About Me

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Canan Kocaman

Dr. Canan Kocaman is a specialist in Pediatrics and subspecialist in Pediatric Neurology. She completed her medical education at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, her specialty training in Pediatrics at Bakırköy Children and Obstetrics Hospital and her subspecialty training at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine. During his compulsory service in Diyarbakır, he worked as the only Pediatric Neurologist covering 11 provinces in that region. He organized neonatal neurology courses and neuromuscular diseases courses for the training of pediatricians in the region. He has trainings on neurological follow-up of especially risky babies and has a certificate of general movement analysis training. He is also the practitioner of Ketogenic diet therapy in Turkey, which is applied at Johns Hopkins University in the USA for resistant epilepsies, and has a special interest in resistant epilepsies.

He is the founder of the risky baby and early intervention unit at Metin Sabanci Spastic Children Foundation. He received the title of Associate Professor as of February 2024. He has 11 international articles and 22 national articles in his field. He is the author of 3 national book chapters and 1 international pediatric neurology book translation. He has 48 oral presentations and poster presentations in various national and international congresses. He is the online medical consultant of AutoTrainBrain, a neurofeedback application developed for learning disabilities and dyslexia in children, and is the responsible researcher in the TÜBİTAK research project on this subject. He serves patients in his own clinic in Kadıköy Caddebostan with his team of psychologists, dieticians, EEG technicians, pediatric physiotherapists.