Assoc. Prof. Ibrahim AKEL, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Spine Surgery - Izmir, Turkey

Professional experience

• 2007-2008: Worked at Hacettepe University Orthopedics and Traumatology Dep. as a senior specialist for 3 months
• 2008-2009: Accomplished obligatory government duty at Ankara Research and Training Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Dep. and Kecioren Occupational Diseases Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Division
• 2009: Director of Emergency Department at Kecioren Occupational Diseases Hospital
• 2009-2012: Working at Izmir Kent Hospital – Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit
• 2010 - : Working as a team director of a committee for Joint Commission International Accreditation of Izmir Kent Hospital
• 2011 - : Working as a team member of Kent Hospital’s Infectious Disease prevention committee

Research Grants, Awards, and Honors

Grants

• 1. Year: 2005 - 2010 - Effect of Calmodulin Antagonists on Scoliosis: Chick and C57BL6 mice    

A Comparison of the Melatonin and Calmodulin in Paravertebral

Muscle and Platelets of Patients with or Without Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

• 2. Year: 2010-2011 - Prevalence of untreated hip dislocation in Turkish children aged 6 months to 14 years.

Awards

1. September 2008 SRS meeting in Salt Lake City, USA. Russell A. Hibbs Award Nominee (first author) in the Basic Science category.
2. October 2008 8^th International Spine Congress in Cesme, Turkiye. Best basic science study (first author) award
3. November 2011 Best Pediatric Orthopedics Oral Presentation award in 22^nd National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress

Publications

Peer review articles

1. Transverse sacral fractures and concomitant late-diagnosed cauda equine syndrome:
2. Selective estrogen receptor modulation prevents scoliotic curve progression: radiologic and histomorphometric study on a bipedal C57Bl6 mice model.
3. Acetabular index values in healthy Turkish children between 6 months and 8 years of age: a cross-sectional radiological study. Authors' reply.
4. Safety and Efficacy of Instrumented Convex Growth Arrest in Treatment of Congenital Scoliosis.
5. Acetabular index values in healthy Turkish children between 6 months and 8 years of age: a cross-sectional radiological study.
6. Long-segment posterior instrumentation and fusion with freeze-dried allograft in congenital scoliosis.
7. Prevalence of untreated hip dislocation in Turkish children aged 6 months to 14 years.
8. Lumbopelvic fusion with a new fixation technique in lumbosacral agenesis: three cases
9. Is decreased bone mineral density associated with development of scoliosis? a bipedal osteopenic rat model
10. Residual Acetabular Dysplasia – Residual Acetabular Dysplasia-Natural History and Indication for Surgery
11. Use of Instrumentation in the Correction of Congenital Spinal Deformities
12. Comparison of the melatonin and calmodulin in Paravertebral muscle and platelets of patients with or without adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
13. Growth modulation in the management of growing spine deformities.
14. The effect of calmodulin antagonists on experimental scoliosis: a pinealectomized chicken model.
15. The effect of calmodulin antagonists on experimental scoliosis: a pinealectomized chicken model.
16. Evaluation of shoulder balance in the normal adolescent population and its correlation with radiological parameters.
17. Back Pain in Childhood, review article
18. Case Report: Revascularization and Orthopedic Treatment of A Child With Popliteal Artery Injury and Femur Fracture Resulting From Shotgun Trauma