Nezih Onur Ermerak
- Specialization: Thoracic surgeon
- 16 years of experience
- Speaks:English
- Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Memorial Göztepe Hospital
- Serves as President of the Turkish Society of Chest Wall Deformities and Pectus.
Dr. Nezih Onur Ermerak is a Thoracic Surgery Specialist at Memorial Göztepe Hospital (2025–). He previously worked in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Marmara University (2009–2025). He also served at Kilis State Hospital during compulsory service and war surgery (2015–2017).
He completed a Thoracic Surgery fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis (2019–2020). He then completed a Thoracic & Esophageal Surgery fellowship at Dalhousie University (2020–2022). He held a visiting fellowship at Universitätsspital Bern (2011–2012). He finished his residency at Marmara University (2009–2015).
He is President of the Turkish Society of Chest Wall Deformities and Pectus. He served on the Organizing Committee of CWIG 2023 in Istanbul. He completed MI-STARs (2020), MITS (2019), CITI (2024), and KOÇ Laboratory Animal Use certification (2025). He attended the AATS 103rd meeting (2023) and European Thoracic Surgery conferences (2024 and 2025).
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Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
2025 – Present, Istanbul/Turkey
MEMORIAL GÖZTEPE HOSPITAL
Thoracic Surgery Specialist
2015 – 2017, Kilis/Turkey
KILIS STATE HOSPITAL
Thoracic Surgery Clinic (Compulsory Service / War Surgery)
2009 – 2025, Istanbul/Turkey
MARMARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Department of Thoracic Surgery
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EDUCATION
2020 – 2022, USA
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Fellowship in Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
2019 – 2020, Washington/USA
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery
2011 – 2012, Bern/Switzerland
UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL BERN, DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC SURGERY
Visiting Fellow
2009 – 2015, Istanbul/Turkey
MARMARA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Residency in Thoracic Surgery
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Turkish Society of Chest Wall Deformities and Pectus (President)
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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, COURSES, AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
• Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Thorax for Canadian Fellows (MI-STARs) – Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, 2020
• Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Procedures (MITS) Course – Los Angeles, USA, 2019
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program – 2024
• 25th Chest Wall International Group (CWIG) Annual Meeting – Nagano, Japan, 2025
• 33rd European General Conference on Thoracic Surgery – Budapest, Hungary, 2025
• AATS 103rd Annual Meeting – Los Angeles, USA, 2023
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting – Chicago, USA, 2023
• 32nd European General Conference on Thoracic Surgery – Barcelona, Spain, 2024
• 24th Chest Wall International Group (CWIG) Annual Meeting – Phoenix, USA, 2025
• KOÇ University Laboratory Animal Use Certificate – 2025
• MedXpert Chest Wall Workshop – Basel, 2023
• Turkish Thoracic Research Society Annual Congress – Cyprus, 2023
• 23rd Chest Wall International Group (CWIG) Annual Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey, 2023 (Organizing Committee)
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