Prof. Dr.
Birol Özkan
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Medical Unit: Cardiology
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Turkey, Istanbul
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35+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Birol Özkan is an interventional cardiologist at Medical Park Pendik Hospital in Istanbul, where he has worked since 2025. He trained in cardiology at Trakya University and spent more than a decade at Istanbul Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Training and Research Hospital, where he became a professor. He is a member of EAPCI. His practice includes wrist-access angioplasty and stenting, TAVI, MitraClip, TriClip and aortic aneurysm procedures.
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+About
Prof. Dr. Birol Özkan is an interventional cardiologist at Medical Park Pendik Hospital in Istanbul, where he has worked since 2025. He trained in cardiology at Trakya University and spent more than a decade at Istanbul Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Training and Research Hospital, where he became a professor. He is a member of EAPCI. His practice includes wrist-access angioplasty and stenting, TAVI, MitraClip, TriClip and aortic aneurysm procedures.
+Education
- Trakya University Faculty of Medicine (MD, 1985-1991)
- Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology - residency (1991-1996)
+Experience
- Medical Park Pendik Hospital, Istanbul - Professor (August 2025-present)
- Health Sciences University Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Health Application and Research Center, Istanbul - Lecturer, Professor (2021-August 2025)
- Health Sciences University Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Health Application and Research Center - Lecturer, Associate Professor (2017-2021)
- Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul - Associate Professor (2014-2017), Specialist (2010-2014)
- Kartal Yavuz Selim State Hospital, Istanbul - Specialist (2005-2010)
- Kartal S.S.K. Hospital, Istanbul - Specialist (1998-1999, 2000-2005)
- Ankara Land Forces 600-Bed Field Hospital - Medical Lieutenant (1999-2000)
- Edirne S.S.K. Hospital - Specialist (1997-1998)
- Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology - Specialist (1996-1997), Research Assistant (1991-1996)
+Memberships
- Turkish Society of Cardiology
- European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
- Turkish Medical Association
+Research
- Third best paper at the 9th International Congress on Innovations in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (Antalya, 2013), with a one-month observership grant at a center in Germany
+International Papers
Sarı M, Yazar H, Kocayiğit İ, Özkan B. Alteration of serum biomarkers in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with and without atrial fibrillation. Biomarkers in Medicine. 2021;15(13):1131-1142. Yıldırım T, Özkan B, Alıcı G, Yıldırım SE, Buğra O, Kadı H. The relationship bet...
- Sarı M, Yazar H, Kocayiğit İ, Özkan B. Alteration of serum biomarkers in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with and without atrial fibrillation. Biomarkers in Medicine. 2021;15(13):1131-1142.
- Yıldırım T, Özkan B, Alıcı G, Yıldırım SE, Buğra O, Kadı H. The relationship between contrast associated nephropathy and coronary collateral circulation in very old patients. Medicina. 2020;56(3):99.
- Kadı H, Özkan B, Avcı E, Gürbüzer T, Yıldırım T. Pansystolic tricuspid regurgitation may be associated with patent foramen ovale in healthy young adults. Turkiye Klinikleri Cardiovascular Sciences. 2016;28(1):1-5.
- Çakal S, Eroğlu E, Baydar O, Çakal B, Yazıcıoğlu MV, Bulut M, Dündar C, Tigen K, Özkan B, Acar G, Avcı A, Esen AM. Two-dimensional strain and strain rate imaging of the left atrium and left ventricle in adult patients with atrial septal defects before and after the later stage of percutaneous device closure. Echocardiography. 2015;32(3):470-474.
- Şahin M, Demir S, Kocabay G, Bulut M, Alıcı G, Özkan B, Fedakar A, Türkmen M, Boztosun B. Coronary vessel diameters during and after primary percutaneous coronary artery intervention. Herz. 2014;39(4):515-521.
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