Dr. Cihangir Akyol graduated from Gazi University School of Medicine in 2002. He completed general surgery residency program at Ankara University School of Medicine in 2008. During his residency he attended “Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy” program in Ankara University. Dr Akyol completed his mandatory government service at Sungurlu State Hospital between September 2008 and June 2010 as the Chief of Surgery and Emergency Departments. In June 2010 he started working at Ankara University Surgery Department as a consultant surgeon. In 2014 he was granted a travel award from the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery to visit the Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease Instute Department of Colorectal Surgery in Ohio, USA for 3 months. During his visit, he completed robotic surgery courses on animal models. He has been promoted to associate professor of surgery in the section of colorectal surgery, at Ankara University School of Medicine. He is also board certified by European Society of Colo-proctology since 2016. He has already organized many educational workshops on the field of coloproctology. He has experience on cadaveric dissections and he has codirected cadaveric anatomy workshops which has been held by both Ankara University and Turkish Society of Colorectal Surgery. He is one of the laparoscopic colorectal surgery trainers of Turkish Society of Colorectal Surgery. He is also certified by  “Train the trainer education programe” for LapCo and he is one of the LapCo trainer in Turkey. He is also one of the trainer of the “Colonoscopy Education Programe for Surgeons” which is organised by Turkish Society of Surgery. He has been involved in graduate and postgraduate surgical education for a long time that he has the maturity of a teacher.   His main interests are colorectal surgery, and minimally invasive surgery including both laparoscopic and robotic surgery. His main career objective is to develop himself as a lifelong proactive learner- through following up the latest advances in colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and gastrointestinal endoscopy, besides active involvement in experimental research for promotion of the surgical knowledge and skills.