Yamac Akgun, MD

Assistant Director, Transfusion Medicine

Attending Physician

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Yamac Akgun is an Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine and an Attending Physician in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His major areas of research are therapeutic apheresis, plasma exchange, autoimmune diseases and cellular therapy.

Education

Medical School

Trinity School of Medicine

Residency

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Clinical Pathology Residency

Fellowship

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Molecular Genetics Pathology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Transfusion Medicine

Accomplishments

Certifications

American Board of Pathology: Clinical Pathology, Molecular Genetics Pathology, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine

Professional Memberships

College of American Pathologists (CAP)
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)
Florida Society of Pathologists (FSP)
Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC)

Awards

Recipient of O-1, Individual with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement (Visa given by United States government for contributions to the field of Clinical Pathology 2023)
Blue Ribbon Finalist, Case Study Category (ASCP 2022)
ASCP Scholarship Committee Travel Grant Recipient (ASCP 2022 Annual Meeting)
Chief Resident Honor Award (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)

Publications

Akgun Y. Bortezomib may be an effective treatment for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease. Medical Hypotheses. 2022 Volume 168,110972.

Akgun I, Unlu MC, Erdal OA, Ogut T, Erturk M, Ovali E, Kantarci F, Caliskan G, Akgun Y. Matrix-induced autologous mesenchymal stem cell implantation versus matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation in the treatment of chondral defects of the knee: a 2-year randomized study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2015 Feb; 135(2):251-63. PMID: 25548122

Baykara Y, Hacking SM, Akgun Y. Granulocyte products: An ongoing mystery. Transfusion. 2022 Jul;62(7):1464-1465. PMID: 35815727

Akgun Y, Langlie J, Huberman MA, Wu Y. Therapeutic plasma exchange in a patient with acute motor axonal neuropathy subtype of Guillain-Barre syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Apher. 2022 Aug;37(4):405-410. PMID: 35218244

Baykara Y, Pepkowitz S.H, Akgun Y. The pro-B-type natriuretic peptide dilemma in hematopoietic progenitor cell collection. J Clin Apher. 2022 Nov 12. doi: 10.1002/jca.22031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36370041.

PubMed Link

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