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Prof. Dr. Burak Onan, MD

Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chief of Cardiac Surgery · Memorial Bahu00e7elievler Hospital
Prof. Dr. Burak Onan is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery Training at Memorial Bahu00e7elievler Hospital. After MD at Marmara University and cardiovascular specialty at Florence Nightingale Hospital, he trained in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery at OLV Clinic in Aalst, Belgium (2007). He has performed over 1,000 minimally invasive heart operations and over 600 robotic cardiac operations and is recognized as a pioneer of robotic cardiac surgery in Tu00fcrkiye.
Specialties: Cardiology
1,000+
minimally invasive cardiac surgeries
600+
robotic cardiac surgeries
18+
years as cardiovascular surgeon
Robotic Cardiac SurgeryMinimally Invasive Cardiac SurgeryMitral RepairAortic SurgeryAdult CongenitalTAVI
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 06/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

2010-2022
Specialist u2192 Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Director Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiothoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
2022-present
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery Training Program
Memorial Bahu00e7elievler Hospital
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 2009
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
    «Comprehensive analysis of 4205 patients with chest trauma: a 10-year experience»
    · co-author · 271 citations
  • 2011
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
    «The effects of gabapentin on acute and chronic postoperative pain after coronary artery bypass graft surgery»
    · co-author · 125 citations
  • 2022
    Front Cardiovasc Med
    «Robotic cardiac surgery in Europe: status 2020»
    · co-author · 94 citations
  • 2022
    J Am Coll Cardiol
    «Thrombolysis or surgery in patients with obstructive mechanical valve thrombosis: the multicenter HATTUSHA study»
    · co-author · 86 citations
  • 2017
    Int J Surg
    «Patient body image, self-esteem, and cosmetic results of minimally invasive robotic cardiac surgery»
    · first author · 67 citations
  • 2007
    Ann Thorac Surg
    «Video-assisted bilateral epicardial pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of lone atrial fibrillation»
    · co-author · 68 citations
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