September 9, 2008 I. PERSONAL Akin Tekin, M.D. Office Phone:(305) 355-5006 Academic Rank: Assistant Professor Department of Surgery Citizenship: Turkey II. HIGHER EDUCATION Institutional October 1986- July 1993 Non-Institutional January 2006-Present June 2000-June 2005 August 1998- June 2000 University of Hacettepe School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Ankara, Turkey Fellow-Liver/GI Transplant General Surgery Residency PGY 1-5 HouseStaff Officer- Liver/GI Transplant October 1994- August 1998 Heybeliada State Hospital, Chest Disease and Surgery Center Resident-General Thoracic Surgery Istanbul, Turkey Certification, Licensure Florida Medical License January 2008 III. EXPERIENCE
Academic September 2008- Present Assistant Professor, Division of Liver/GI Transplant DeWitt Daughtry Department of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Hospital Appointments October 1994- August 1998 Heybeliada State Hospital, Chest Disease and Surgery Center Resident-General Thoracic Surgery Istanbul, Turkey January 1994- September 1994 Izmit State Hospital- Hereke Primary Care Center General Practioner Izmit, Turkey IV. PUBLICATIONS Books and Monographs In eds Blackbourne,A.Tekin,Advanced Surgical Recall 2 nd edition,philadelphia:lippincott,williams and Wilkins,2004 Juried or refereed journal articles HH.Haider, S.Nishida, G.Selvaggi, D.Levi, A.Tekin, JI.Moon, AG.Tzakis Alveolar Echinococcosis Induced Liver Failure: Salvage by Liver Transplantation In An Otherwise Uniformly Fatal Disease Clinical Transplantation 23, April 2008 K.Fukazawa, S.Nishida, A.Tekin, A.Maki, E.Island, A.Tzakis, Rescue of Complete Acute Portal Vein Occlusion with Doppler Ultrasound Findings after Liver Transplantation, Transplantation, 85-5,March 2008 A.Tekin. A burn Mass casualty event due to boiler room explosion on a cruise ship: Preparedness and Outcomes, The American Surgeon,71(1):210-215 T.Kato,S.Tamura,A.Tekin,N.Yamashiki,T.Seki,M.Berho,D.Weppler,N.Izumi,D. Levi,F.Khan,A.Pinna,J.Nery,A.Tzakis,Use of microwave coagulation therapy in liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary report,transplantation Proceedings,33(1,2):1469,February-March 2001 S.Halezeroglu,A.Tekin,A.Kosar,B.Arman,A survey analysis of thoracic surgeons in Turkey on mediastinal investigation of lung cancer,lung Cancer,19:191-196,1998
H.Kiral,C.Senol,M.Celik,A.Uysal,A.Tekin,Z.Yalcin,B.Arman,Results in the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse malign pleural mesothelioma,turkish journal of Pulmonary Disease V. PROFESSIONAL Honors and Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2005 Miller School of Medicine/University of Miami 2005 Outstanding Teaching House staff Award. University of Miami George Paff Award 2004 Excellence in Medical Education. South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 2003 Second Prize in Surgical Research University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center The Ellen Whiteside McDonnell Education Award 2003 Residency Entrance Examination, Ankara, Turkey Passed Examination ranking in the top 1% out of 20,000 physicians.1994 Nationwide University Entrance Examination, Ankara, Turkey Passed ranking in the top 0.5% out of 500,000 applicants and was awarded a Federal Government Scholarship for seven years. 1986 Other Professional Activities Werviston De Faria, Nicholas Pararas, Panagiotis Tryphonopoulos, A.Tekin, Hidenori Takahashi, Jamie Ramirez, Sergio Santiago, Asimina Manta, Donna Avison, George Attia, Seigo Nishida, Fuller Bazer, Phillip Ruiz, Andreas Tzakis Uterus Transplantation In porcine Model Presented in American Transplant Congress June 2008, Toronto, Canada A.Tekin Contemporaneous Liver and Orthotopic Kidney Transplantation Presented in American Transplant Congress June 2008, Toronto, Canada
Tekin, A. New Graft for Low Friction Tunneling in Vascular Access Surgery. Presented at the 15 th Annual Fellow, Resident, and Medical Student Surgical Research Forum Paper Presentations, April 2004, Miami, Florida. Tekin, A. A Burn Mass Casualty Event Due to Boiler Room Explosion on a Cruise Ship: Preparedness and Outcomes. Presented at the Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Courses, February 2004, Atlanta, Georgia. Tekin, A. Correlation of a New Method of Measuring Peripheral Arterial Compliance with Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Profile. Presented at the Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting, June 2003, Key Biscayne, Florida. Tekin, A. Correlation of a New Method of Measuring Peripheral Arterial Compliance with Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Profile. Presented at the 14 th Annual Fellow, Resident, and Medical Student Surgical Research Forum Paper Presentations, May 2003, Miami, Florida. VII. Service Community Activities 2008 American Transplant Congress, Toronto, Canada