Best Reviewer of the March-April 2020 Issue- Murat AKAND
Murat AKAND

My 2020

Dr. Murat Akand is a full-time associate professor at 
Selcuk University, School of Medicine, Department of 
Urology, Konya, Turkiye since 2016. He has worked 
as assistant professor at the same institution between 
July 2011 and April 2016. He has been certified both 
by the European Board of Urology and Turkish Board 
of Urology. His main interests are urological oncology 
(especially bladder cancer) and urolithiasis. He has 
worked as principal investigator in two nationally funded 
projects in which a novel technique has been developed 
for renal access during percutaneous nephrolithotomy. 

Currently he is the principal investigator of a nationally funded project for development of a 
robotic arm to be used in percutaneous nephrolithotomy. He is also working as a co-investigator 
in a prospective project leaded by University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Urology, 
Leuven, Belgium for identification of novel biomarkers for better stratification of intermediate- 
and high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients. He has published more than fifty 
papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He has been performing peer reviews for more 
than fifteen journals, including European Urology, European Urology Focus, European Urology 
Oncology, World Journal of Urology, Journal of Endourology, Urology, and Urology Journal.
“I was very honored when I was first invited to review a manuscript that has been submitted 
to Urology Journal. After this first invitation, I have reviewed several papers in which I did 
my best as a reviewer during evaluating the articles for publishing in Urology Journal in order 
to maintain the high quality of this journal. Sound peer-review is one of the most important 
processes for assuring publication of high-quality scientific research. The Editorial Team and 
the electronic portal for reviewing of Urology Journal were very helpful during this important 
process.”