Barış Akin

Barış Akin is a Turkish general surgeon and academic specializing in kidney and pancreas transplantation. He served as a professor of General Surgery and the director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Florence Nightingale Hospital. He is an instructor for the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) and has served as the Chair of the European Kidney Transplant Association (EKITA) from 2023 to 2025.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Akin graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and completed his general surgery residency in 2000. Between 2001 and 2004, he concluded a transplant surgery fellowship at Ohio State University and received certification from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.[6][7]

Clinical career

Akin was awarded the “Young Researcher Award” at the American Transplant Congress in 2004. He was involved Turkey's first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy and robotic retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy. Akin utilizes the Harp DN (hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic donor nephrectomy) method and has published clinical outcomes based on a series of over 1,300 donor cases.[8][9][10]

Academic and International Roles

Akin has assisted in establishing kidney transplant programs at hospitals in Azerbaijan, Albania, Spain, Scotland and Egypt.[11][12][13] He also implemented the PIN Kidney Paired Exchange Program to facilitate transplants for ABO-incompatible couples.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Barış Akın – Specialization: Kidney Transplantation".
  2. ↑ "Barış Akin, M.D. – Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals". Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Emin Baris Akin • ESOT". Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  4. ↑ Habertürk (2019-11-19). "Bir organ nakli sadece ameliyattan ibaret değildir | Sağlık Haberleri". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Üç günde üç karaciğer nakli, üç başarı". SABAH.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Baris Akin – Allgemeinchirurg, Türkei: Online-Beratung, Terminvereinbarung, Bewertungen | MediGence". medigence.com. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  7. ↑ Akin, Prof Dr Barış (2017-08-21). "Prof.Dr.Barış AKIN". diyaliznet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  8. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Barış AKİN". EnHealHub. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  9. ↑ "The Surgical Innovations of Dr. Barış Akin". Mediamatic (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  10. ↑ "Böbrek naklinde yeni teknik | NTV Haber". NTV.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  11. ↑ Sinangil, Ayse; Celik, Vedat; Barlas, Soykan; Koc, Yener; Basturk, Taner; Sakaci, Tamer; Akin, Emin Baris; Ecder, Tevfik (2017). "The incidence of new onset diabetes after transplantation and related factors: Single center experience". Nefrología. 37 (2): 181–188. doi:10.1016/j.nefro.2016.11.022. PMID 28262264.
  12. ↑ Ortiz, Fernanda; Marson, Lorna P.; Thomas, Rachel; Kousios, Andreas; Rista, Elvana; Lefaucheur, Carmen; Cimen, Sanem; Cucchiari, David; Zaza, Gianluigi; Furian, Lucrezia; Akin, Baris (2025-02-26). "Evaluating risk in kidney living donors". Transplant International. 38 14024. doi:10.3389/ti.2025.14024. ISSN 0934-0874. PMC 11896807. PMID 40078501.
  13. ↑ "Türkiye'nin böbrek nakli tecrübesi Mısır'da düzenlenen kongrede paylaşıldı". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  14. ↑ "ResearchGate: Barış Akin".
  15. ↑ Rista, Elvana; Spasovski, Goce; Rebic, Damir; Lausevic, Mirjana; Radunovic, Danilo; Godanci, Vjollca; Strakosha, Ariana; Idrizi, Alma; Saliaj, Kristi; Akin, Emin Baris; Stojanovic, Jelena; Ortiz, Fernanda; Lefaucheur, Carmen; Potena, Luciano; Chatzixiros, Efstratios (2026). "Kidney Transplantation in Western Balkans: A Regional Blueprint for Access, Capacity, and Equity". Transplant International. 39 15952. doi:10.3389/ti.2026.15952. ISSN 1432-2277. PMC 13023137. PMID 41909449.
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