Prof. Samet KAPAKİN

Biography

Dr. Samet Kapakin was born in 1969, in Kars, Turkey. He had finished high school in Kayseri, Turkey. He started medical education in Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine in Kayseri, Turkey. After graduation in 1995, he started working in Kars State Hospital. In 1997, he started Anatomy residency in Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy by passing specialty exam in medicine. Because of his wife’s case, he changed his place of duty with the specialty exam. He started Anatomy residency in Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy. After he finished the residency in 2005, Between 2005-2006 he worked as a specialist at the same department. Between 2007-2008, he worked at Numune and Region Training and Research Hospitals, and Dadaşkent Family Practice Center. Since 2017 he has been Professor at the Atatürk University Faculty of Mecine Department of Anatomy. His primary interest areas are Plastination, Rapid Prototyping (Stereolithography and Fused Deposition Modelling), Anaglyph, VRML, Electron Microscopy Techniques, Medical Image Analysis Techniques (Image enhancement, Segmentation, and 3D-Reconstruction), computer softwares, and neuroanatomy. Dr. Kapakin is a member of Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy.