Meki Bilici
- Specialization: Pediatric cardiologist
- 28 years of experience
- Speaks:English
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Vadistanbul
- Author of dozens of internationally peer-reviewed articles on pediatric cardiology and contributor to national and international medical books.
Dr. Meki Bilici is a pediatric cardiologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul. He specializes in interventional cardiology and complex congenital heart diseases in children. Dr. Bilici performs minimally invasive transcatheter procedures for neonates and infants. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
- Specializes in fetal and pediatric echocardiography and angiographic diagnostics.
- Participated in multicenter clinical studies on patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure.
- Member of the Turkish Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Association.
- Works at a JCI-accredited facility that partners with Boston Children’s Hospital.
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Specialization and Pediatric Care
Dr. Bilici treats children, infants, and neonates through interventional cardiology. He performs angiographic diagnostics and percutaneous interventions to repair cardiac structures. Additionally, he uses fetal and pediatric echocardiography to identify heart defects before and after birth. His clinical practice includes treating rheumatic heart disease, arrhythmias, and pulmonary hypertension. He also treats chest pain and heart murmurs in pediatric patients.
Clinical Research and Outcomes
Dr. Bilici participated in multicenter studies involving the Occlutech® Duct Occluder for PDA closure. He has successfully performed percutaneous retrieval of embolized catheter fragments in infants. The specialist also uses radiofrequency ablation to treat ventricular tachycardia – a rapid heartbeat that can be life-threatening. His research includes findings on atrioventricular blocks associated with Brucella infections. He presented data on transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus at the Asia Pacific Pediatric Cardiology Congress.
Work Experience
- 2022–Present — Pediatric Cardiologist at Liv Hospital Vadistanbul, Turkey
- 2019–2022 — Specialist at VM Medical Park Kocaeli Hospital, Turkey
- 2012–2019 — Faculty Member at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
- 2010–2012 — Physician at Mehmet Akif Ersoy Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
- 2007–2010 — Minor Specialty Training at Ankara Fatih University, Turkey
- 2006–2007 — Physician at Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara
- 2004–2006 — Pediatrics Specialist at Malatya State Hospital
- 2003–2004 — Pediatrics Specialist at Malatya Private Duygu Medical Center
- 1999–2003 — Assistant in Pediatric Health and Diseases
- 1998–1999 — Practitioner at Silvan State Hospital
Education and Training
- 1998 — Dicle University Faculty of Medicine — Medical Degree
- 2003 — Dicle University Faculty of Medicine — Specialty in Pediatric Health and Diseases
- 2010 — Ankara Fatih University — Subspecialty in Pediatric Cardiology
Publications and Academic Contributions
Dr. Bilici wrote the chapter "Myocardial Infarction in Children" in the Intech Open Access Library. He also authored "Heart Problems of the Adolescent" for the book Adolescent Health and Diseases. His national contributions include research on cardiovascular risk factors in polycystic ovarian syndrome. He has published research in the Anatolian Journal of Cardiology and the Journal of Echocardiography. This work includes 50 articles in journals indexed by international scientific bodies.
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Association
- Association of Pediatricians Academy
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