Martin Akutek
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Biography
Dr. Martin Akutek is an internal medicine physician and nephrology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, proposed to begin a clinical fellowship in critical care medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital in July 2026. After earning his medical degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology in Ghana, he completed his residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. His academic contributions focus heavily on kidney health and health equity, including published research on acute kidney injury, access to dialysis, and systemic lupus erythematosus
Last Updated on July 01, 2026.
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Education & Training
- Fellow
- University of Pennsylvania (2026)
- Resident
- SUNY - Downstate (2024)
- MBChB
- Kwame Nkrumah Univeristy of Science & Technology (2015)
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Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Martin Akutek's research output by year.
4Publications
19Citations
Publications
2025
Pegcetacoplan Subcutaneous Infusion: Early Access and Patient Training
Akutek M, Coppock G, Bleicher M, Holzman L, Shulman R, Geara A. Pegcetacoplan Subcutaneous Infusion: Early Access and Patient Training. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2025, 36: 10.1681/asn.20253pdyb8fw. DOI: 10.1681/asn.20253pdyb8fw.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana – a single centre study
Tannor E, Ofori E, Hutton-Mensah K, Akutek M, Afriyie F, Nyarko O, Hardy Y, Kontoh S, Opare-Addo P, Amenuke D. Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana – a single centre study. African Journal Of Nephrology 2023, 26 DOI: 10.21804/26-1-4908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2022
POS-877 Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana
Tannor E, Ofori E, Hutton-Mensah K, Akutek M, Afriyie F, Hardy Y, Kontoh S, Opare-Addo P, Amenuke D. POS-877 Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana. Kidney International Reports 2022, 7: s379. PMCID: PMC8854900, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.915.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Clinical characteristics of males with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in an inception cohort of patients in Ghana
Dey D, Ofori E, Hutton-Mensah K, Akutek M, Okine R, Amoaba I, Agyemang-Duah K, Kwarko H. Clinical characteristics of males with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in an inception cohort of patients in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal 2019, 53: 2-7. PMID: 31138937, PMCID: PMC6527833, DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v53i1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusMale patientsAntinuclear antibodiesLupus nephritisClinical characteristicsLupus erythematosusOrgan damageInception cohortRheumatology clinicOnset of symptoms to diagnosisSystemic lupus erythematosus patientsInception cohort of patientsMale SLE patientsIndicators of organ damagePositive antinuclear antibodyPositive anti-dsDNACohort of patientsSymptoms to diagnosisKorle-Bu Teaching HospitalBurden of inflammationDisease of womenClinical characteristics of maleCNS involvementRenal involvementACR criteria