Hasan Bora Ulukapı, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist · Clinical tool developer
My work focuses on pediatric endocrinology, diabetes technology and clinical decision support.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Diabetes Technology
- Pediatric Obesity
- Pediatric Adrenal Disorders
- Clinical Decision Support Systems
- AI in Pediatric Endocrinology
- Science Communication
CURRENT POSITION
2026 –EDUCATION
2023 – 2026
2017 – 2021
2009 – 2015CERTIFICATIONS
TEACHING & TALKS
- Applied AI in Academic Work Course · speaker — 4th Ankara Pediatrics Congress (2026)
- Research with Large Language Models · 2 lectures for radiology residents — Ankara Etlik City Hospital (2026)
- Scientific Research with AI Assistance Course · instructor — 30th UPEK Congress (2026)
- The Most Commonly Used AI Models in Türkiye and Their Applications · invited speaker — 3rd Young Pediatric Endocrinologists Symposium (2026)
COURSES & TRAINING
- Pediatric Obesity Masterclass: From Genetics to Treatment — Marmara University (2026)
- Sensors & Insulin Delivery Systems Course — TSPED (2026)
- XI. Advanced Pediatric Endocrinology Course (PEİK) — TSPED (2025)
- X. Introductory Pediatric Endocrinology Course (PEGİK) — TSPED · Gazi University (2024)
- Pediatric Endocrinology Thyroid Ultrasonography Course — TSPED · Ankara University (2024)
- Motivational Interviewing Technique Training — Ankara University (2024)
- Advanced Diabetes Treatment Technologies Course — TSPED (2023)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Pediatrician — Mardin Midyat State Hospital (2021 – 2023)
- General Practitioner — Istanbul Sile State Hospital (2016)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthaios Speletas
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Miroslav Kuba, MD, D.Sc.
Research topic: Electrophysiological examination of the central nervous system (EEG, evoked potentials)
Supervisor: Prim. Dr. Knežević Zvonka
PUBLICATIONS
- 1. Karacan Küçükali G, Ulukapı HB, Orman B, et al. Three decades of recombinant human growth hormone research in children born small for gestational age: a bibliometric analysis (1996–2025). Front Pediatr, 2026. 14:1903046. doi:10.3389/fped.2026.1903046
- 2. Ulukapi HB, Simsek E. Comparison of Combined Oral Contraceptives and a Transdermal Estrogen Patch With Oral Progesterone: Treatment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents. Cureus, 2024. 16(10), e72218. doi:10.7759/cureus.72218
Thesis-derived (2021)Ulusal Tez Merkezi · 672312
- 3. Bozan G, Ulukapi HB, Oncul U, et al. A Fatal Case of Opioid Intoxication After Raw Poppy Plant Ingestion. Cureus, 2021. 13(2): e13176. doi:10.7759/cureus.13176
- 4. Kılıç Ö, İşeri Nepesov M, Ulukapı HB, et al. Paediatric Agranulocytosis Associated with Metamizole Treatment. Pediatr Drugs, 2021. 23(1):105-110. doi:10.1007/s40272-020-00431-1
- 5. Bozan G, Kilic O, Çetin N, et al. A severe course of serogroup W meningococcemia in a patient with infantile nephropathic cystinosis. Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2020. 16(11):2787-2788. doi:10.1080/21645515.2020.1742508
- 6. Bozan G, Dinleyici EÇ, Bozan G, Yarar C, Ulukapı HB, Çarman KB. Palliative Care Need in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Single Center Experience. Osmangazi Tıp Dergisi, 2020. 42(4):357-362. doi:10.20515/otd.526609
- 7. Aydemir Y, Ulukapı HB, Barış Z. Risk factors for clinically significant upper gastrointestinal system bleeding in children. Endoscopy GI, 2020. 28:12-17. doi:10.17940/endoskopi.730946
PROJECTS & TOOLS
Clinical calculations for pediatricians: 32 TSPED tools for growth, neonatal care, bone age, diabetes, puberty, adrenal, organ size and blood pressure. Third major version, coded from scratch.
A mechanism-based pediatric endocrinology reference for specialists and advanced trainees. English and Turkish: 102 sections linking physiology to clinical discriminators that change management, with references; about 110,000 words.
Clinical calculations and growth follow-up for pediatric endocrinology teams. EndoBora: 49 calculators for growth, diabetes, puberty, calcium, water balance, DSD scales and diagnostic criteria. EndoGrowth: interactive SDS, percentile charts and longitudinal analysis.
For researchers preparing source-based academic talks on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Plans slides with PubMed and Europe PMC sources, draws them in a chosen style, and exports PDF or PowerPoint with speaker notes.
For clinicians and researchers removing personal data from medical documents. An on-device LLM detects and redacts names, dates, IDs and addresses; supports DOCX, PDF, XLSX and scanned images with OCR.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- 1. Ulukapı HB. Genetic Predisposition and Epigenetic Factors. In: Bala KA, ed. The Truth Behind Childhood Obesity: Small Bodies, Big Threat. 1st ed. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2026. p.19-30. doi:10.5336/978-625-395-875-6_p19
PRESENTATIONS
- Thyroid Nodules in Pediatric Hyperthyroidism: Is the Malignancy Risk Higher Than Expected? — (oral)64th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
- Do Glucose Curve Patterns on the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Predict Glycemic Status? — (poster)30th National Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress
- Treatment Experience in a Case of Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia Type 1 — (poster)30th National Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress
- GLP-1 Analog Treatment Experience in an Adolescent with Morbid Obesity — (poster)30th National Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress
- Childhood Parathyroid Adenomas: A Single Tertiary Center Experience — (poster)Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 2025
- Cinacalcet in Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism — (oral)28th National Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress
- Differential Diagnosis in Pituitary Stalk Thickening — (poster)12th Pediatric Endocrinology Case Reports Symposium (TSPED)
- Pediatric PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome — (poster)62nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
- Letrozole in Prepubertal Gynecomastia (Peutz-Jeghers) — (e-poster)62nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
- IPEX Syndrome with Neonatal Diabetes, Thrombocytopenia and Atopic Dermatitis — (poster)62nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
- A newly defined Fukutin gene mutation in a child with Fukuyama-Type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy — (poster)13th European Paediatric Neurology Congress
- Phenotype-Genotype Relationship of a G6PC2 Variant: A Case Report — (poster)54th Turkish Pediatrics Congress
- MODY9: A Case Report — (poster)54th Turkish Pediatrics Congress


