At a Glance
- Title: Professor of Neurosurgery
- Specialty: Brain and Nerve Surgery
- Born: 1978, Lüleburgaz, Turkey
- Operates at: Medical Park Göztepe, Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir
Societies and Memberships
- International Neuromodulation Society (INS), founder of the Turkish chapter
- Turkish Brain Foundation, founding member
- Former head of the Neuroanatomy Group, Bahçeşehir University
- International Neuromodulation Society (INS), member
- World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), member
- World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN), member
- European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN), member
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), member
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), member
- Neuromodulation Society of Turkey, founding member
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Akın Akakın was born in Lüleburgaz in 1978. He graduated from the English-language program at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine and completed his neurosurgical residency at the same university.
He worked as a research scientist at the University of Florida in the laboratory of Prof. Albert L. Rhoton Jr., the internationally recognized authority in microsurgical neuroanatomy. He subsequently completed advanced training in deep brain stimulation surgery at reference centers in the United States and Germany, in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
He has published more than 100 international scientific papers, contributed over 20 book chapters, and performed more than 1700 deep brain stimulation procedures, making him one of the leading figures in functional neurosurgery in Turkey. He is a founding member of the Turkish Brain Foundation and of the Turkish chapter of the International Neuromodulation Society, and formerly headed the Neuroanatomy Group at Bahçeşehir University. His memberships include WFNS, WSSFN, ESSFN, AANS, CNS and INS. He operates at the Medical Park Göztepe hospital complex and at İstinye University Liv Hospital Bahçeşehir.
Education
| Medical Degree | Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English program), 1994 to 2001 |
| Residency | Marmara University, Neurosurgery, 2002 to 2008 |
| PhD | Marmara University, Microsurgical Neuroanatomy, 2010 |
| Research Fellowship | University of Florida (USA), Neuroanatomy Laboratory of Prof. A. L. Rhoton Jr., 2009 to 2010 |
| DBS Training | University of Florida Movement Disorders Center (2016) and Germany (Cologne, Düsseldorf) |
Academic Appointments
| Period | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 to 2008 | Resident | Marmara University Faculty of Medicine |
| 2009 to 2010 | Research Scientist | University of Florida |
| 2010 to 2012 | Consultant Neurosurgeon | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital |
| 2012 to 2014 | Consultant Neurosurgeon | Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine |
| 2014 to 2017 | Assistant Professor | Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine |
| 2017 | Associate Professor | |
| Present | Professor | Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine |
Research and Firsts
- Organized Turkey's first deep brain stimulation cadaver course in 2014.
- Established the movement disorder surgery and DBS program in functional neurosurgery at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine.
- Provides DBS operative training to visiting colleagues from Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Iran.