Faculty of Medicine

Academic Members

Prof. Murat Timur Akçam

Prof.
Murat Timur Akçam

Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları

I graduated from Gülhane Military Medical School in 1992. Afterwards trained in the department of otorhinolaryngology in Ankara Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) and doing the thesis on “sleep quality of the patients with sleep apnea and snoring and the role of upper airway anatomy on the physiopathalogy of obstructive sleep apnea”, became specialist in 1998. After working in Diyarbakır Military Hospital for a while, I became assistant professor in GATA in 2000. Working together with Prof.Dr. Ted Cook and Prof.Dr. Tom Wang, I trained in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in Oregon Health and Science University for one year between 2003-2004. I became associate profesor in 2006. After working in Tatvan Military Hospital for a while, I became a faculty member in GATA Medical School. In 2015, l retired from army at my own request. Afterwards, I begun to work in Ankara Medicalpark Hospital. In 2018, I became a faculty member in İstinye University Medical School and since that time I have been working in Istinye University Bahçeşehir Liv Hospital. I can speak English in advanced level and Spanish in medium level.

Araştırma Alanları

  • Uyku apnesi
  • Horlama
  • Estetik burun cerrahisi
  • Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları

Çalışma Alanları

  • Sağlık Bilimleri Temel Alanı
  • Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları
  • A tertiary center experience with velopharyngeal surgical techniques for treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, 2017
  • Giant antrochoanal polyp presenting as oropharyngeal mass, 2017
  • A new surgical technique versus an old marker: can expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty reduce C-reactive protein levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?, 2017
  • Patient satisfaction with new surgical treatments for snoring and obstructivesleep apnea, 2017
  • Endoscopy-assisted Coblation for nasopharyngeal stenosis: A report of 2 cases., 2017
  • A tertiary center experience with velopharyngeal surgical techniques for treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea., 2017
  • Various combinations of velopharyngeal and hypopharyngeal surgical procedures for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: Single-stage, multilevel surgery., 2017
  • Birinci Basamak Cep Kitabı, ISBN: , 2017