Ayşen Akıncı

Born in Istanbul in 1961. After finishing Ankara Science High School, entered Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine and graduated as a medical doctor in 1985. Following 2 years of compulsory service, specialty training began in 1987 at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the same university. Between 1989 and 1991, rheumatology training was received at the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia in the United States. Dr. Akıncı obtained the title of Associate Professor in 1995 and was appointed Professor in 2002. The “PMR European Board” certificate was obtained in 2000, and in 2005 the title of “European Board
Trainer,” an educator recognized by the European Board. The ‘European Board Certificate’ and ‘European Board Trainer’ certificates were renewed in 2010. The right to subspecialty in algology (pain medicine) was obtained in 2011. Dr. Akıncı served as coordinator of Year V at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine between 1998 and 2006 and currently serves as Head of the Department of PMR at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine.

Serves on the advisory boards of many national and international journals. Served as managing editor of the journal “Rheumatology and Medical Rehabilitation” between 1995 and 2003. Served as General Secretary of the ‘Turkish League Against Rheumatism’ between 2008 and 2013 and as its president between 2013 and 2015. Served as president of the Turkish Rheumatology Federation between 2016 and 2017. Dr. Akıncı is a member of the ‘American College of Rheumatology (ACR)’ and of national and international societies in rheumatology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and osteoporosis. Board member of the TURTK-MUS Multidisciplinary Ultrasound Society. Currently active on the editorial boards of the Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology and EMJ Rheumatology. Turkish representative of the UEMS Rheumatology section since 2013. Dr. Akıncı has more than 140 national and international publications and more than 150 citations.

Special areas of interest are rheumatological problems, particularly ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia syndrome and soft tissue rheumatism, osteoarthritis, neuropathic pain, osteoporosis, and low back and neck pain.