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Field of Specialty
Cardiovascular Surgery
Place of Specialty
School of Medicine, Yeditepe University
Place and Date of Birth
Istanbul / 1982
Graduated Faculty and Year
School of Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University / 2006
Number of Turkish and Foreign Publications
Turkish Publications: 4
Foreign Publications: 18
Summary of Professional Career
He was born in Istanbul on 08.08.1982. After 3 years of education in Erenköy Elementary School, he completed his primary and secondary education in Manlius Eagle Hill in New York. After completing high school education in Kasımoğlu College in Istanbul, he started his university education at the School of Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University in 2000 and graduated in 2006 with a success scholarship.
He was assigned to Erzurum for his obligatory service at the period of graduation but passed the examination for specialty in medicine and started his specialty training at the department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the hospital of School of Medicine, Yeditepe University.
Halit Yerebakan, who was curious and excited of cardiac surgery since the day he started his education on medicine, had his intern training on cardiac surgery in Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital with Prof. Bingür Sönmez, M.D. and Prof. Belhan Akpınar, M.D. in 2001-2003. He was accepted as research assistant to work with Prof. Mehmet Öz, M.D. in New York Presbyterian hospital in 2003 and worked there for 3 months. Halit Yerebakan, M.D. worked as an intern/active surgeon in OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst, Belgium, which is an important minimal invasive cardiac surgery clinic in Europe, for 3 months in 2004 and in the later years, he was present in centers like Dubai Wellcare Hospital and Frankfurt Goethe University as an observer. In 2006, Halit Yerebakan, M.D. was accepted as assistant to Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of University of Geneva and as research associate in stem cell applications in the area of cardiovascular surgery in Presbyterian Hospital in New York, but instead, he preferred to start his specialty training on Cardiovascular Surgery at Yeditepe University Hospital by scoring the highest cardiovascular score on the examination for specialty in medicine.
He carried his association with Prof. Mehmet Öz, M.D. that started in 2003 to Turkey and worked as his assistant in our country and as the physician answering questions of patients on the Turkish website of his program. Halit Yerebakan, M.D. assisted Prof. Süha Küçükaksu, M.D. in the heart failure surgery program that was started at Yeditepe University Hospital in 2008 under the presidency of Prof. Süha Küçükaksu, M.D. and was involved in the surgery team that conducted the first heart transplantation in a foundation university and the first heart support system applications in Istanbul. With the support of Prof. Süha Küçükaksu, M.D., Halit Yerebakan, M.D. received training on total artificial heart surgery in Paris in February 2010 and continued working as research assistant in Yeditepe University Hospital as assistant of Prof. Ergün Demirsoy, M.D. starting from 2010. He was assigned by his university to continue his works in the School of Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, where he was accepted in 2011, and he became specialist in May 2012 with his thesis on the largest heart transplantation series of the world as a result of the works he conducted here.
The first day he stepped into his profession as a specialist, he started working as a postdoctoral research associate in the heart transplantation research and coordination team at the University of Columbia, the world's best heart transplantation training center. Despite it were the early years of his profession, he had 41 literature studies, all presented at international and important congresses. He plans to exceed this number above 50 within 2012-2013. This year, he was nominated for the 2013 Evarts Graham Award by Columbia University in the light of his studies, where only 25 heart surgeons are nominated in the world, held by the most important association in the world on heart surgeries, the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons. At the same time, he runs 7 experimental projects actively. Two of these studies are run under the support of American Heart Association award, one under the support of American Association of Thoracic Surgeons award and the other 4 under the support of various other IIG awards.
He received education from international quality certification institutions and has a certificate from the Auditor Training Institute, which is head auditor of quality management system applications in firms that manufacture medical devices.
Halit Yerebakan, M.D. presented works on anti-aging and preventive medicine in various meetings. He initially started writing in the Journal of Medikal Teknik in 2003 and has various articles in national congresses, publications and international publications. He is continuing to work as Deputy Chief Physician and Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Yeditepe University Hospital.
Field of Specialty
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
Haseki Hospital 1989 - 1994
Place and Date of Birth
Ankara / 1960
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
School of Medicine, Ankara University, 1984
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: 17
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): 6
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: 30
International Abstracts: 19
Field of Specialty
Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
Ankara Numune Hospital, 1996
Place and Date of Birth
Ankara / 1966
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 1989
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: 17
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): 28
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: 1
International Abstracts: 3
Field of Specialty
Internal Medicine
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Internal Medicine / 2008
Graduation Date and Place of Sub-specialty Education
Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Gastroenterohepatology Clinic / 2012
Place and Date of Title of Associate Professor
School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 2014
Place and Date of Birth
Edirne / 1977
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, 2003
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: 12
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): 23
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: 44
International Abstracts: 11
Field of Specialty
Gynecologist and Obstetrician
Medical Specialist
Zeynep Kamil Gynecology & Obstetrics and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey
Place and Date of Title of Associate Professor
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Yeditepe University / 2012
Place and Date of Birth
Elazığ / 1975
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, 1999
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: 50
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): 25
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: 69
International Abstracts: 19
Field of Specialty
Orthopedics and Traumatology
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 1986 - 1992
Place and Date of Title of Associate Professor
Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic 2, Istanbul Göztepe Training and Research Hospital / 1995-2000
Place and Date of Birth
Ankara / 1969
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 1986 - 1992
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: -
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): -
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: -
International Abstracts: 9
Field of Specialty
Paediatrics
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
Neonatology Clinic, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 2002
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, 1989
Field of Specialty
General Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Graduation Date and Place of Residency Education
İstanbul Medipol University, 2016-2018
Place and Date of Birth
Gaziantep / 1993
School of Medicine, Graduation Date
İstanbul Bilim University, 2010-2014
Number of Articles published in Turkish and Other Languages
Number of Articles published in Turkish: -
Number of Articles published in foreign language(s): -
Local and International Abstracts
Local Abstracts: -
International Abstracts: -
Project
“Study on Creating Norm of Health Gripping in Healthy Turkish Society” funded by TUBITAK