TOLGA,BOSTAN GAYRET ÖZLEM
Approaches of pediatric nephrologists to hypertensive patients in Turkey (Turkish Pediatric Hypertension Working Group Study) - KASAP DEMİR BELDE,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,HACIHAMDİOĞLU DUYGU ÖVÜNÇ,GİRİŞGEN İLKNUR,DURSUN HASAN,ÇİVİLİBAL MAHMUT,BENZER MERYEM,KARAASLAN BIYIKLI NEŞE,ÖZKAYIN EMİNE NEŞE,SÖNMEZ FERAH
A Rare Cause of Chronic Hyponatremia in an Infant: Aldosterone Synthase Type-2 Deficiency - YEŞİLTEPE MUTLU RAHİME GÜL,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,USLU KIZILKAN NURAY,YÜCEL ESRA,GURAN TÜLAY,HATUN ŞÜKRÜ,KAYSERİLİ KARABEY HÜLYA,BİLGE İLMAY
Çocukluk çağı üriner sistem taş hastalığında üriner KIM-1, NAG ve NGAL renal tubuler hasarın gösterilmesinde güvenilir belirteçler olabilir mi? - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,FUÇUCUOĞLU DİLARA,KÜÇÜK SUAT HAYRİ,EROL MELTEM,YİĞİT ÖZGÜL,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM,BİLGE İLMAY
Çocuklarda kronik böbrek yetmezliği etyolojisi - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
İdrar Yolu Enfeksiyonları ve Reflu da Güncelleme Olgu örnekleri - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
Periton diyalizi uygulanan çocuklarda malnutrisyon, beslenme ve egzersiz - TAŞDEMİR MEHMET
Çocuklarda nörojenik olmayan alt üriner sistem disfonksiyonlarında semptomların ve üroflov-elektromyografi bulgularının değerlendirilmesi - ÖZEN MEHMET ALİ,GÜNDOĞDU GÖKHAN,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,BİLGE İLMAY,EROĞLU EGEMEN
Ağustos-Aralık 2015’de İstanbul’da Yaşanan HÜS Salgını ve Eculizumab Kullanımı - AĞBAŞ AYŞE,AKINCI NURVER,YÜRÜK YILDIRIM ZEYNEP NAGEHAN,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,BENZER MERYEM,GÖKÇE İBRAHİM,CANDAN CENGİZ,KÜÇÜK NURAN,ÇALIŞKAN SALİM
Böbrekte nekroz ile seyreden üriner sistem tüberkülozu - KAYA HÜSEYİN,TAŞDEMİR MEHMET,ATAM TAŞDEMİR ZEYNEP,EROL MELTEM,BULUT PINAR,ÖNCÜ MEHMET,YİĞİT ÖZGÜL,NARİN HALİS
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