Chief Physician
21.12.2023

Name - Surname: MEHMET KAAN KIRALİ
Date and Place of Birth: 25 Agust 1966 / Eskişehir
Marital Status:Married; 2 Children
Education:University
Professional:Doctor
Specialty:Cardiovascular Surgeon
Academic Title:Professor
Hospital:1. Sakarya University, Faculty of Medicine,
    Education and Research Hospital
2. Koşuyolu High Specialization Education and Research Hospital 
Language:English, German
Academic CareerGraduate EducationYear 
Doctor (MD)Istanbul University, Istanbul Medicine Faculty1984 – 1990
Training (PhD)Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,1992 – 1997
Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital
Master (M.Sc.)Istanbul University, Istanbul Medicine Faculty,1996 – 2000
Department of Preventive Medicine
Associate ProfessorKoşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital2002 – 2013
ProfessorSakarya University, Faculty of Medicine,2013 – 2018
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
ProfessorUniversity of Health Science Faculty of Medicine,2018 – 
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Offical WorkPlaceYear
DoctorSSK Okmeydanı Hospital, Emergency Service 1990 – 1991 
Assistant Doctor   Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital1992 – 1997
Consultant SurgeonKoşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital1997 – 1998
Assistant ProfessorKoşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital1998 – 2005
Chief of CVS-DepartmentKartal Koşuyolu YIEA Hospital2005 – 2013
Head of CVS-DepartmentSakarya University, Faculty of Medicine2013 – 2015
Dept of Heart Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital2002 – 2010
Transplantation
Director of HeartKartal Koşuyolu Education and Research Hospital2015 – 
Transplantation and 
Mechanical Assist Devices
Director of HospitalKartal Koşuyolu Education and Research Hospital2018 –
Visiting of International Centers:
Royal Bromton Hospital, London – UKJanuary – March 1998
Ormond Street Sick Children Hospital, London – UKMarch – April 1998
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland – USAMay – June 1998
Membership for Societies : 
Turkish Medical Association1990 – 
Society of Turkish Cardiovascular Surgery1994 – 
Turkish Society of Cardiology1999 – 
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery1999 – 
European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery1999 – 
Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery2000 – 
Society of Heart Valve Disease2000 – 
International Society of Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery2002 – 
Society of Thoracic Surgery2008 – 
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery2009 – 
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation2015 – 
Professional Scintific Work:
CTSNet-Editor of the Society of Turkish Cardiovascular Surgery2001 - 2005
Associated Editor of Turkish J Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgry2001 – 2005
2009 – 2013
Associated Editor of Koşuyolu Heart Journal2001 – 2010
Editor of Supplements of (some national) Journals2006 – 2010
Reviewer for different international Journals2000 – 
Editor of international Books2015 – 
Official Employment : 
Van Yüksek İhtisas HastanesiNovember 1999
Van YI Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery1999 - 2003
Azerbeycan, Baku Central Clinical Hospital, 
Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 - 2003
Publications:
Editor of an international Book7
Chapter in an international Book34
Chapter in a national Book10
Chapter in a Congress Prooceding Book3
International Articles115
National Articles179
International Abstracts289
National Abstracts228