INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY · MEMORIAL BAHÇELİEVLER
Prof. Dr. Ömer Göktekin, MD, FESC
Professor of Cardiology · Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
Prof. Dr. Ömer Göktekin is a professor of cardiology and interventional cardiologist at Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital with over 27 years of experience. An Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa graduate (MD 1992), he completed cardiology training at Siyami Ersek Hospital and held international research and clinical fellowships at St George's and Royal Brompton hospitals in London and Saitama Medical School in Japan. He served as Head of Cardiology at Bezmialem Vakıf University (2010-2017) before joining Memorial in 2017. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, holds the Diploma of European Cardiologist, and serves on the board of the Turkish Society of Cardiology.
Specialties:
Cardiology
27+
years in cardiology
7+
years at Memorial Bahçelievler
Interventional CardiologyAdult Congenital Heart DiseaseElectrophysiologyEchocardiographyFESCLondon-Trained
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TR
Turkish
· native
EN
English
· professional
RU
Russian
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UK
Ukrainian
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EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
Career milestones.
1993
Electrophysiology Fellow (with Prof. AJ Camm)
St George's Medical School, London
1995
Pacemaker / Electrophysiology Fellow (with Prof. Richard Sutton)
Royal Brompton Hospital, London
1997-1999
Specialist Cardiologist
Vakıf Gureba Hospital, Istanbul
1998-1999
Clinical Fellow (Intraoperative Echocardiography & Electrophysiology, with Prof. Ryozo Omoto)
Saitama Medical School, Japan
1999-2010
Cardiology Department Lecturer
Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine
Feb 2003-Jul 2006
Adult Congenital Heart Disease research (with Prof. Michael Gatzoulis)
Royal Brompton Hospital, London
2010-2017
Head of Department of Cardiology
Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
2017-2018
Cardiology Specialist
Memorial Hizmet Hospital + Memorial Şişli Hospital, Istanbul
2018-present
Professor of Cardiology
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital, Istanbul
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
Selected peer-reviewed publications.
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2006Circulation«Ventricular fibrosis suggested by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot and its relationship to adverse markers of clinical outcome»· co-author · 694 citations
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2004J Interv Cardiol«Drug-eluting bioabsorbable magnesium stent»· co-author · 674 citations
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2014Eur Heart J«Reperfusion therapy for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction 2010/2011: current status in 37 ESC countries»· co-author · 562 citations
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2019Circulation«Guiding principles for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: a global expert consensus document»· co-author · 479 citations
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2006Eur Heart J«Presentation, survival prospects, and predictors of death in Eisenmenger syndrome: a combined retrospective and case-control study»· co-author · 386 citations
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2015J Am Coll Cardiol«Retrograde recanalization of chronic total occlusions in Europe: procedural, in-hospital, and long-term outcomes from the multicenter ERCTO registry»· co-author · 280 citations
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