Akkan Avcı
I was born in Diyarbakır in 1978. I studied at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine between 1995 and 2001 and graduated as a medical doctor in 2001. From 2001 to 2002 I worked as a physician in the Orta district of Çankırı and in the village of Kırovacık. I completed my residency in 2007. After working for three months as a specialist at Adana State Hospital in 2007, I was appointed to Istanbul Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in April 2007 under the state service obligation. After about a year, I was assigned to Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital to establish its Emergency Medicine Clinic. Having passed the examinations held by the Ministry of Health, I was appointed Chief Resident (Başasistan) at Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital. In September 2017 I began working at University of Health Sciences Adana City Training and Research Hospital. In December 2020 I became Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. I currently work as Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Clinic of University of Health Sciences Adana City Training and Research Hospital. Around 161 of my scientific articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals, 113 in international and 48 in national journals. In addition, I have 15 papers presented at international congresses and 46 oral and poster presentations, as well as invited lectures at national and international congresses and symposia. Besides book editing, I have authored many chapters in books published in Turkish. As an educator, I have taught many resident and nurse courses. I have supervised 10 emergency medicine residency theses, and I have published all the theses I supervised as original scientific articles in journals indexed in international and national databases. I took part in the establishment and certification of the Phase 1 Clinical Research Center, the twelfth in our country and the third among our city hospitals, where I also currently serve as emergency unit officer. Since 2021 I have been an active member of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of University of Health Sciences Adana City Training and Research Hospital. I currently work as an Associate Professor (Educator) at the Emergency Medicine Clinic of University of Health Sciences Adana City Training and Research Hospital.