Assoc. Prof. AKİF ENES ARIKAN

Biography

General Surgery Specialist since 2016. After being specialist I worked in same hospital for 5 months and worked as general surgeon at Horasan State Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey between 2017 to 2018 in context of Obligatory Governmental Duty. With completion of obligatory governmental duty appointed as staff surgeon in Private Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey since 2018. In the same year gained position of assistant professor in Acibadem University, School of Medicine. He gained associate professor degree in 2023. He is interested especially in fields of "Breast Surgery", "Endocrine Surgery", and "Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery". Visited as clinical and research exchange to Insubria University, Department of General Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery, Milan, Italy for 2 months, between January to March 2016 under supervision of Gianlorenzo Dionigi. Currently Executive Recipient of Turkish Board of Surgery Qualification in 2016. Holding Associate Professor of Surgery degree since 2023. Currently member of Fellow of American College of Surgeons, Turkish Surgical Association (TSA), Turkish Association of Endocrine Surgery (TAES), European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES), Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APSTS). Acted as chair of Turkish Surgical Association's Resident Committee between 2014-2016. Acted as Vice President of Turkish Young Doctors' Association between (TYDA) 2014-2017 and auditing board member of TYDA between 207-2019. Currently an executive Board Member of Turkish Association of Endocrine Surgery, Adrenal Working Group.