Ahmet Ziya Birbilen

After graduating from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2009, Dr. Ahmet Ziya Birbilen completed specialty training in the Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, between 2010 and 2014. Carried out the compulsory service in Kırşehir between 2014 and 2016, and then completed subspecialty training in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Hacettepe University between 2016 and 2019. Between 2019 and 2022, continued the compulsory service as a Pediatric Emergency Specialist at Gaziantep Cengiz Gökçek Maternity and Children’s Hospital, serving during this period as deputy chief physician for one year. Since 2022, has worked as a lecturer in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hacettepe University İhsan Doğramacı Children's Hospital. In 2023, began the master’s program in Simulation-Based Medical Education at the Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences. Academic work includes artificial intelligence-supported patient density prediction systems, decision support systems, pediatric resuscitation, trauma management, disaster preparedness, and simulation-based education. Has given presentations at national and international congresses and has publications in various peer-reviewed journals. Member of the Turkish Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), SESAM (Society for Simulation in Europe), and WADEM (World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine).

1. Association of stress hyperglycemia with severe outcomes in ill-appearing childrenAKCAN YILDIZ L., Serin O., BAYRAK Ş., BİRBİLEN A. Z., TEKŞAM Ö.American Journal of Emergency Medicine, cilt.110, ss.297-305, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
2. Forecast-Driven Dynamic Physician Staffing in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Prospective Quasi-Experimental Pilot StudyBİRBİLEN A. Z., AKBAŞLI İ. T., TEKŞAM Ö.Journal of medical systems, cilt.50, sa.1, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
3. Association between nirsevimab coverage and pediatric emergency department visits for bronchiolitis in 12 European countries: An interrupted time-series analysisLenglart L., Titomanlio L., Alberti I., Almeida L., Aupiais C., Akyüz Özkan E., et al.PLoS medicine, cilt.23, sa.9, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
4. Evaluation of patients admitted to the pediatric emergency departments due to suicide attempts: A multicenter study from TürkiyeYigit H., BİRBİLEN A. Z., Akbaba B., Demirel C., Çiçek A., Berksoy E., et al.American Journal of Emergency Medicine, cilt.101, ss.159-165, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
5. Leveraging large language models to mimic domain expert labeling in unstructured text-based electronic healthcare records in non-english languagesAKBAŞLI İ. T., BİRBİLEN A. Z., TEKŞAM Ö.BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING, cilt.25, sa.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
6. Virüslerin Gölgesinde Çocuklar: COVID-19 ve İnfluenzanın Karşılaştırmalı Klinik Sonuçları - Tek Merkezli Geriye Dönük Kohort ÇalışmasıGüngör E., Yigit H., Akbaba B., Birbilen A. z., ALP A., TEKSAM O.Çocuk Acil ve Yoğun Bakım Dergisi, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.158-166, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
7. Non-routine thrombectomy in pediatric arterial ischemic strokeBALCI S., EROĞLU ERTUĞRUL N. G., BİRBİLEN A. Z., YALNIZOĞLU D., KESİCİ S., KARAGÖZ T., et al.DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.237-248, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
8. Artificial intelligence-driven forecasting and shift optimization for pediatric emergency department crowdingAKBAŞLI İ. T., BİRBİLEN A. Z., TEKŞAM Ö.JAMIA OPEN, cilt.8, sa.2, 2025 (ESCI, Scopus)
9. After the Türkiye Earthquake: The Experience of a Pediatric Emergency Department in a University Hospital Distant from the Disaster AreaAKBABA B., YİĞİT H., Guengoer E., Kaynak M., Kahya H., Birbilen A., et al.PREHOSPITAL AND DISASTER MEDICINE, cilt.39, ss.236-243, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
10. Mortality risk factors among critically ill children with MIS-C in PICUs: a multicenter studySık G., Inamlık A., Akçay N., KESİCİ S., AYGÜN F., KENDİRLİ T., et al.Pediatric Research, cilt.94, sa.2, ss.730-737, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
11. A snapshot of pediatric inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19: a point prevalence study from TurkeyYılmaz D., Üstündağ G., Büyükçam A., Salı E., Çelik Ü., Avcu G., et al.European Journal of Pediatrics, cilt.182, sa.7, ss.3231-3242, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
12. Lung ultrasound findings in children with foreign body aspirationAydin O., BİRBİLEN A. Z., USER İ. R., BOYBEYİ TÜRER Ö., TEKŞAM Ö.JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND, cilt.51, sa.3, ss.447-451, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
13. COVID-19 associated lower urinary tract symptoms in childrenTiryaki S., Egil O., BİRBİLEN A. Z., BÜYÜKCAM A.Journal of Pediatric Urology, cilt.18, sa.5, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
14. Mortality Risk Factors among Critically Ill Children with Acute COVID-19 in PICUs: A Multicenter Study from Turkish Pediatric Critical COVID-19 and MIS-C Study GroupAkcay N., Kihtir H. S., Durak C., Kendirli T., Havan M., Kockuzu E., et al.Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, cilt.41, sa.9, ss.742-750, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
15. COVID-19 associated multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in 614 children with and without overlap with Kawasaki disease-Turk MIS-C study groupÇİFTDOĞAN D. Y., Keles Y. E., ÇETİN B. Ş., Karabulut N. D., EMİROĞLU M., Bagci Z., et al.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.181, sa.5, ss.2031-2043, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
16. Response to “High-flow nasal cannula failure in Pediatric Emergency Department: Remarks and questions to explore the predictive factors”Aydın O., Aydın E. A., BİRBİLEN A. Z., TEKŞAM Ö.Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, cilt.64, sa.6, ss.1167-1168, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
17. Peer Education Model for Basic Life Support Training among High School Children: A Randomized TrialKESİCİ S., Bayrakci Z., Birbilen A. Z., HANALİOĞLU D., Öztürk Z., TEKŞAM Ö., et al.Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, cilt.36, ss.553-560, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
18. Predictive factors of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy failure in children with respiratory distress treated in a Pediatric Emergency DepartmentAydın O., Aydın E. A., BİRBİLEN A. Z., TEKŞAM Ö.Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, cilt.63, sa.6, ss.1012-1019, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
19. Use of computed tomography and diffusion weighted imaging in children with ventricular shuntGunes A., Oncel İ. H., Gunes S. O., Birbilen A. Z., Hanalioglu Ş.CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, sa.3, ss.477-486, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
20. Number of erythrocyte transfusions is more predictive than serum ferritin in estimation of cardiac iron loading in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.ÜNAL Ş., ÇETİN M., HAZIROLAN T., Yildirim G., Meral A., Birbilen A., et al.Leukemia research, cilt.38, sa.8, ss.882-5, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)