Cihan Atila, MD-PhD

University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Dr. Cihan Atila is a clinical researcher at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, working in the research group of Prof. Mirjam Christ-Crain. His research focuses on disorders of water homeostasis, particularly arginine vasopressin (AVP)-dependent conditions such as hyponatremia and the polyuria–polydipsia syndrome.

He has led and contributed to multiple prospective clinical studies, including large international multicentre trials investigating copeptin-based diagnostic approaches. His work has been published in high-impact journals, The Lancet D&E, and leading endocrine journals.

Dr. Atila has received several national and international awards for his work, including the Rising Star Award from the European and American Endocrine Societies and the David L. Kleinberg Early Career Pituitary Investigator Award. He is an active member of the European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA) Young Researchers Committee and is involved in advancing clinical and translational research in neuroendocrinology.

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Presentation(s):

• SAT-120 - Inverse association between Neurophysin-I, a surrogate biomarker of oxytocin, and cortisol responses during psychosocial stress

  Saturday, June 13, 2026
  9:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT

• CPG02 - European Society of Endocrinology and Endocrine Society Joint Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency Guideline: Updates, Insights, and Next Steps

  Sunday, June 14, 2026
  4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT

• MON-112 - Prolactinoma from a Patients’ Perspective: Clinical Manifestations, Treatment Experiences and Associated Adverse Effects, and a Novel Impulse Control Disorder Questionnaire – Results from an International Survey Study –

  Monday, June 15, 2026
  9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CT

• SY50-01 - Novel Methods to Diagnose Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency (Central Diabetes Insipidus)

  Monday, June 15, 2026
  4:30 PM - 4:54 PM CT