Cem Akin

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Michigan, United States of America

Cem Akin

Academic positions:
- Physician scientist at University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

All industry positions (in last five years):
- None declared

Research interests:
- Anaphylaxis, mastocytosis, mast cell and eosinophil disorders, urticaria, angioedema, immunodeficiency, clinical protocols, hematopoiesis, tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Any other information:
- Vice chair of the AAAAI Mast Cell Disorders Task Force
- Medical advisor to the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis, as well as various patient support organizations
- Contributor to the World Health Organization's classification and diagnostic criteria of mastocytosis
- Fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
- PhD in Microbiology and Immunology and Residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville
- MD from Istanbul University

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology > Clinical Immunology (since 30 July 2007)

Links

http://www2.med.umich.edu/departments/internalmedicine/index.cfm?fuseaction=intmed.facultyBio&individual_id=113625

All recent recommendations

• 6.5
  Treatment of patients with the hypereosinophilic syndrome with mepolizumab.
  Recommended by Michel Goldman, Cem Akin with Anna Kovalszki, Lindy Fox
  
• 6.0
  Platelet-activating factor, PAF acetylhydrolase, and severe anaphylaxis.
  Recommended by Cem Akin with Anna Kovalszki
  
• 3.0
  Basophils are essential initiators of a novel type of chronic allergic inflammation.
  Recommended by Cem Akin