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Doç. Dr. Hakan Çakın

Associate professor at the Department of Neurosurgery · Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya
Associate professor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine (Antalya), since 2017. Specialises in neuro-oncology, neurovascular surgery, spinal surgery, and functional neurosurgery (DBS). Completed a series of EANS specialised courses — spine surgery (Barcelona, 2014), neurovascular surgery (Uppsala, 2015), neuro-oncology (Sofia, 2016), and functional neurosurgery (Vilnius, 2017). In 2024 he published a personalised 3D-printed cranioplasty technique in World Neurosurgery.
Specialties: Neurosurgery Oncology
25+
years of experience
50
publications
EANS×4
certificates
EANS certified ×4FENS memberTurkish Neurosurgical SocietyANSIAD 2019 winner
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU Russian · proficient
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professionally
ANTALYA · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • ★
    2024
    Personalised 3D-printed cranioplasty publication
    World Neurosurgery
    3D-printed mould technique for PMMA implants
  • ★
    2019
    ANSIAD 7th Business Idea Competition — winner
    ANSIAD (Antalya Entrepreneurs Association)
    Project on nano-biomaterial pedicle screws
  • 2014–2017
    EANS Training Course certificates ×4
    European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
    Barcelona, Uppsala, Sofia, Vilnius
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM

What Doç. Dr. Hakan Çakın does

Full-spectrum neurosurgery — from brain tumours to spinal surgery and functional neurosurgery.

  • 01
    Brain tumour surgery
    Including awake craniotomy for tumours in eloquent areas
    frequent
  • 02
    Neurovascular surgery
    Aneurysms, AVMs, cavernous angiomas, Moyamoya disease, cerebral bypasses
    frequent
  • 03
    Spinal surgery
    Disc herniations, fractures, scoliosis, listheses, Chiari malformation, syringomyelia
    frequent
  • 04
    Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
    Functional neurosurgery for movement disorders and epilepsy
    as indicated
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Key milestones in Doç. Çakın’s career.

2024
Publication in World Neurosurgery
Personalised 3D-printed cranioplasty technique.
2019
ANSIAD winner
Project on nano-biomaterial pedicle screws.
2017
Associate professor at the Department of Neurosurgery
Akdeniz University.
2014–2017
EANS Training Courses
4 certificates across neurosurgical subspecialties.
2015
Completed neurosurgery specialisation
Thesis on diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI in chronic subdural haematoma.
2000
MD
Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir.
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

50 publications, 24 international, 23 in SCI, 88 citations (per legacy CV).

  • 2021
    Expert Systems with Applications
    «Robust automated Parkinson disease detection based on voice signals with transfer learning»
    · co-author · 89 citations
  • 2020
    Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
    «Anatomo-radiological importance and the incidence of os odontoideum in Turkish subjects: a retrospective study»
    · co-author · 15 citations
  • 2019
    International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
    «Valproic acid effect on neural tube defects is not prevented by concomitant folic acid supplementation»
    · co-author · 10 citations
  • 2017
    World Neurosurgery
    «Smartphones and Programmable Shunts: Are These Indispensable Phones Safe and Smart?»
    · co-author · 8 citations
CLINIC

Where they practise

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Akdeniz University Hospital
The largest university hospital in Türkiye’s Mediterranean region. 218,348 m² of floor area, 33 specialised departments, 1,267 beds, 8 buildings. A global leader in transplantation — the world’s first uterus…
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