Prof. Dr.
Ahmet Özkara
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Medical Unit: Cardiovascular Surgery (CVS)
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Turkey, Istanbul
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34+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Ahmet Özkara is a cardiovascular surgeon at Liv Hospital Ulus in Istanbul, where he has worked since 2013. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed his cardiovascular surgery training at the Istanbul University Institute of Cardiology in 1997, then served on its faculty until 2004. His fields of interest are robotic heart surgery, mitral valve repair, arterial coronary bypass operations and congenital heart disease surgery.
Professional Profile
+About
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Özkara is a cardiovascular surgeon at Liv Hospital Ulus in Istanbul, where he has worked since 2013. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and completed his cardiovascular surgery training at the Istanbul University Institute of Cardiology in 1997, then served on its faculty until 2004. His fields of interest are robotic heart surgery, mitral valve repair, arterial coronary bypass operations and congenital heart disease surgery.
+Education
- 1985-1991 - Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine - medical degree
- 1992-1997 - Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology - cardiovascular surgery specialization
- 1978-1985 - Istanbul Erkek Lisesi (high school)
+Experience
- 2013-present - Liv Hospital Ulus
- 2006-2013 - Florence Nightingale Hospital
- 2004-2006 - Selçuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine
- 1992-2004 - Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery
+Research
- 33 international articles, h-index 21 (as stated on the profile)
+International Papers
Özkara A, Çetin G, Mert M, Erdem CC, Ökcün B, Günay I. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: surgical approaches to complicated cases. ANZ J Surg 2005;75:51-4 Özkara A, Çetin G, Mert M, Yıldız CE, Arat A, Akçevin A, Süzer K. Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture: surgical intervention...
- Özkara A, Çetin G, Mert M, Erdem CC, Ökcün B, Günay I. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: surgical approaches to complicated cases. ANZ J Surg 2005;75:51-4
- Özkara A, Çetin G, Mert M, Yıldız CE, Arat A, Akçevin A, Süzer K. Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture: surgical intervention and risk factors influencing hospital mortality. Acta Cardiol 2005;60:213-7
- Özkara A, Mert M, Cetin G, Saltik L, Sarioglu T. Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for tetralogy of Fallot with abnormal coronary artery: experience with 35 cases. J Card Surg 2006;21:131-36
- Bakay C, Onan B, Korkmaz AA, Onan IS, Özkara A. Sequential in situ left internal thoracic artery grafting to the circumflex and right coronary artery areas. Ann Thorac Surg 2013;95:63-70
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