Akin Cil, M.D., MBA
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery / Rex L. Diveley Endowed Chair
School of Medicine
- University Health Truman Medical Center/Lakewood
Biography
Dr. Akin Cil received his medical training at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey. Dr. Cil then emigrated to the United States where he completed the Adult Reconstructive Fellowship at Baylor University, the Upper Extremity Reconstructive Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship at Harvard before joining the faculty at UMKC in 2008. In 2012 Dr. Cil was named the Franklin D. Dickson/Missouri Endowed Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Research because of his collaborative research with colleagues in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering in UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering.
Leadership
- ASES Research Committee member
- ASES Political Action Committee member
- ASES Multicenter Study Committee Co-Chair
- University Health Medical Staff President
- Board Member University Health Physicians
- Board Member University Health
Professional Organization
- Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
- Active member, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Hobbies
Hiking with my dogs, road and mountain biking, reading mystery novels, travelling
Sub-Specialty
- Shoulder and Elbow
Education and Training
- Medical School: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye
- Residency::Hacettepe University Department of Orthopaedics, Ankara, Turkiye
- Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx: Lower extremity reconstruction
- Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: Shoulder and Elbow
- Fellowship: Harvard, Boston, MA: Pediatric sports
Research Interests
- Elbow trauma, shoulder arthroplasty, AI in orthopedics, advocacy