Prof. Dr. NAHİT ÇAKAR

NAHİT ÇAKAR

Prof. Dr. NAHİT ÇAKAR

General Intensive Care

Koç University Hospital

  • Was an Observer at the Resuscitation Unit of the University of Milan, Italy; the Intensive Care Unit of Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium; and the Pediatric Surgery Intensive Care Unit of Sophia Kinderziekenhuis, the Netherlands.
  • Conducted experimental research on the use of additional adjunctive techniques (prone positioning, recruitment) alongside mechanical ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
  • Member of the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, the Intensive Care Society, and the European Intensive Care Society.
  • Serves as editor at the journals Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Dergisi and Türk Yoğun Bakım Dergisi. Also serves as a reviewer for many scientific publications.
  • Won the TARK 2007 Clinical Research Award (Oral Presentation).
    • Clinical areas of interest:
      • Mechanical ventilation,
      • ARDS,
      • Sepsis,
      • Hemofiltration,
      • Nutrition of the critically ill patient,
      • Intensive care infections.