Affiliation: Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy

Dr. Umut Özsoy is currently working as an Associate Professor at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy. Dr. Umut Özsoy received the "Doctor Rerum Medicinalium (Dr. Rer. Medic)" title from the University of Cologne Anatomy Institute with his PhD thesis titled "Astrogliosis after spinal cord injury is proportional to lesion severity, regulates serotonergic axonal sprouting and correlates with motor recovery" in Germany 2012. He received his second doctorate in 2013 in Anatomy from Akdeniz University Health Sciences Institute in Turkey. In his doctorate, he investigated the effects of hypoglossal-facial anastomosis on collateral branching in the lesion site and poly-innervation pattern in the motor endplate after facial nerve injury. Dr. Umut Özsoy's fields of study can be summarized as nerve regeneration, facial paralysis, 3D morphometric analysis, and 3D motion analysis. He focuses on studies aiming to contribute to developing new diagnostic and treatment methods with current morphometric and kinematic data collection methods.