Anesthesiology Prof. Dr. Mert Akan
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Prof. Dr. Mert Akan is an Anesthesiology specialist at Acibadem Kent Hospital in İzmir with 33+ years of experience.
He focuses on anesthesia management, intensive care management, advanced life support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, critical care nutrition, pulmonary critical care, clinical toxicology, and acute poisoning. He consults in Turkish and English and offers online video consultation.
About Prof. Dr. Mert Akan
Prof. Dr. Mert Akan is an anesthesiologist with 33 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include enteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition, advanced life support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, clinical toxicology, acute poisoning, intensive care management and anesthesia management.
Prof. Dr. Akan graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. He completed Anesthesiology and Reanimation in 1999 and Medical Specialty Board Intensive Care in 2012. He was an Assistant Dr. at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation from 1993 to 1999. He was a Specialist Dr. at Dokuz Eylul UTF Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation from 1999 to 2006, and an Assistant Assoc. Dr. there from 2006 to 2012.
From 2012 to 2015, he was an Assist. Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Dokuz Eylul UTF Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Intensive Care Unit. Prof. Dr. Akan joined Acibadem Health Group in 2023. He practises at Acibadem Kent Hospital in İzmir, Türkiye.
The profile lists 8 professional bodies, among them the European Respiratory Society, the Society of Clinical Toxicology and the Clinical Enteral Parenteral Nutrition Association (KEPAN).
Prof. Dr. Akan speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with him before travelling.
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Education
- 2012Medical Specialty Board Intensive Care
- 1999Anesthesiology and Reanimation
- 1993Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2023Acibadem Health Group
- 2012–2015Dokuz Eylul UTF Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Intensive Care Unit / Assist. Assoc. Prof. Dr.
- 2006–2012Dokuz Eylul UTF Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Assistant Assoc. Dr.
- 1999–2006Dokuz Eylul UTF Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Specialist Dr.
- 1999Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital / Specialist Dr.
- 1993–1999Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation / Assistant Dr.
Professional Memberships
- Izmir Medical Chamber Resuscitation Association
- Clinical Enteral Parenteral Nutrition Association (KEPAN)
- Turkish Thoracic Society
- Anesthesia and Reanimation Specialists Association
- Turkish Intensive Care Association
- Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (TARD)
- Society of Clinical Toxicology
- European Respiratory Society
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