Best cardiologists: TOP 490 doctors

• Specializes in coronary bypass and minimally invasive heart surgeries.
• International training in cardiovascular surgery techniques.
• Performed innovative first-time surgeries at Giresun and Sinop Hospitals.
• Expert in aortic aneurysm, dissection surgeries, and peripheral techniques.
• Successfully established Cardiac Surgery Divisions in multiple hospitals.
• Certified in advanced cardiovascular surgery and thoracic procedures.
• Member of prestigious cardiovascular surgery associations.
• Available for remote consultations for patients with heart conditions.

• Expert in coronary artery disease, valve diseases, and arrhythmias.
• Trained in heart valves at St Thomas Hospital, London.
• Specializes in IVUS, FFR, OCT, and stent/balloon treatments.
• Performs Mitral balloon valvuloplasty and TAVI for valve conditions.
• Conducts electrophysiological studies and ablations for arrhythmias.
• Experienced with Permanent Pacemakers, ICD, CRT implantations.
• Diagnoses and treats peripheral artery disease and congenital heart defects.
• Proficient in transesophageal echocardiography for cardiac assessment.
• Member of Turkish Medical Association and Turkish Society of Cardiology.
• Member of European Society of Cardiology.
• Offers online consultations for cardiology patients worldwide.

• Specialized in coronary artery diseases, aortic aneurysms, and valvuloplasty.
• International practice in Turkey, emphasizing endovascular techniques.
• Head of Cardiology at Hisar Hospital Intercontinental since 2016.
• Expert in stress testing and ambulatory cardiac monitoring.
• Accomplished in temporary pacemaker implantation and Holter testing.
• Holds a general degree from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine.
• Completed cardiology expertise at Koşuyolu Heart Training Hospital.
• Provides online consultations for cardiology patients globally.

• Dr. Jorge Moises Sandrus specializes in Cardiology.
• Focuses on hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure.
• International practice in Spain, particularly Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• Holds certifications in nephrology with relevance to cardiorenal syndromes.
• Member of Spanish Society of Arterial Hypertension.
• Provides remote consultations for Cardiology patients.

Discovered the genetic cause of a rare syndrome causing sudden heart death called afterward as Brugada Syndrome.
Has performed over 25,000 cardiac ablations.
Has published over 350 scientific papers on cardiology.
Has trained over 200 specialists.
Has annual visits to Africa to treat children with arrhythmia.

Experience

2018 - 2022

Health Sciences University – Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

2016 - 2018

Diyarbakır Memorial Dicle Hospital Cardiology Clinic

2010 - 2010

Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology

2010 - 2016

Private Veni Vidi Hospital, Cardiology Clinic Supervisor

2006 - 2010

Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology

2005 - 2006

Urfa State Hospital

1999 - 2005

Turkey High Specialization Training and Research Hospital

1998 - 1999

Duruca Health Center

Education

2018

Health Sciences University, Cardiology

2010

Dicle University, Department of Cardiology

2005

Cardiology Turkey High Specialization Training and Research Hospital, Medical Specialization

1998

Ege University, Faculty of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiology

Pendik Medipol University Hospital

Experience

2021 Private Nisa Hospital

2020 – 2021 Bezmialem Foundation University Faculty of Medicine

2015 – 2021 Bezmialem Foundation University Faculty of Medicine

2010- 2015 Izmir Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Training and Research Hospital

2008 – 2009 Gata Pediatric Cardiology 

1999 – 2003 Merzifon Aviation Medicine Center

Education

2006 Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Pediatric Cardiology

1998 Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Child Health and Diseases

1991 Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Carlo Pappone is the Head of the Operative Unit of Clinical Arithmology and the Electrophysiology Laboratory at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato in Milan and an experienced Fellow in numerous international cardiology societies. He has a specialization in Cardiology from 1990 and a PhD in Cardiovascular Diseases from 1995, and has been involved in all electrophysiology procedures. He has also developed a new epicardial ablation procedure to identify and eliminate the mechanisms that trigger sudden death in Brugada syndrome patients. He has been an invited speaker and moderator at major national and international congresses in the field of cardiology and arrhythmology, and has a total of 184 scientific articles, 30 book chapters and 184 papers with 16,814 citations and an H-Index of 50. He is also a reviewer of numerous journals and has won an Elite Reviewer Award from the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) in 2006.

Medical Interests 

Interventional cardiology 

Congenital heart diseases 

Angiography 

Fetal Echocardiography 

Rheumatic heart 

Echocardiography 

Chest pain 

Murmur 

Holter Electrocardiography 

Education 

1998 Dicle University Faculty of Medicine 

2003 Dicle University Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Health and Diseases 

2010 Ankara Fatih University Pediatric Cardiology

Experiences 

2022- Liv Hospital Ulus 

2019 - 2022: VM Medical Park Kocaeli Hospital 

2012-2019: Dicle University Faculty of Medicine 

2010-2012: Mehmet Akif Ersoy Training and Research Hospital 

2007-2010: Ankara Fatih University Pediatric Cardiology Minor Specialty Training 

2006-2007: Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara 

2004-2006: Malatya State Hospital Pediatrics Specialty 

2003-2004: Malatya Private Duygu Medical Center, Pediatrics Specialist 

1999-2003: Pediatric Health and Diseases Assistantship 

1998-1999: Silvan State Hospital Practitioner

Memberships 

Turkish Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Association 

Association of Pediatricians Academ

The prof. Giuseppe Speziale holds the positions of the National Coordinator of Cardiac Surgery of GVM Care & Research, the Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Anthea Hospital and Città di Lecce Hospital, and Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Santa Maria Hospital. He works at the Cardiological Clinical Institute (ICC) and San Carlo di Nancy Hospital in Rome. Since 2011 he has also held the position of Vice President of GVM Care & Research. In 2012 he occupied the charge of President of Confindustria Puglia, Health Section, and since 2018 he is Vice President of Aiop Puglia (Italian association of private hospitals). The prof. Speziale is a cardiac surgeon specializing in the minimally invasive surgical treatment of valve diseases, expert in minimally invasive repair of the mitral valve, in On and Off Pump myocardial revascularization, in thoracic aortic surgery. He is Co - Founder and President of the Scientific Committee of Mitral Academy, an independent association born from the passion for mitral surgery and the desire to pursue and share excellence in restorative surgery, with particular attention to minimally invasive techniques and the evaluation of potential therapeutic treatments deriving from the use of new technologies. Until 2016 he was elected Director of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery. He is part of the following associations: AATS (American Association for Thoracic Surgery), Italian Society of Cardiology Accredited Hospital, SICOA (active member), ISMICS (International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery). Since 2004 he has held the position of Scientific Director of the Italian Cardiopathic Association onlus.

In the field of scientific research, he focuses on new approaches, applicable in the field of minimally invasive and non-invasive mitral, aortic, cardiac arrhythmias and tricuspid surgery. He was the coordinator and researcher of the various projects of the National Research Council on Myocardial Infarction, on the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, on new technologies for carrying out coronary, cardiopulmonary and normothermic bypass. He was an adjunct professor at the Sapienza University of Rome where he held the Chair of Cardiology II, and at the University of Ferrara, where he teaches Cardiac Surgery. He has presented numerous scientific papers at national and international congresses of cardiology and cardiac surgery.

Bibliography: He is co-author of 6 books known nationally and internationally. The most recent one is Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases, publisher Springer International Publishing, 2018.

He is Reviewer and author of over 90 publications of multiple journals, such as Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, Heart & Lung: The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal on Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery etc.

Awards: “Top Doctors Awards”, 2021

European Society of Cardiology (Professional member) Turkish Society of Cardiology

Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA)

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA Silver)

HOT member

EDUCATION

2004-2010

Ege University Faculty of Medicine,İzmir, Turkey Bachelorette in Medicine

2011-2015

Ege University Hospital, İzmir, Turkey Cardiology Department, Residency

2019-present

Post Graduate Coursein Heart FailureLondon

(British Society for Heart Failure,the British Cardiovascular Society, the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, and the Zurich Heart House)

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2015 – present Cardiology specialist

Department of Cardiology, Near East University Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus

August 2011-August 2015 Residency

Department of Cardiology, Ege University Facultyof Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

CERTIFICATIONS

July 2015,

Brookwood International Academy Essential Good Clinical Practice

Certificate number: TranSA6845/MIPO3801011 MultiNational

• 2008 - 2015; Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
• 2015; Specialization - Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery
• 2005; Trakya University Faculty of Medicine

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name Surname: ÖZLEM BALCIOĞLU

Date of Birth: 08.05.1981

Foreing Language: English, German

Educational Background:

Level Department/Programme University Year

Undergraduate / Postgraduate Medical Doctor University of Trakya

Faculty of Medicine,

Edirne

2005

Doctorate/Competence/Speciality

in Medicine Cardiovascular Surgery

Ege University

Faculty of Medicine,

İzmir

2015

Doctorate Thesis/Work of Proficiency/Dissertation of Speciality Title (abstract attached)

and Advisor(s):

“Sürekli Akım Sağlayan Ventrikül Destek Cihazı Uygulanan Son Dönem Kalp Yetmezliği

Hastalarında Ortaya Çıkan Gastrointestinal Sistem Kanamalarının Risk faktörlerinin

Retrospektif Olarak Belirlenmesi”

Thesis Consultant: Prof. Dr Tahir Yağdı

Duties:

Duty Title Place of Duty Year

Research

Fellow

Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of

Cardiovascular Surgery

2008-2015

Assist. Prof.

Dr.

Near East University Cardiovascular Surgery 2015-

Education Abroad:

1. St Thomas Hospital. King’s Collegeof London. (England) – November 2004- January

2005 Gynecology And Labor Intern Rotation

2. Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems – workshop. Deutsches Herzzentrum,Berlin.

2011

3. Texas A&M University Institute for preclinics studies. Fellowship programme.

Ventricle Support Devices and Artificial Heart Implementation Preclinic Research

(US) May - July 2012

4. Texas A&M University Healthcare Scott and White Hospital Cardiovasculer

Department. Observer programme (US) April – July 2012.

Membership of Scientific Societies:

1- Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery

2- Turkish National Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

PUBLICATIONS

A. Articles Published in İnternationally Reviewed Journals:

A1 Oguz E, Apaydin AZ, Ayik F, Balcioglu O, Dolapoglu A. Chylothorax after

horacoabdominal aneurysm repair: efficacy of somatostatin. Ann Vasc Surg. 2011

Feb;25(2):267.e11-3. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.07.026. Epub 2010 Oct 6.

A2 Ozturk C, Ayik F, Oguz E, Ozturk P, Karapolat H, Balcioglu O, Yagdi T, Engin C,

Ozbaran M. Evaluation of changes in quality of life among Turkish patients undergoing

ventricular assist device implantation. Transplant Proc. 2012 Jul-Aug;44(6):1735-7. doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.05.031.

A3 Ozbaran M, Yagdi T, Engin C, Erkul S, Balcioglu O, Baysal B, Nalbantgil S, Ertugay S.

Long-term paracorporeal ventricular support systems: a single-center experience. Transplant

Proc. 2013 Apr;45(3):1013-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.073.

A4 Engin C, Yagdi T, Balcioglu O, Erkul S, Baysal B, Oguz E, Ayik F, Ozturk P, Ozbaran

M. Left ventricular assist device implantation in heart failure patients with a left ventricular

thrombus. Transplant Proc. 2013 Apr;45(3):1017-9. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.071.

A5 Balcioglu O, Engin C, Yagdi T, Nalbantgil S, Baysal B, Erkul S, Engin Y, Kutlayey I,

Ozbaran M. Effect of aortic valve movements on gastrointestinal bleeding that occured in

continuous flow left ventricular assist device patients. Transplant Proc. 2013 Apr;45(3):1020-

1. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.072.

A6 Ozturk P, Engin AY, Nalbantgil S, Oguz E, Ayik F, Engin C, Yagdi T, Erkul S, Balcioglu

O, Ozbaran M. Comparison of continuous-flow and pulsatile-flow blood pumps on reducing

pulmonary artery pressure in patients with fixed pulmonary hypertension. Artif Organs. 2013

Sep;37(9):763-7. doi: 10.1111/aor.12164. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

A7 Is SYNTAX Score Predictive of Atrial Fibrillation after On-Pump Coronary Artery

Bypass Graft Surgery?Cerit L, Duygu H, Gulsen K, Kemal HS, Ozcem B, Balcioglu O,

Gunsel A, Tosun O, Emren V.Korean Circ J. 2016 46 6 798 -803 Epub 2016 Nov 1.

PMID: 27826338

A8 Endovascular Repair and Adjunctive Immunosuppressive Therapy of Aortic Involvement

in Behçet's Disease. Balcioglu O, Ertugay S, Bozkaya H, Parildar M, Posacioglu H.

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2015 Nov;50(5):593-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.07.011. Epub

2015 Aug 28. PMID: 26321000

A9 Postoperative Outcomes of the Largest HeartMate-II Experience in Turkey.Ertugay S,

Engin C, Nalbantgil S, Kocabaş S, Balcioglu O, Engin Y, Yagdi T, Ozbaran M.

Transplant Proc. 2015 Jun;47(5):1499-502. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.04.046.

PMID: 26093751

A10 Successful resection and reconstruction of primary cardiac lymphoma.

Özcem B, Soner Kemal H1

, Balcıoğlu Ö, Özkayalar H, Sanisoğlu İ. Turk Kardiyol Dern

Ars. 2017 Dec;45(8):755-757. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2017.65745

A11 Risk Factors of Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist

Device.

Balcioglu O1

, Kemal HS2

, Ertugay S3

, Ozturk P3

, Engin Y4

, Nalbantgil S5

, Engin C3

, Yagdi

T

3

, Ozbaran M3

. ASAIO J. 2018 Jul/Aug;64(4):458-461. doi:

0.1097/MAT.0000000000000678.

A12 Is SYNTAX Score Predictive of Atrial Fibrillation after On-Pump Coronary Artery

Bypass Graft Surgery?

Cerit L1

, Duygu H1

, Gulsen K1

, Kemal HS1

, Ozcem B2

, Balcioglu O2

, Gunsel A1

, Tosun

O

3

, Emren V4

.

B. B.Proceedings that are presented in international scientific meetings and are

published in their book of proceedings:

B1 Ertugay S, Börteçin B, Yağdı T, Balcioglu O, Turhan S, Mecidov M, Oğuz E, Ayik M.F,

Nalbantgil S, Engin Ç, Ozbaran M. Ventricular Support Systms for end stage heart failure,

Ege University experience. The 12th congress of the middle east society for organ

transplantation. 2010

B2 Ozturk P, Engin Y, nalbantgil S, Oğuz E, Ayık F, Engin C, Yagdi T, Erkul S, Balcioglu

O, Ozbaran M. Comparison of continuous-flow and pulsatile pumps systems on reducing

pulmonary artery pressure in patients with pulmonary hypertension. 20th Congress of the

International Society for Rotary blood Pumps. ISRBP – 2012

B3 Erkul S, Balcioglu O, Engin Y, Ozturk P, Engin C, Yagdi T, Ozbaran M.

Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with continuous flow LVAD. 20th Congress of the

International Society for Rotary blood Pumps. ISRBP - 2012

B4 Ozturk P, Engin Y, Erkul S, Balcioglu O, Engin C, Yagdi T, Ertugay S, Atay Y, Ulger Z,

Ozbaran M. Frequency of pump – head exchange due to thrombosis in patients underwent

pulsatile ventricular assist device implantation. 20th Congress of the International Society for

Rotary blood Pumps. ISRBP - 2012

B5 Balcioglu O, Erkul S, Engin Y, Nalbantgil S, Zoghi M, Engin C, Yagdi T, Ozbaran M.

Intraventricular thrombolytic therapy in patients with LVAD Pump thrombosis. 20th

Congress of the International Society for Rotary blood Pumps. ISRBP - 2012

B6 Ertugay S, Kahraman U, Balcioglu O, Nalbantgil S, Zoghi M, Engin C, Yagdi T,

Ozbaran M. Left Ventricular assist device implantation with tricuspit ring annuloplasty. 3rd

World Heart Failure Congress. 2012

B7 Balcioglu O, Erkul S, Ayık F, Ülger Z, Karakula S, Engin C, Atay Y, Yagdi T, Ozbaran

M. First succesful experience with the Heartware assist device in child in Turkey. 3

rd World

Heart Failure Congress. 2012

B8 Erkul S, Balcioglu O, Engin Y, daylan A, Ozturk P, Nalbantgil S, Zoghi M, Engin C,

Askar F, YagdiT, Ozbaran M. Heartware HVAD application in heart failure treatment, Ege

University experience. 3rd World Heart Failure Congress. 2012

B9 Ertugay S, Balcioglu O, Engin C, Nalbantgil S, Yagdi T, Ozbaran M. Late cause of right

heart failure in a LVAD patient: aortic root thrombus.ASAIO 59th Annual conference –

“Measuring Success” Chicago – 2013

B10 Engin Y, Yagdi T, Balcioglu O, Engin C, Ertugay S, nalbantgil S, Kultayev I,

Narymbetov N, Zoghi M, Ozbaran M. New generation left ventricular assist device for end

stage heart failure therapy: Ege University experience. 29th Turkish Cardiology Congress

with International Participation. Supplement to JACC Oct 2013