Prof. Dr.
Yiğit AKIN/Urooncology Coordinator

He was born in Izmir. After graduating from Ege University Faculty of Medicine, he completed his residency at Akdeniz University.
In 2012, he was appointed as Asst. Prof. Dr. at Erzincan University Faculty of Medicine. In 2013-2014, he received training on Robotic Urology, Laparoscopy, Laser, Urological Cancers at Heidelberg University Klinikum Heilbronn.
In 2013, he was appointed to Harran University Faculty of Medicine as Asst. Assoc. In 2015, he received the title of "Associate Professor Doctor" and in 2020 he received the title of "Professor Doctor" at Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine.

He is the first person in the world literature to perform extrapertioneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (closed prostate cancer surgery) operations performed without entering the abdomen through only 3 holes and introduced it to the whole world.
The closed method of prostate cancer surgery he developed has so far healed over 1200 patients.

Click on the link to access the publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Yigit+akin

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