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Prof. Dr. Tekin Akpolat, MD

Professor of Nephrology · Liv Hospital Ulus
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tekin Akpolat is a nephrologist at Liv Hospital Ulus and Professor at İstinye University School of Medicine. Trained at Hacettepe University with a visiting fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, he held the chair of nephrology at Ondokuz Mayıs University for over a decade before joining Liv in 2013. His clinical and research focus spans chronic kidney disease, hypertension, dialysis, kidney transplantation, amyloidosis and Familial Mediterranean Fever, with 147 international articles and an h-index of 21.
30+
years in nephrology
147
international publications
21
h-index
Chronic Kidney DiseaseHypertensionDialysisKidney TransplantationFMF & AmyloidosisASN MemberERA-EDTA Member
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TR Turkish · native
EN English · advanced
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
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ISTANBUL · 06/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • 1999
    Medical Sciences Encouragement Award
    TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)
  • 1987
    Commendation, primary health care performance
  • 1979
    3rd nationally on Turkish university entrance exam
  • 1978
    International Mathematics Olympics participant
    Romania
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

1993-1994
Assistant Professor
Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine, Samsun
1994-2000
Associate Professor
Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine
2000-2012
Professor
Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine
2012
Industry role
Eczacıbaşı/Baxter RTS Renal A.Ş.
2013-2015
Professor
Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine
2013-present
Nephrologist
Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul
2016-present
Professor
İstinye University School of Medicine
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2004
    Rheumatol Int
    «Familial Mediterranean fever and glomerulonephritis and review of the literature»
    · co-author
  • 2011
    Pediatr Nephrol
    «Renal amyloidosis in children»
    · co-author
  • 2012
    Gene
    «Homozygous M694V as a risk factor for amyloidosis in Turkish FMF patients»
    · co-author
  • 2022
    Am J Hypertens
    «Does Blood Pressure Variability Affect Hypertension Development in Prehypertensive Patients?»
    · co-author
  • 2022
    Infection
    «COVID-19: vaccination vs. hospitalization»
    · co-author
  • 2023
    Am J Hypertens
    «The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Office, Home, and 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements»
    · co-author
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