Developmental and Behavioral Screening

Kezban Karabag (Author)
MD,, Erzurum Technical University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-159X
3Kezban Karabag, M.D., is a developmental pediatrician, pediatric health and disease specialist, with over ten years of professional experience. She has a strong academic background, having completed her education at Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Division (2020-2024), Necmettin Erbakan University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Division (2018-2020), Ataturk University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (2007-2011), and Gazi University School of Medicine (1999-2006). Throughout her career, she has published ten articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented over fifteen posters. Currently, she is affiliated with the Department of Developmental Pediatrics, Erzurum City Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.

Zerrin Orbak (Author)
Prof. Dr., Ataturk University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-9844
3After completing Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 1989, she started his specialty training at Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases in the same year. She was appointed as an assistant professor to the same faculty in 1994. She completed his subspecialty training in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Ege University, Department of Pediatrics, between 1996 and 1998. She became an associate professor in 1998. In 1999, She took part in the establishment of the Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Department within the Department of Pediatrics of Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine. Between August and December 2003, she served as an observing professor at the Ohio State University Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Endocrinology. She became a professor in March 2004. Between 2006 and 2008, she served as vice dean, purchasing commission chairman and pharmaceutical research ethics committee chairman. She has been the Head of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism since 1999 and the Head of the Department of Pediatrics since 2017, and the Deputy Chief Physician since 2023. She is a member of ESPE (European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology), Endocrine Society and ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes), Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Association, and Turkish National Pediatric Association. She worked as a manager and researcher in national multi-center projects, BAP and TÜBİTAK supported projects. She has over 150 international scientific studies, and presented at numerous national and international conferences. She has also supervised many postgraguate theses. She is currently the editor of the ""internal medicine"" section of ""The Eurasian Journal of Medicine"". The journal is included in the SCI-Expanded database.