Associate Professor Benhur Şirvan Çetin, MD
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Benhur Şirvan Çetin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye. He serves as a senior consultant at the Erciyes KANKA Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, the largest pediatric stem cell transplantation facility in Türkiye and the first to receive international JACIE accreditation in the country. Dr. Çetin recently completed a year as a visiting researcher at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) in the USA (2024–2025), where his research focused on vaccine immunogenicity and the safety of live viral vaccines in immunocompromised pediatric populations. His clinical and research expertise centers on the management of infectious complications in Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) and pediatric transplant recipients. His specific interests include evaluating vaccine-derived complications and optimizing immunization strategies for high-risk, vulnerable children. Dr. Çetin is an active member of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) and the National Infection Prevention and Control Advisory Board for the Turkish Ministry of Health.