Esma A Akin MD FACR

Professor of Radiology and Medicine

900 23rd St NwWashington, DC 20037
Phone+1 202-715-4907

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Education & Training

MedStar Health Georgetown UniversityResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1995 - 1998
MedStart Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1992 - 1995
MedStart Georgetown University HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
Hacettepe University FOMClass of 1989

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Certifications & Licensure

DC State Medical License 1995 - 2027
MD State Medical License 2004 - 2006
VA State Medical License 1995 - 2006
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor Consumers’ Checkbook, 2012-2024
Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2010-2024

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Female Infertility.
, Wendaline VanBuren, Myra K Feldman, Esma A Akin, Adrian A Dawkins
Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2026-05-01
ACR-ACNM-ARS-SNMMI Practice Parameter for the Performance of Therapy With Radium-223 Dichloride.
Esma A Akin, Paul E Wallner, Sindu Alexander, Parul Barry, Patrick M Colletti
American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2026-03-01
ACR-ACNM-ASNR-SNMMI Practice Parameter for the Performance of Brain PET/CT Imaging in Dementia.
Raymond K Tu, Giuseppe Esposito, Amit Agarwal, Esma A Akin, Ciprian Catana
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2026-02-03