Born in Kahramanmaraş in 1967, after graduating from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1991, Prof. Dr. Aşkın Ali Korkmaz completed his training at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery between 1993-1998. Between 1998 and 2006, he worked as a specialist in both pediatric and adult Cardiovascular Surgery at Florence Nightingale Hospital. One of the top specialists of coronary bypass surgery, who performed the bypass with bilateral thoracic artery (ITA – internal thoracic artery) for the first time, Prof. Dr. Korkmaz worked with Prof. Dr. Cihat Bakay for many years, and Prof. Dr. Aşkın Ali Korkmaz’s articles were published in the world’s leading journals on full artery bypass surgeries using different bilateral variations of ITA (sequential ITA, left-sided bilateral ITA, T graft, Coronary-coronary bypass etc.) without using a leg vein. Meanwhile, he worked as a specialist in Belgium OLV Hospital between 2000 and 2001, increasing his knowledge and experience especially in minimally invasive (small incision) heart surgery, robotic surgery and mitral valve repair. He was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 2013 and contributed to the training of many local and foreign cardiovascular surgeons on minimally invasive cardiac surgery, mitral valve repair and radiofrequency ablation technique in rhythm disorders. Working as a consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon at Azerbaijan Ganja International Hospital in 2016 and re-activating cardiac surgery there, Prof. Dr. Aşkın Ali Korkmaz established the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Okan University, where he started to work as the Head of the Department in August 2016, and continued to work there until 2017. In 2017, he started to work as the Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Near East University Hospital. In 2018, he established the Cardiovascular Surgery clinic at the newly established Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital and became the clinic chief. Here he performed successful operations in congenital and adult cardiac surgery. At the same time, he continued his duty as a consultant physician in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Near East University Hospital.
Fluent in English, Prof. Dr. Aşkın Ali Korkmaz is the father of a daughter.
European Society of Cardiology (Professional member) Turkish Society of Cardiology
Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA)
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA Silver)
HOT member
2004-2010
Ege University Faculty of Medicine,İzmir, Turkey Bachelorette in Medicine
2011-2015
Ege University Hospital, İzmir, Turkey Cardiology Department, Residency
2019-present
Post Graduate Coursein Heart FailureLondon
(British Society for Heart Failure,the British Cardiovascular Society, the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, and the Zurich Heart House)
September 2015 – present Cardiology specialist
Department of Cardiology, Near East University Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
August 2011-August 2015 Residency
Department of Cardiology, Ege University Facultyof Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
July 2015,
Brookwood International Academy Essential Good Clinical Practice
Certificate number: TranSA6845/MIPO3801011 MultiNational