Prof. Dr.
Ufuk Gürkan
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Medical Unit: Cardiology
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Turkey, Istanbul
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29+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Ufuk Gürkan is an interventional cardiologist at Medical Park Göztepe Hospital in Istanbul since 2025. He graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and specialised in cardiology at Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital (2002), where he worked for two decades. He became an associate professor in 2017 and a professor in 2025. His work includes complex coronary interventions, TAVI and ASD/PFO closure.
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+About
Prof. Dr. Ufuk Gürkan is an interventional cardiologist at Medical Park Göztepe Hospital in Istanbul since 2025. He graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and specialised in cardiology at Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital (2002), where he worked for two decades. He became an associate professor in 2017 and a professor in 2025. His work includes complex coronary interventions, TAVI and ASD/PFO closure.
+Education
- 2025 - Istanbul Kent University - Professor of Cardiology
- 2017 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital - Associate Professor of Cardiology
- 2002 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital - cardiology specialization
- 1997 - Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine - medical degree
+Experience
- 2025-present - Medical Park Göztepe Hospital (Professor)
- 2023-2025 - Acıbadem Kadıköy Dr. Şinasi Can Hospital, Cardiology (Associate Professor)
- 2020-2023 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic (Training Officer)
- 2020-2022 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Coronary Intensive Care Unit (Head)
- 2003-2017 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic (Chief Resident)
- 2002-2003 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic (Specialist)
- 1997-2002 - Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic (Resident)
- 1997 - Kazım Karabekir Health Centre, Adana (General Practitioner)
+Memberships
- Turkish Society of Cardiology
+International Papers
Avcı İİ, Zeren G, Sungur MA, Akdeniz E, Şimşek B, Yılmaz MF, Can F, Gürkan U, Karagöz A, Tanboğa İH, Karabay CY. Enhanced stent imaging system guided percutaneous coronary intervention (2024) Akgöz H, Gürkan U. Subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with complete recovery...
- Avcı İİ, Zeren G, Sungur MA, Akdeniz E, Şimşek B, Yılmaz MF, Can F, Gürkan U, Karagöz A, Tanboğa İH, Karabay CY. Enhanced stent imaging system guided percutaneous coronary intervention (2024)
- Akgöz H, Gürkan U. Subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with complete recovery from peripartum cardiomyopathy: a long-term clinical strain-echocardiographic study. Hypertension in Pregnancy 2022;41(2)
- Zeren G, Avcı İİ, Sungur MA, Şimşek B, Sungur A, Yılmaz MF, Gürkan U, Karabay CY. Association of ectatic non-infarct-related artery with 1-month stent thrombosis (2022)
- Gürkan U, Akgöz H, Aksoy Ş, et al. Value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting left ventricular recovery in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (2017)
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