CARDIAC SURGERY · AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Prof. Dr. Ömer Bayezid
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery; Director of the Heart Transplant Programme · Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya
Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akdeniz University, and director of the heart transplant programme — one of the largest in Türkiye. Specialises in heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support (VAD/TAH) and aortic surgery; has performed more than 110 heart transplants over his career. Awarded FETCS (Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons) in 2001 and previously trained at Papworth Hospital (Cambridge, 1988). Awarded full professorship in 1997.
40+
years of experience
110+
heart transplants
10,000+
cardiac operations
120+
publications
FETCS 2001EACTS memberISHLT memberPapworth fellowship
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CONSULTATION LANGUAGES
RU
Russian
· via BergemHealth coordinator
TR
Turkish
· native
EN
English
· professionally
ANTALYA · 05/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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★2001FETCS — Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeonsEuropean Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeonsHighest European qualification standard
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★1997Full professorshipAkdeniz UniversityDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery
PROCEDURE SPECTRUM
What Prof. Dr. Ömer Bayezid does
Full cardiac-surgery spectrum and a heart transplant programme at a JCI-accredited university hospital.
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01Heart transplantationAkdeniz programme — one of the largest in Türkiye110+ procedures
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02VAD / TAH implantationcirculatory assist devicesmechanical support
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03Coronary artery bypass graftingincluding simultaneous kidney transplantationsurgical treatment
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04Aortic surgeryprosthetic replacement, Bentall procedurereconstructive operations
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05Heart valve surgeryfull spectrumreplacement, repair
DATA UPDATED: MAY 2026
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
Career milestones of Prof. Bayezid.
1977
Faculty of Medicine graduation
Ege University, İzmir
1983
Cardiothoracic surgery residency
Ankara Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi
1988
Papworth Hospital fellowship
Cambridge, UK — cardiothoracic surgery and heart transplantation
1991
Move to Akdeniz University
Launched the heart transplant programme
1997
Full professorship
Akdeniz University
2001
FETCS
European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
Selected publications in international journals (PubMed/Scopus).
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2021Heart & Lung«A bridge to transplantation: The life experiences of patients with a left ventricular assist device»· co-author
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2021Quality of Life Research«Life experiences of adult heart transplant recipients: a new life, challenges, and coping»· co-author
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2019Experimental and Clinical Transplantation«Cardiac Tamponade Due to Pneumopericardium After Liver Transplant»· co-author
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2019Journal of Cardiac Surgery«Early postoperative rupture of Heartware outflow graft: A case report»· co-author
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2018Anatolian Journal of Cardiology«First successful percutaneous treatment of a totally occluded HeartWare outflow graft»· co-author
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2014Progress in Transplantation«Outcomes of combined cardiac surgery and kidney transplant compared with kidney transplant after cardiac surgery»· co-author
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