Doctor Baris Akin
Istanbul, TurkeyDoctor's speciality:
Nephrologist-Transplant Surgeon
About the doctor
experience
29 years
surgeries
1500+
provides videoconsultations
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Transplant surgeon
Pioneer in the development of retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy
Member of the European Society for Organ Transplantation
Doctor Barış Akın developed a unique retroperitoneoscopy technique for kidney transplantation. Since 2009, more than 400 successful surgeries have been performed using this method.
Professional interests:
- chronic nephritis
- autoimmune kidney diseases
- chronic renal failure
- kidney transplantation
Education
2000 – Obtaining a specialization in general surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Ankara University
2003 – Obtaining a specialization in organ transplantation at Ohio State University
2004 – Graduation from the Faculty of Medicine of Ankara University, obtaining the ECFMG certificate (which grants the right to work as a doctor in the USA)
Work Experience
2003-2004 – Transplant surgeon in clinics in the USA
Since 2004 to the present – nephrologist-transplant surgeon in the Florence Nightingale network, head of the kidney transplantation department
