Tolga Kurt
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
Biography
Dr. Tolga KURT has completed his PhD at the age of 24 years from Pamukkale University School of Medicine and postdoctoral studies from Bulent Ecevit (Karaelmas) University School of Medicine. He became a cardiovascular surgeon at the age of 32 years. He and his colleagues open the first Cardiovascular Surgery Simulation Laboratory in 2013 (third in Europe) for the cardiac surgery operations and cardiac perfusion simulation. He gives lessons to the perfusionists to improve their use of pediatric extracorporeal life support and pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass systems. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He also published a book about cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion.