Endocrinology Prof. Dr. Mehtap Çakır
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Prof. Dr. Mehtap Çakır is an endocrinologist at Acibadem Kent Hospital in Izmir, with 33+ years of experience.
She treats thyroid and metabolic disorders including hyperthyroidism, Graves disease, toxic nodular goiter, hypothyroidism, autoimmune thyroid disease, thyrotoxicosis, and thyroid carcinoma, as well as radiotherapy-induced hypopituitarism, pituitary tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, and bronchial carcinoid tumors. She offers consultations in Turkish and English and provides online video consultation.
About Prof. Dr. Mehtap Çakır
Prof. Dr. Mehtap Çakır is an endocrinologist with 33 years of experience. Her listed areas of expertise include pituitary tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, metabolic diseases, autoimmune thyroid disease, thyroid carcinoma, radiotherapy-induced hypopituitarism, bronchial carcinoid tumors, and thyrotoxicosis.
Prof. Dr. Çakır graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. She completed Internal Medicine at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1999 and Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine in 2003. She was a Research Assistant at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine from 1994 to 1999 and at Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine from 2000 to 2003. Prof. Dr. Çakır was an Honorary Research Fellow at St. Bart’s and the London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept. Of Endocrinology, London, England, from 2007 to 2008.
She was at Konya Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases from 2008 to 2012. Prof. Dr. Çakır was at Private Kent Hospital from 2012 to 2022 and joined Acibadem Health Group in 2023. She practises at Acibadem Kent Hospital in İzmir, Türkiye.
The profile lists 6 professional bodies, among them the European Society of Endocrinology, the American Endocrine Society, and the European Thyroid Association. The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2007 and 2018. Their subjects include thyroid conditions, radiotherapy-induced hypopituitarism, and somatostatin receptor biology in neuroendocrine and pituitary tumors.
Prof. Dr. Çakır speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with her before travelling.
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Education
- 2003Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
- 1999Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Internal Medicine
- 1993Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2023Acibadem Health Group
- 2020Acibadem Health Group
- 2012–2022Private Kent Hospital
- 2008–2012Konya Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
- 2007–2008St. Bart’s and the London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept. Of Endocrinology, Honorary Research Fellow, London, England
- 2005–2007Konya Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
- 2000–2003Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine / Dr. Research Assistant
- 1994–1999Ankara University Faculty of Medicine / Research Assistant
- 1993–1994Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital / Research Assistant
Professional Memberships
- European Thyroid Journal Editorial Board (Official publication of the European Thyroid Association, 2023 – )
- Editorial Board of Endocrinology Research and Clinical Practice (Official publication of the Turkish Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022 – )
- European Society of Endocrinology (2007 – )
- Turkish Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (2000 – )
- American Endocrine Society (2007 – )
- European Thyroid Association (2008 – )
Selected Publications
- Comparison of cardiac arrhythmia types between hyperthyroid patients with Graves? disease and toxic nodular goiter. Turan E, Can I, Turan Y, Uyar M, Cakir M. Acta Endocrinologica 2018;14:324-329.
- The effect of hypothyroidism on color contrast sensitivity: A prospective study. Eur Thyroid J 2015;4:43-47. Cakir M, Ozturk BT, Turan E, Gonulalan G, Polat I, Gunduz K.
- Radiotherapy-induced hypopituitarism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: the tip of an iceberg. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diab 2015;123:411-418. İpekci SH, Cakir M, Kıyıcı A, Koc A, Artac M.
- Serum CXCL10 levels and neuromuscular manifestations in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases. Autoimmunity 2011;44:496-503. Cakir M, Levendoglu F, Kiyici A, Coskun Y.
- The molecular pathogenesis and management of bronchial carcinoids. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2011;15:457-491. Cakir M, Grossman AB.
- Somatostatin receptor biology in neuroendocrine and pituitary tumors: part 1: molecular pathways. J Cell Mol Med 2010;14:2570-2584. Cakir M, Dworakowska D, Grossman AB
- Somatostatin receptor biology in neuroendocrine and pituitary tumors: part 2: clinical implications. J Cell Mol Med 2010;14:2585-2591. Cakir M, Dworakowska D, Grossman AB.
- Differential Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism. Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments Series. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, 2010. Cakir M.
- Targeting MAPK (Ras/ERK) and PI3K/Akt pathways in pituitary tumorigenesis. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2009;13:1121-1134. Cakir M, Grossman AB.
- Incidental thyroid carcinoma in thyrotoxic patients treated by surgery. Horm Res 2007;67:96-99. Cakir M, Arici C, Alakus H, Altunbas H, Balci MK, Karayalcin U.
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