Spec. MD. Çiğdem Akalan

Education and Specialisation

• 2002–2008 Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine Bachelor’s degree
• 2011–2017 Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialist Training in Medicine
• 2017 Postgraduate Thesis: A Comparison of the Coombs Gel Test, ELISA and STA Tests Used in the Serological Diagnosis of Brucellosis Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr Serpil EROL

Experience

• 2026 Medical Park Göztepe
• September 2025 – Private Practice
• 2023 – September 2025 – Medical Park Göztepe Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 2021 – 2023 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 2017 – 2021 Sancaktepe Martyr Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 2011 – 2017 Istanbul Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Research Assistant
• 2008 – 2011 Kastamonu State Hospital, General Practitioner

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK)
• Turkish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialists (EKMUD)

Courses and Certificates

• Infection Control Medicine Certificate Programme
• HIV/AIDS Course: Patient Management at the First Stage
• Occupational Medicine Certification Course
• Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Certification Course

Studies published in international peer-reviewed journals

• Senbayrak S, Ozyurek SC, Barkay O, Akalan Kuyumcu C, Aker F. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis originating from breast cancer. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(3):133–136.     DOI:10.5799/ahinjs.02.2015.03.0192.
  

Studies published in national peer-reviewed journals

• , Kuşkucu Ma, Midilli K, Aytekin S, Güneş P. An    Unusual Case of Orf with Erythema Multiforme and Vesiculo-bullous Lesions, Following Eid al-Adhamjima. Mediterranean Journal of Infection Microbes and Antimicrobials (MJIMA).  2019-0013. R2. DOI: 10.4274/mjima.galenos.2019.2019.21
  
• Akalan Kuyumcu Ç, Erol S, Adaleti R, Şenbayrak S, Deniz S, Barkay O. Comparison of the Coombs Gel Test with ELISA and Standard Tube Agglutination Tests Used in the Serological Diagnosis of Brucellosis. Infect Dis Clin Microbiol 2020; 2(1). DOI:10.36519/idcm.2019.0024
  
• Batırel A, Tekin S, Batırel H, Akalan Kuyumcu Ç, Bakan N. The effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine versus hydroxychloroquine plus lopinavir/ritonavir therapy in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials (MJIMA). 2020-0057.R1. DOI: 10.4274/mjima.galenos.2021.2020.8
  

Papers presented at international scientific conferences and published in conference proceedings

• Senbayrak Akcay S, Ozyurek S, Inan A, Akalan Kuyumcu C, Barkay O, Erol S. Successful treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria recrudescence with the same drug despite previous treatment failure. eP581, 24th ECCMID 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 10–13 May 2014.
• C. Akalan Kuyumcu, S. Erol, S. Senbayrak, M. Kuskucu, K. Midilli, S. Aytekin, P. Güneş. An unusual ORF case with erythema multiforme and vesiculo-bullous lesions Abstract Authors. 26th ECCMID Congress, the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 9–12 April 2016. Presentation Number: EV0083
  

Papers presented at national scientific meetings and published in proceedings

• Barkay O, İçel I, Akalan Kuyumcu Ç, Erol S, Şenbayrak Akçay S, Çobanoğlu N. A subcutaneous abscess caused by Kocuria varians. PS249, 5th Turkish EKMUD Congress, 21–25 May 2014, Antalya.
• Çiğdem Akalan Kuyumcu, Serpil Erol, İmran İçel Yıldırım, Derya Öztürk Engin, Seyfi Çelik Özyürek, Seniha Şenbayrak, Metin Orakdöğen. Spinal Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report. PS-2266. 2016 Turkish EKMUD Congress, 11–15 May 2016, Antalya.
• Çiğdem Akalan Kuyumcu, Hesna Tak, Ergenekon Karagöz. A Case of Bilateral Tuberculous Salpingitis Complicated by Infertility. PS-068, 7th EKMUD International Congress 2018, 8–13 May 2018, Antalya.
• Çiğdem Akalan Kuyumcu, Saim Yüksel, Ayşe Şabablı Çetin. Preventable Diseases on the Rise Due to Migration: A Case of Tetanus. PS-250, 7th EKMUD Scientific Platform ‘International Congress’, 3–7 April 2019, Antalya.
  

Chapter authorship in books published by international publishers

• Akalan Kuyumcu Ç. General Information on COVID-19. COVID-19 and the Transformation into a Pandemic Hospital, N Yiyit, Bakan N, Güven Ş, Uğur M, Demir S, Temiz SG. (Eds) (pp. 29–32), Nobel Medical Publishers 2020, Istanbul.
• Akalan Kuyumcu Ç. Hospital-Acquired Infections, Internal Medicine with Current Guidelines, Çifci A, Dal MS, Demir ME, Tanoğlu A, Keşkek ŞÖ (Eds) (pp. 3017–3026), Hippocrates Publishing 2022, Ankara