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THORACIC SURGERY · MEMORIAL BAHÇELIEVLER

Assoc. Prof. Murat Akkuş, MD

Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery · Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Akkuş is a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital with 23 years of clinical experience. He has performed over 10,000 thoracic procedures, with subspecialty focus on minimally invasive thoracoscopic and robotic thoracic surgery, lung cancer resection, and chest wall deformity correction.
23+
years in thoracic surgery
10,000+
thoracic surgeries
Thoracic SurgeryLung CancerVATSRobotic SurgeryChest Wall Deformity
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Direct contract with BergemHealth
CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 05/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

current
Thoracic Surgeon (Doçent)
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2016
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
    «The preventive effects of posterior pericardiotomy with intrapericardial tube on the development of pericardial effusion, atrial fibrillation, and acute kidney injury after coronary artery surgery: a prospective, randomized study»
    · co-author · 19 citations
  • 2020
    J Electrocardiol
    «Bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation in children with long-QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia»
    · first author · 11 citations
  • 2020
    Acta Chir Belg
    «Can local infiltration of lidocaine reduce the postoperative atrial fibrillation rate in patients undergoing lobectomy for lung cancer?»
    · first author · 10 citations
  • 2018
    J Clin Neurosci
    «Surgical outcomes of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome based on electrodiagnostic tests and QuickDASH scores»
    · first author · 8 citations
  • 2015
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep
    «Stabilization of flail chest and fractured sternum by minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum»
    · first author · 9 citations
  • 2017
    Turk Gogus Kalp Damar
    «Mediastinal yerlesimli plevra orijinli soliter fibroz tumor»
    · first author · 6 citations
CLINIC

Where they practise

Direct contract with BergemHealth at every listed clinic.

PRIMARY CLINIC
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
The oncology centre of the Memorial network. 320 beds, 15 operating theatres (one hybrid), 49 ICU beds. Full cycle — from diagnostics to follow-up. Varian linear accelerators, CyberKnife. Opened in…
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