• Professor of Cardiology (Academic 3tle)

•  16+ years of postgraduate experience 

• 10+ years of relevant postgraduate experience 

• 10+ years of coronary artery interven3on experience 

• 10+ years of Transcatheter Aor4c Valve Interven4on (TAVI, more than 500 

• 10+ years of Peripheral Artery Interven4on (EVAR, TEVAR, Sten3ng)

•  Publica3ons in major cardiovascular journals 

• 10 + years of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Intervention

Postgraduate Experience

Current post (since March 2010):  Professor of Cardiology at Ahi Evren Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, TURKEY

Qualifications

2023 Professor of Cardiology . 

2017 Associate Professor of Cardiology . 

2010 Specialist of Cardiology, Ministry of Health, Turkey. 

2006 Doctor of Medicine

Education and training 

2006 - 2010 Awarded title of Specialist of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital,Trabzon, TURKEY 

1996 - 2002 Attained degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD), Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. 

Percutaneous Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI, ballon expandable valve), 2015, Trabzon 

Percutaneous Transcathater Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI, self expandable valve, 2019, İstanbul 

A variety of coronary, peripheral and valvular intervention courses in Turkey

Competencies/skills

Coronary Artery Imaging and Interventions

• Coronary angiography

• Coronary artery stent implantation

• Complex coronary artery Interventions

• Coronary artery chronic total occlusion intervention.

• Percutaneous treatment of congenital and iatrogenic coronary artery fistulas

• Intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve assessment

Structural Heart Interventions

• Percutaneous closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects

• Percutaneous treatment of patent ductus arteriousus

• Stenting of aortic coarctation

• Alcohol septal ablation of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyophaty

• Left atrial appendage occlusion

Valvular Heart Disease Imaging and Intervention

• Percutaneous mitral ballon valvuloplasty

• Percutaneous aortic and pulmonary ballon valvuloplasty

• Percutaneous indirect mitral annuloplasty (CARILLON device implantation)

• Percutaneous Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

• Percutaneous aortic and mitral valve-in -valve implantation

• Percutaneous paravalvular leak closure

Peripheral artery imaging and intervention

• Angiography of all peripheral arteries

• Stenting of carotid and upper extremity arteries

• Intervention of renal arteries

• Intervention of lower extremity arteries (iliac, femoral and superficial arteries)

• Endovascular treatment of thorocal and abdominal artery aneurysms(EVAR and TEVAR)

Memberships to Scientific Organizations

• European Society of Cardiology, 2011 

• Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2011