THORACIC SURGERY · MEMORIAL GÖZTEPE
Doç. Dr. Nezih Onur Ermerak
Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery · Memorial Göztepe Hospital
Nezih Onur Ermerak is a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Göztepe Hospital, where he has worked since 2025. He graduated from Yeditepe University School of Medicine (2002–2007) and completed his thoracic surgery training at Marmara University School of Medicine (2009–2015), with a clinical fellowship at Universitätsspital Bern (2011–2012) and subspecialty periods at Washington University in St. Louis (2019–2020) and Dalhousie University (2020–2022). At Marmara he worked in the minimally invasive pectus and chest wall deformity programme and in the pulmonary endarterectomy programme for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and he has published on modifications of the Nuss procedure, compressive bracing for pectus carinatum and uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. He also served in Kilis State Hospital (2015–2017) during the period of cross-border war-surgery casualties.
129 (Marmara University AVESIS CV export, read 3 Aug 2026)
AVESIS publications
117 (AVESIS, read 3 Aug 2026)
Citations (Web of Science)
224 (AVESIS, read 3 Aug 2026)
Citations (Scopus)
5 (AVESIS, read 3 Aug 2026)
h-index (Web of Science)
Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum (minimally invasive repair, Nuss procedure, compressive bracing)Chest wall deformity and chest wall reconstructionLung cancer surgeryOesophageal surgery, including uniportal VATS oesophagectomyVideo-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) and robotic thoracic surgeryPulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
German
ISTANBUL · 08/2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
2002–2007
Medical degree, Yeditepe University School of Medicine
2009–2015
Thoracic surgery residency, Marmara University School of Medicine
2011–2012
Clinical fellowship in thoracic surgery, Universitätsspital Bern, Switzerland
2015–2017
Thoracic surgery, Kilis State Hospital
2017–2025
Faculty member, Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery
2019–2020
Subspecialty training, Washington University in St. Louis
2020–2022
Thoracic and oesophageal surgery training, Dalhousie University, Canada
2025–present
Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Göztepe Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
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2026Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery«Pectus excavatum in adults over 40: a retrospective review of surgical experience»
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2025The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon«Surgical Repair of Pectus Arcuatum»
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2024Journal of Pediatric Surgery«'Short Bars Crossed' to Remodel the Entire Chest Wall in Children and Adolescents with Pectus Excavatum»
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2023General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery«Modification of the Nuss procedure: the crossed bar technique for new subtypes of pectus excavatum»
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2022The Annals of Thoracic Surgery«Is There Any Role of Pulmonary Endarterectomy in Pulmonary Arterial Hydatidosis?»
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2018The Annals of Thoracic Surgery«Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Carinatum»
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