Akkan Avcı

I was born in Diyarbakır in 1978. I studied at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine between 1995 and 2001 and graduated with my MD in 2001. Between 2001 and 2002, I worked as a physician in the Orta district and Kırovacık village of Çankırı province. I completed my specialist training in 2007. After working as a specialist physician at Adana State Hospital for three months in 2007, I was appointed to Istanbul Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital as a civil service officer in April 2007. After working for approximately one year, I was assigned to establish the Emergency Medicine Clinic at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital. After successfully passing the Ministry of Health exams, I was appointed chief resident at Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital. I began working at Health Sciences University Adana City Training and Research Hospital in September 2017. I received the title of Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in December 2020. I currently serve as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Medicine Clinic of Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences. A total of approximately 161 scientific articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals, 113 of which are in international journals and 48 in national journals. In addition, I have presented papers at 15 international congresses, 46 oral and poster presentations, and presented as an invited speaker at national and international congresses and symposiums. In addition to editing books, I have authored numerous chapters in books published in Turkish. As an educator, I have participated in numerous resident and nursing courses. I have also supervised 10 emergency medicine resident theses. I have also published all theses as original scientific articles in journals indexed in international and national indices. I participated in the establishment and certification processes of the Phase 1 Clinical Research Center, the twelfth in our country and the third among our City Hospitals. I currently serve as an emergency unit officer at this research center. Since 2021, I have been actively serving on the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences University, Adana City Training and Research Hospital. I currently serve as an Associate Professor (Educator) at the Health Sciences University, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Emergency Medicine Clinic.