Associate Professor Dr Akın Torun

Akın Torun was born in Kırşehir in 1992. After graduating from medical school in 2016, he completed his specialist training in cardiology and has worked primarily in the field of interventional cardiology.

In addition to his clinical practice, he conducts research into athlete health and performance physiology; acts as a performance consultant for various national teams; and serves as the first-team doctor in the Football Super League. He continues his academic work as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Atlas University.

His main areas of interest are cardiovascular diseases, athletic performance assessments, preventive medicine and longevity practices. He is one of the few doctors in Europe who continues to carry out research in this field using a multidisciplinary approach that combines cardiology with sports medicine.

There are numerous scientific publications, academic studies and research projects at both national and international levels in the fields of cardiology and sports medicine.

Areas of medical interest:

• Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Diseases
• Sports Cardiology and Performance Medicine
• Heart Valve Diseases, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Disorders
• Athletes’ Athletic Performance Assessment and Development
• Healthy Living and Preventive Medicine, Longevity Programme

Education:

• Yalova Fen Lisesi
• Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
• Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine
• Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University

Experience:

• Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine Hospital
• Sultan Abdulhamid II Han Education and Research Hospital (GATA)
• Bahçeşehir University Göztepe Medical Park Hospital
• Liv Hospital Vadistanbul

Selected Research and Publications 

• Torun A, Sari S, Cinar A, Cetinkaya T, Yildiz S, El Mounjali R, Kanar B. A Comparative Study Among Elite Female Volleyball Players and the General Population: Are All Valvular Regurgitations Benign? Cureus. 2025 May 18;17(5):e84344. doi: 10.7759/cureus.84344. PMID: 40535394; PMCID: PMC12174819.
• Torun A. Is the "Rest" Truly Rest? Cardiovascular Considerations of Blood Flow Restriction Applied During Recovery Periods in HIIT. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2026 Apr 2. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000004000. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41931831.
• Torun A. Role of Resistance Exercise in Cardiology. Anatol J Cardiol. Published online February 5, 2024. doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2023.4073
• Torun A, Erdem A, Doğan S, et al. Comparison of the effects of resistance, aerobic and mixed exercise on athlete's heart. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2024;64(1):88-93. doi:10.23736/S0022-4707.23.15446-6
• Torun A, Kilic S, Uzun M, Simsek U, Aslan GY, Kahraman G. Evaluation of high altitude training camps with heart rate recovery and heart rate variability analysis: beneficial effect in elite swimmers. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2024;64(10):1026-1030. doi:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.15927-0
• Torun A. Carotid intima media thickness as a marker of increased cardiovascular risk due to androgenic anabolic steroids in male bodybuilders. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2024;64(9):978. doi:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.16114-2
• Torun A, Kılıç Ş, Asal S, et al. Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan and Dapagliflozin on Cardiac Function and Exercise Capacity in Rats. The Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan and Dapagliflozin on Cardiac Functions and Exercise Capacity in Rats. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2025;53(1):13-21. doi:10.5543/tkda.2024.74353
• Torun A, Bildirici U. Interventional Treatment Options for the Prevention of Amputation in Patients With Lower Extremity Wounds From Peripheral Arterial Disease. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024;51(1):e238240. doi:10.14503/THIJ-23-8240
• Torun A, Erdem A, Kılıç Ş, Çetinkaya FB, Çamkıran V, Orhan AL. The Effect of Night Shifts on Blood Pressure in Healthcare Workers. The Effect of Night Shifts on Blood Pressure in Healthcare Workers. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2024;52(4):269-273. doi:10.5543/tkda.2024.55484
• Torun A, et al. Long-Term Observational Study of Isolated Ostial Diagonal Stenosis in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome. A Long-Term Observational Study of Isolated Ostial Diagonal Stenosis in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome. 2023;51(5):314–321. doi:10.5543/tkda.2023.74422
• Torun A, et al. Alternative Occlusion Method with Handmade Umbrella in Renal Artery Perforation. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2023;39(4):654-657. doi:10.6515/ACS.202307_39(4).20230416A
• TORUN, Akın, et al. "Predictors of Long-Term Mortality in Patients Hospitalised with Low Ejection Fraction Heart Failure: A Single-Centre Experience." MN Cardiology/MN Kardiyoloji 29.3 (2022).
• Erdem, A., Torun, A., Kılıç, Ş., Cinar, T., Uzun, M., & Orhan, A. L. (2024). Inadvertent misplacement of pacemaker lead presented with acute ischemic stroke. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 47(4), 558-560.
• Torun, Akın. "Reply to Letter to the Editor:“Optimization of the Post-Rehabilitation Process Heart Surgery: Our New Proposal Physiotherapy Record”." Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 28.9 (2024): 464.
• Oguz, M., & Torun, A. (2023). Prognostic Value of Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index in Predicting Premature Saphenous Vein Graft Disease in Patients With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Cureus, 15(8).
• Torun, Akin, et al. "Aortic Origin Coronary Artery Anomalies: A Case Series." Cureus 16.4 (2024).
• Torun, Akin, et al. "Successful treatment of pulmonary hypertension with macitentan in a patient with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome." Polish Heart Journal (Kardiologia Polska) 81.3 (2023): 300-301.
• Torun, Akın, et al. "Balloon embolization of bronchial artery: a new technique in massive hemoptysis." J Cardiol Cardiovasc Surg 2.4 (2024): 67-71.
• Torun, Akın, et al. "Complete Atrioventricular Block Due to Atrioventricular Node Invasion in a Malignant Melanoma Patient." Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 28.2 (2024): E-7.
• TORUN, Akın, et al. "An Anatomically Single but Physiologically Dual Sinoatrial Node Observed in Elite Athletes as a Result of High Vagal Tone." MN Cardiology/MN Kardiyoloji 31.4 (2024).
• Torun, Akın, et al. "Changes in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Predisposition to Arrhythmia in Migraine Patients." Changes 2.2 (2024): 43-46.
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Memberships:

• European Football League Medical Committee
• Chair of the Sports Cardiology Working Group of the Cardiovascular Academy Association
• Membership of the Turkish Society of Cardiology’s Sports Cardiology Working Group

Awards:

• First Prize in the Cardiology Nobel Awards