Zehra Akkaya

Ankara University

Zehra Akkaya, MD, is a Turkish and European Board-certified radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, specializing in Musculoskeletal Radiology. Her clinical and research interests include osteoarthritis imaging, sports injuries, arthritis, musculoskeletal tumor imaging, and body-composition analysis. She earned her medical degree from Hacettepe University and completed radiology residency training at Ankara University, followed by a Fulbright-supported postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She continues to contribute as a consultant researcher to UCSF’s Center for Translational Musculoskeletal Imaging. Dr. Akkaya is an active member of the European Society of Radiology and the European Society of Skeletal Radiology, including its Arthritis and Osteoporosis and Metabolic Imaging Subcommittees. She serves on the Editorial Board of European Radiology and, as Junior Deputy Editor for the Musculoskeletal Imaging for Insights into Imaging.