CURRICULUM VITAE
Assoc. Prof. Selim ÖNCEL, MD
(ResearcherID: A-7286-2013)

Born in Ankara on March 20, 1967, Selim Öncel graduated from Ankara Ayşeabla Primary School and later from Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School in 1985, the year he entered Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. In 1989, he studied as an exchange student in Odense Hospital (Denmark). He earned “Doctor of Medicine” and “Specialist” degrees in Pediatrics and Child Health, and Family Medicine in 1991, 1997, and 1999, respectively (specialist degrees from Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital). During 1999-2003, he worked in the Health Department of the Directorate General of Security, in various private health institutions, and in his own solo practice office as a pediatrician; he also gave seminars in pediatrics and child health for a private education company. He has done his military service in 200-Bed Soldiers’ Hospital in Sarıkamış as a pediatrician. Following the completion of his Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship in Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 2006, he began to work in Kocaeli University as an Assisstant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health.
Selim Öncel became an Associate Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a registered Hospital Infections Control Physician in 2013.

Selected international publications:
Çağlar İ, Devrim İ, Özdemir H, Şahbudak Z, Sönmez G, Buyukcam A, Gulhan B, Kara A, Aygun DF, Bayram N, Celebi S, Çetin B, Nepesov MI, Yilmaz AT, Kepenekli E, Çiftdogan DY, Acar MK, Yayla BC, Okumuş C, Ecevit Z, Hatipoglu N, Kuyucu N, Kosker M, Sen S, Karbuz A, Sutcu M, Duramaz BB, Özen M, Çiftçi E, Alabaz D, Kurugol Z, Kara A, Kanik S, Kilic O, Oncel S, Somer A, Tapisiz A, Belet N, Akcan ÖM, Türel Ö, Ozkaya A, Tezer H, Cengiz AB, İnce E, Camcioglu Y, Kocabas E, Arisoy ES, Salman N. Antifungal consumption, indications and selection of antifungal drugs in paediatric tertiary hospitals in Turkey: Results from the first national point prevalence survey. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2018;15:232-238
High Infection-Related Mortality in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia without Preventive Antibiotics and Antifungals: Retrospective Cohort Study of a Single Center from a Middle-Income Country. Zengin E, Sarper N, Aylan Gelen S, Demirsoy U, Karadoğan M, Çakı Kılıç S, Öncel S, Arısoy ES, Dündar D. Turk J Haematol 2017;34:340-344
Alvur TM, Cinar N, Oncel S, Akduran F, Dede C. Trends in smoking among university students between 2005-2012 in Sakarya, Turkey. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15:4575-4581.
Aydogan A, Corapcioglu F, Elemen EL, Gurbuz Y, Tugay M, Oncel S. A case report: gastric adenocarcinoma in childhood. Turk J Pediatr. 2009;51:489-492.
Aydogan A, Corapcioglu F, Elemen EL, Oncel S, Gurbuz Y, Tugay M. Childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising as a complication early in the course of Crohn's disease. Turk J Pediatr. 2010;52:411-415.
Belet N, Dalgic N, Oncel S, et al. Catheter-related fungemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a newborn. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005;24:1125-1125.
Belet N, Ciftci E, Ince E, et al. Caspofungin treatment in two infants with persistent fungaemia due to Candida lipolytica. Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38:559-562.
Corapcioglu F, Aksu G, Basar EZ, Demirel A, Öncel S, Mutlu A. Recombinant human erythropoietin beta therapy: An effective strategy to reduce transfusion requirement in children receiving anticancer treatment. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008;25:509-521.
Corapcioglu F, Oncel S, Berberoglu K, Kilic SC, Aydogan A, Dogan S. False Positivity of FDG-PET during hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a child with Hodgkin lymphoma in remission. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009;31:74-75.
Dinleyici EC, Kurugol Z, Kara A, et al. Children with breakthrough varicella infection requiring hospitalization in Turkey (VARICOMP Study 2008-2013). Vaccine. 2015;33:3983-3987.
Dinleyici EC, Kurugol Z, Turel O, et al. The epidemiology and economic impact of varicella-related hospitalizations in Turkey from 2008 to 2010: a nationwide survey during the pre-vaccine era (VARICOMP study). Eur J Pediatr. 2012;171:817-825.
Ekingen G, Isken T, Agir H, Oncel S, Gunlemez A. Fournier's gangrene in childhood: a report of 3 infant patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2008;43:E39-E42.
Genc HM, Yalcin EU, Sayan M, et al. Clinical outcomes in children with herpes simplex encephalitis receiving steroid therapy. J Clin Virol. 2016;80:87-92.
Karakurt DG, Demirsoy U, Corapcioglu F, Oncel S, Karadogan M, Arisoy ES. Do Proinflammatory cytokine levels predict serious complication risk of ınfection in pediatric cancer patients? Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014;31:415-424.
Kendirli T, Ciftci E, Ince E, et al. Successful treatment of Trichosporon mucoides infection with lipid complex amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. Mycoses. 2006;49:251-253.
Oncel S. A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child Reply. Saudi Med J. 2015;36:763.
Öncel S. Sepsis in children. In: Shaikh N, ed. Intensive Care. Rijeka: InTechOpen; 2017:173-198.
Öncel S. Lumbar puncture of the newborn. In: Cismaru G, ed. Bedside Procedures. Rijeka: InTechOpen; 2018:89-108.
Oncel S, Alvur M. How reliable is the Internet for caregivers on their decision to vaccinate their child against influenza? Results from googling in two languages. Eur J Pediatr. 2013;172:401-404.
Oncel S, Arisoy ES. Rapidly developing gas gangrene due to a simple puncture wound. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010;26:434-435.
Oncel S, Gunlemez A, Anik Y, Alvur M. Positioning of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit for lumbar puncture as determined by bedside ultrasonography. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2013;98:F133-F135.
Oncel S, Ince E, Ozsan TM, Dolapci I, Alvur M. Chlamydia, Chlamydophila and Mycoplasma: "Atypical" organisms extending beyond their "typical" periods in childhood lower respiratory infections. Healthmed. 2012;6:4069-4075.
Tamer GS, Oncel S, Gokbulut S, Arisoy ES. A rare case of multilocus brain abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica infection in a child. Saudi Med J. 2015;36:356-358.
Yuksel S, Yuksel G, Oncel S, Divanli E. Osteomyelitis of the calcaneus in the newborn: an ongoing complication of Guthrie test. Eur J Pediatr. 2007;166:503-504.
Zengin E, Sarper N, Aylan Gelen S, et al. High infection-related mortality in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia without preventive antibiotics and antifungals: retrospective cohort study of a single center from a middle-ıncome country. Turk J Haematol. 2017;34:340-344.

Paramedical Activities:
Selim Öncel holds a National Model Aircraft C Certificate, given from Turkish Aeronautical Association.
Selim Öncel has a PADI Recreational Diving Certificate.
Selim Öncel, is Aikikai Nidan (2nd Dan) in Aikido and has supervised some aikido training programs in Kocaeli University.
Being a pupil of the deceased composer Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat, Selim Öncel has sung as a tenor in TRT Television Childrens’ Choir, TRT Ankara Polyphonic Youth Chorus, and Orfeon Chamber Choir. He performed as a live and a session musician. He represented Turkey as a member of the Group SOS in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 held in Stockholm.
He has produced weekly music programs for Radyo KI, the official radio station of Kocaeli University.
Selim Öncel regularly gives lectures in music both in graduate (Progressive Rock) and postgraduate (Hybrid Music Genres) levels.

International certificates:
The 9th International Advanced Course on Vaccinology in Asia-Pacific Regions held at International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea on May 11-16, 2009
Selim Öncel has received online courses from University of Michigan (Teaching and Assessing Clinical Skills), Duke University (Music as Biology: What We Like to Hear and Why), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Fundamentals of Rehearsing Music Ensembles), Yale University (Introduction to Classical Music), University of Rochester (The Music of the Rolling Stones, 1962-1974; The Music of Beatles; History of Rock, Part One; History of Rock, Part Two), Berklee College of Music (Introduction to Music Production), and The University of Edinburgh (Fundamentals of Music Theory) and completed many of them with distinction.

The foreign languages Selim Öncel speaks are English, French, and German.
His memberships include Turkish Physicians’ Association, National Pediatrics Association, Turkish Pediatrics Association, Infectious Diseases Association, Polyphonic Choruses Association, World Wide Fund for Nature – Turkey.

Selim Öncel is married to economist Kamuran Öncel and has two children.

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