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Prof. Dr. K. Mehmet Tuğrul, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Reanimation · Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
Prof. Dr. K. Mehmet Tuğrul is an anesthesiologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul with over 30 years of clinical and academic experience. A graduate of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (1984), he completed a cardiovascular anesthesia fellowship at Umeå University in Sweden and rose through the ranks at Istanbul Medical Faculty (Çapa), where he served as full Professor from 2000 and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology and Reanimation from 2017 to 2021. His clinical focus is on cardiac and thoracic anesthesia, difficult airway management, and anesthesia for cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
35+
years in anesthesiology
91
publications (intl. + national)
11
h-index
Cardiac AnesthesiaThoracic AnesthesiaDifficult AirwayPediatric AnesthesiaICU / ReanimationUmeå-Trained
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TR Turkish · native
EN English · professional
RU Russian · via BergemHealth coordinator
UK Ukrainian · via BergemHealth coordinator
ISTANBUL · 05/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER

Timeline

Career milestones.

1985-1986
GP (compulsory service)
Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Anesthesiology
1986-1991
Resident
Istanbul Medical Faculty, Anesthesiology and Reanimation
1991-1992
Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellow
Umeå University, Sweden
1992-1994
Specialist Doctor
Istanbul Medical Faculty
1994-2000
Associate Professor
Istanbul Medical Faculty
2000-2017
Professor
Istanbul Medical Faculty
2017-2021
Vice President / Department Vice Chair
Istanbul Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
current
Anesthesiologist
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific work

Selected peer-reviewed publications.

  • 1997
    Br J Anaesth
    «Comparison of volume controlled with pressure controlled ventilation during one-lung anaesthesia»
    · first author
  • 1997
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
    «Comparison of nitroprusside and isoflurane in rewarming after cardiopulmonary bypass»
    · first author
  • 2000
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
    «Comparison of isoflurane and propofol for the maintenance of anesthesia during the prebypass period of tetralogy of Fallot repair»
    · first author
  • 2004
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
    «End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring: is it just another tool to monitor pulmonary blood flow?»
    · first author
  • 1996
    Adv Exp Med Biol
    «Operative lung continuous positive airway pressure via the lumen of a movable bronchial blocker»
    · first author
CLINIC

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PRIMARY CLINIC
Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
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