Prof. Dr. Akın Akakın

Prof. Dr. Akın Akakın is a neurosurgeon whose primary academic field is health sciences, with neurosurgery as the field of his associate professorship.

Education

• Medical degree (English-language program), Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, 1994–2001
• Specialty training in neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgical Medical Sciences, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, 2002–2008
• Ph.D., Marmara University Institute of Health Sciences, 2010

His specialty thesis (2008), supervised by Türker Kılıç, was titled "Investigation of the Effects of Gamma Knife and Embolization Treatments on Angiogenesis in Arteriovenous Malformations Using a Corneal Angiogenesis Model."

Positions

• 2002–2008: Research assistant, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
• 2009–2010: Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery, Diyarbakır Training and Research Hospital
• 2010–2012: Specialist, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
• 2014: Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine

Languages

English – YDS (Fall 2014), score 70.