Hülya Bayir, MD
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Titles:
Assistant Professor, CCM

Contact:
Email: bayihx@ccm.upmc.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey MD 1995 Medicine
Residency:  
State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York Resident 1996-1999 Pediatrics
Fellowship:
 
University of Pittsburgh,
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Fellow 1999-2002 Pediatric CCM
Board Certifications: Year
Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics
1999-2005
Certificate, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2002-2009

Administrative Title:

  • Clinical Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Major Honors/Awards:

  • 1997 The Best Ambulatory Care Intern of the year
    Dept. Pediatrics State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
  • 1998 Citizenship Award, Dept. of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
  • 1999 Resident Research Award
    Suffolk Pediatric Society
  • 2001 Educational Scholarship
    Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • 2001 Fellow Clinical Research Award
    Society for Pediatric Research
  • 2002 Annual Scientific Award Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • 2002 Outstanding Intensivist Award
    Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • 2003 Annual Scientific Award Society of Critical Care Medicine

Research Grants:

Title Source of Support
Detection of free radical intermediates and antioxidant defense mechanisms in cerebrospinal fluid following traumatic brain injury in children.Principal Investigator July 2000-June 2002 University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Seed Grant
Oxidative stress after severe head injury in infants and children: Effect of therapeutic hypothermiaPrincipal Investigator Jan 2001-Dec 2002 The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine
Evaluation of oxidative damage and outcome in vitamin C deficient immature rats after traumatic brain injury.Principal Investigator Jan 2002-Dec 2002 University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Seed Grant
Evaluation of oxidative damage and outcome in vitamin C deficient immature rats after traumatic brain injury.Principal Investigator July 2002-June 2003 University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology Schertz Fellowship Grant

Current Research Interest:

  • Free radical biology and oxidative stress, particularly in acute brain injury
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journals - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2001 – present Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 2001 – present

Publications:

  • Bayir H, Kagan VE, Tyurina YY, Tyurin VA, Ruppel RA, Adelson PD, Graham SH, Janesko K, Clark RSB, Kochanek PM: Assessment of Antioxidant Reserves and Oxidative Stress in Cerebrospinal Fluid After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants and Children. Pediatr Res 51(5): 571-578, 2002.
  • Tyurin VA, Tyurina YY, Liu SX, Bayir H, Hubel CA, Kagan VE: Quantitation of S-nitrosothiols in cells and biological fluids. Methods in Enzymol 352:347-360, 2002.
  • Bayir H, Kochanek PM, Liu SX, Arrayo A, Osipov A, Jiang J, Wisniewski S, Adelson PD, Graham SH, Kagan VE: Increased S-nitrosothiols and S-nitrosoalbumin in cerebrospinal fluid after severe traumatic brain injury in infants and children: Indirect association with intracranial pressure. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, in press.
  • Chandran L, Navaie-Waliser M, Zulqarni NJ, Batra S, Bayir H, Shah M, Lincoln PP: Compliance with group B streptococcal disease prevention guidelines. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 26(6): 313-319, 2001
  • Bayir H, Morelli PJ, Smith TH, Biancaniello TA: A left atrial myxoma presenting as a cerebrovascular accident. Pediatric Neurology 21:569-572, 1999.

Presentations at Major Meetings:

  • February 2002 Role of S-nitrosothiols in Traumatic Brain Injury
    Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • November 2002 Hypothermia and Oxidative Stress after Traumatic Brain Injury
    Children’s Hospital Trauma Conference
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania