Dr. Ozan Ozkaya is a distinguished Pediatric Nephrologist in Turkey with over 18 years of clinical, academic, and research experience. She is recognised for her advanced expertise in paediatric renal diseases, systemic inflammatory disorders, and complex congenital abnormalities of the urinary system. Dr. Ozkaya completed her medical education at the prestigious Gazi University and further enriched her academic trajectory through international research exposure as a visiting researcher at the New York University Langone Medical Center. She currently serves as a Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist at Istinye University Medical Faculty Liv Hospital, Turkey.

Her clinical practice focuses on the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections, hypertension in children, urinary incontinence, renal parenchymal diseases, Behçet’s disease, and paediatric rheumatic disorders. She is highly experienced in managing glomerular diseases, hereditary renal conditions, cystic kidney diseases, and complex autoimmune disorders affecting renal function.

Conditions Treated

• Urinary tract infections

• Congenital urinary system anomalies (vesicoureteral reflux, hydronephrosis, pelvic–ureteral junction obstruction, etc.)

• Renal parenchymal diseases

• Glomerular diseases (acute and chronic glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndromes)

• Tubulointerstitial diseases (e.g., hereditary kidney disease, Bartter’s syndrome)

• Cystic kidney diseases (congenital or acquired)

• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

• Familial Mediterranean fever

• Connective tissue diseases (SLE, dermatomyositis, scleroderma)

Areas of Interest

• Glomerulonephritis

• Polycystic kidney disease

• Chronic kidney disease

• End-stage renal disease

• Kidney failure

Qualifications

• 1980 – Secondary School, TED College Zonguldak

• 1986 – Bachelor/PhD Student, Faculty of Medicine, Uludağ University

• 1993 – Specialisation in Pediatrics, Gazi University

• 1998 – Specialisation in Pediatric Nephrology, Gazi University

• 2011 – Specialisation in Rheumatology, Ministry of Health

Work Experience

• Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist, Istinye University Liv Hospital (2017–present)

• Education Supervisor, TR Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital (2015–2017)

• Education Officer, Ministry of Health, Public Hospitals Authority, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital (2014–2015)

• Professor, Ondokuz Mayıs University (2011–2014)

• Associate Professor, Ondokuz Mayıs University (2004–2011)

• Assistant Professor, Ondokuz Mayıs University (2002–2004)