Assoc. Prof. Çetin Kürşad AKPINAR
Department of Neurology
Education: Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine (2007). Uluborlu State Hospital (2008). Ondokuz Mayıs University Neurology Residency (2013). Vezirköprü State Hospital Neurology Specialization (2015). Samsun Training and Research Hospital Neurology Specialization (2017). Health Sciences University Neurology Assistant Professor (2021) Samsun University Neurology Associate Professor (2022).
Research Areas: Acute stroke diagnosis and treatment, techniques in endovascular treatment of acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion, vessel opening rates of new generation clot retrieval devices, endovascular approach to acute stroke patients with direct carotid puncture, emboli sparing techniques in carotid stenting patients, treatment of status epilepticus, GON blockade in migraine headache current study and research topics include neurological symptoms in COVID-19 patients, mechanical thrombectomy in COVID-19 patients with acute ischemic stroke, ischemic stroke subtype frequency in large vessel occlusions.
Selected Studies: "The effect of clinical autonomic dysfunction on cognition in Parkinson's disease patients" (2016), "Tolosa Hunt syndrome: Cranial imaging findings" (2017), "Familial restless legs syndrome" (2017), "ADVANCE technique in acute stroke treatment" (2017), "Carotid stenting approach in tandem occlusion" (2017), "Clinical outcome in anemic patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing mechanical thrombectomy" (2018), "Direct carotid artery puncture: A salvage mechanical thrombectomy strategy in acute stroke patients" (2020), "VEMP outcomes in patients with migrainous vertigo" (2020), "First pass rates of the Neva thrombectomy device" (2021), "Evaluation of P wave dispersion in COVID 19 patients" (2021).