Prof. MD. Abdullah Özyurt

Education and Specialization

• 1998–2004 – Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Çapa) – Medical Education
  
• 2005–2010 – Istanbul Bakırköy Maternity and Children’s Diseases Training and Research Hospital – Residency in Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology)
  
• 2010–2014 – Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine – Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
  
• 2012–2013 – Justus Liebig University Giessen, School of Medicine, Germany – Pediatric Congenital Heart Center (3-month training in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology and Postoperative Intensive Care for Congenital Heart Disease)
  
• March 2017 – Associate Professorship in Pediatric Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine

Professional Experience

• 2009–2010 – Chief Resident, Istanbul Bakırköy Maternity and Children’s Diseases Training and Research Hospital
  
• 1999–2004 – President, Istanbul Medical Chamber, Medical Students’ Commission
  
• 2017–2019 – Chief Physician, Pediatric Subspecialty Department, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital
  
• 2012–2013 – Justus Liebig University Giessen, School of Medicine, Germany – Pediatric Congenital Heart Center (3-month training in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology and Postoperative Intensive Care)

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Medical Association – Mersin Medical Chamber (2005)
  
• Turkish Pediatric Association (2006)
  
• Turkish Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Association (2013)
• Turkish Society of Cardiology (2016)
  
• Mersin Medical Chamber (2014)

Projects

• 2013–2015 – The Effect of Obestatin in an Experimental Myocarditis Model in Rats – BAP, Researcher
  
• 2014–2015 – Evaluation of Hypertension Persistence in Children with Aortic Coarctation Treated with CP Stent via Clinical Examination, ECG, Echocardiography, and 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring – BAP, Researcher
  
• 2014–2015 – Evaluation of Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Active Carditis due to Acute Rheumatic Fever – BAP, Researcher
  
• 2014–2015 – Assessment of Arrhythmia and Heart Rate Variability in Pediatric VSD Cases Closed by Surgical and Transcatheter Methods via Holter Monitoring – BAP, Researcher
  
• 2016–2019 – “Little Hearts Project” – ECG Screening Program for School-Age Children, in collaboration with Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, Mersin Governorship, Mersin Provincial Health Directorate, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, and Mersin Women and Children’s Hospital – Project Author and Coordinator

Awards

• Evaluation of PDA Cases Closed via Transvenous Procedure Without Arterial Access – 1st Place in Best Oral Poster Presentation, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, National Congress with International Participation (2012). Awarded a one-week Interventional Cardiology Course in Las Vegas, USA, by the Turkish Society of Cardiology.
• New Biochemical Markers in Eisenmenger Syndrome – Best Clinical Research Award, Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Congenital Heart Diseases, 13th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2014).
• Cardioprotective Effect of Metformin on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity – 1st Place Oral Presentation Award, 13th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2014).
• Cardioprotective Effect of Propolis on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity – 1st Place Poster Presentation Award, 13th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2014).
• A Complex Cardiac Malformation Associated with Uhl’s Anomaly – A New Entity? – 2nd Place in Echocardiography Category, 11th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2012).
• Cutting Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Implantation in Left Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in a Patient with Alagille Syndrome – 2nd Place in Interventional Category, 11th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2012).
• Closure of Two Residual Ventricular Septal Defects After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair Using Amplatzer Duct Occluder II with Antegrade and Retrograde Approach – 2nd Place Case Presentation Award, 13th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2014).

International Courses and Certificates

• 46th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Certificate of Attendance with Presentation, 23–26 May 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
• 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Certificate of Attendance with Presentation, 21–24 May 2014, Helsinki, Finland
• 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Certificate of Attendance with Presentation, 20–23 May 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
• 50th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Certificate of Attendance with Presentation, 1–4 June 2016, Rome, Italy
• Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiology Symposium, Certificate of Attendance, 6–8 November, Istanbul, Turkey
• 10th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Certificate of Attendance with Presentation, 13–16 March 2014
• 46th Annual Meeting of AEPC “Update Fetal Cardiology Course”, Certificate of Attendance, 23 May 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

National Courses and Certificates

• Participated in multiple national congresses and symposia, including the 13th National Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Congress (2014), 28th National Cardiology Congress (2012), and numerous pediatric, cardiology, neonatology, and metabolic disease congresses between 2010 and 2018.