“Mast Cell Disorders: Challenges and Advances in Diagnosis and Management”

Made possible by the I.G. Bromberg Memorial Visiting Professorship

Speaker:

Cem Akin, M.D., Ph.D.
Kenneth P. Matthews Legacy Professor of Allergy and Immunology
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan

About Cem Akin:

Dr. Akin received his medical education at Instanbul University and completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Louisville, where he also earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology. He then obtained fellowship training in allergy and immunology at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, where he also worked as a staff physician and researcher.

Dr. Akin is recognized for his work on mast cell disorders including mastocytosis, mast cell activation syndromes, and anaphylaxis. As an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, he established the first multidisciplinary mastocytosis center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His clinical interests include tyrosine kinase inhibitor and other novel treatments for indolent systemic mastocytosis, tryptase and other biomarkers for mast cell disease, and pathophysiology and treatment of anaphylaxis.

Dr. Akin is a co-author of the current WHO diagnostic criteria and classification of mastocytosis and has published over 20 scientific papers and book chapters on mastocytosis. He was awarded the Researcher of the Year and the ECNM Medal and Trophy in 2022 by European Competence Network on Mastocytosis. He served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Blood, and is a past President of the Michigan Allergy Society.