Dr. Mahmut Akgul is a board-certified pathologist specializing in genitourinary pathology. He completed his medical education in Turkey before moving to the United States to pursue advanced training. Dr. Akgul completed his Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) residency at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, graduating in 2018, and obtained board certification the same year.
Following residency, he pursued subspecialty fellowship training in Surgical Oncologic Pathology at MD Anderson Cancer Center (2018–2019), followed by a Genitourinary Pathology fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine (2019–2020).
Dr. Akgul began his academic career at Albany Medical Center, where he served as a genitourinary pathologist. During his tenure, he was appointed Chief of Genitourinary Pathology in 2021, promoted to Associate Professor in 2023, and became Residency Program Director in 2024.
In January 2024, Dr. Akgul joined Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a genitourinary pathologist.
His research focuses on adult kidney tumors, with a particular emphasis on developing practical and effective approaches for the diagnostic evaluation of renal neoplasms.
Outside of his professional work, Dr. Akgul enjoys trail running and listening to history podcasts.
