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Ahmet Sinav,
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Professor, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy |
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Research Emphasis:
We
are developing interactive web-based anatomy programs that reveal 3-D
spatial relationships by allowing the user to both deconstruct (dissect)
and reconstruct discrete regions of the body and which use labeling
paradigms that are both efficient and informative. We have also
incorporated principles from cognitive psychology showing that learning
is most efficient when the process is interactive and the student is
thoroughly engaged in the subject matter. To create such programs of a
given topographic area on human body, each nerve, muscle, blood vessel,
etc. is drawn separately and in its correct relationship to all the
other structures. Each structure is then incorporated into a file such
that any structure can be selected independently, or in conjunction with
any other structure. Students can perform virtual dissections of the
body parts from canonical views, removing each component at will, or can
start with the bones and add each structure to reconstruct the contents
of the topographic area. The programs are also linked to animations
depicting normal and abnormal functions.
We hypothesize that this level of interaction will promote learning of anatomic concepts, much in the way assembling blocks can teach basic principles of construction.
Education and Training:
1986 M.D., GMMA Gulhane Military Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
1989 Anatomist, GMMA & Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Academic Positions:
1992 - 1995 Assistant Professor, GMMA, Ankara, Turkey
1995 - 1997 Associate Professor, GMMA, Ankara, Turkey
1999 – 2007 Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2007- Professor, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Selected Publications:
Sinav A, Ambron R. Interactive web-based programs to teach functional
anatomy: the pterygopalatine fossa. Anat Rec B New Anat. 2004
Jul;279(1):4-8.
Shen W, Wang Z, Punyanita M, Lei J, Sinav A, Kral JG, Imielinska C, Ross R, Heymsfield SB. Adipose tissue quantification by imaging methods: a proposed classification. Obes Res. 2003 Jan;11(1):5-16.
Soliz E, Sinav A, Ambron R, Molholt P. Cognitive learning: new media to visualize human anatomy. Proc AMIA Symp. 2000;:1177.
Sinav A, Gumusalan Y, Arifoglu Y, Onderoglu S. Accessory muscular bundles arising from biceps femoris muscle. Kaibogaku Zasshi. 1995 Jun;70(3):245-7.
Reviews and Book Chapters:
Yao FSF (editor): Yao & Atusio’s Anesthesiology. Section IV29). Ngeow
JYF, Gungor S, Sinav A: Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity. pp 643-56,
Fifth Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PA, USA, 2003