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Dr. Cemal Aydin specializes in interventional radiology. He earned his medical degree from the Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (2007–2013). In 2014, he worked as a general practitioner at the Kars Provincial Health Directorate. He then completed his residency in interventional radiology at Marmara University Hospital (2014–2020). He served as Head Physician, Radiology, at Yüksekova State Hospital (2020–2021). From 2021 to 2023, he practiced interventional radiology at Koç University Hospital.

He presented at the 37th and 38th National Radiology Congress. In 2016, he reported on lobar distribution of liver metastases in primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In 2017, he compared procedure times and complication rates for Trucut biopsy versus FNAB in lung biopsies with risk factors. He also studied diffusion‑weighted MRI to distinguish CPA meningioma and vestibular schwannoma.

Education

Year – Institution – Department
1984–1990 – Karadeniz University, Faculty of Medicine
2003–2009 – Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine – Residency Training

Professional Experience

Year – Institution – Position / Department

1990–2003 – General Practitioner
2003–2009 – Pamukkale University – Residency Training
2009–2014 – Adıyaman State Hospital – Specialist
2014–2017 – Gaziantep Medical Park Hospital – Specialist
2017 – Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital – Specialist
2017 – Rize Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital
• Thoracic Surgery Specialist
• Deputy Chief Physician

Academic Publications

Thesis

Cardiac arrhythmias after thoracotomy; Pamukkale University, 2008

Publications

Our experience in non-traumatic chylothorax cases; İzmir Chest Diseases Hospital Journal, 2005

Primary liposarcoma of the lung; Turkish Journal of Pathology, 2009, Volume 25, Supplement 19

Posters

Serological evaluation of patients with a preliminary diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis in Adıyaman using the indirect hemagglutination method; Hydatology Congress Poster, 2012

Case Reports

Resection and reconstruction in a case of costal osteochondroma;
24th National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress,
12–16 November 2014, Antalya

A new imaging technique using a Foley catheter in a case of empyema necessitatis;
Anatolian Thoracic Society 1st Scientific Congress,
20–22 April 2007, Bodrum

Surgical Experience

Lung resections (segmentectomy, lobectomy, pneumonectomy)

Treatment of regional hyperhidrosis (VATS sympathectomy)

Mediastinoscopy (for diagnostic and staging purposes)

VATS (experience with VATS under local anesthesia in patients with contraindications to general anesthesia)

Chest wall reconstruction with clip-plate implants in multiple rib fractures

Minimally invasive surgery for pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure) and pectus carinatum (Abramson procedure)

Repair of diaphragmatic defects (congenital or traumatic)

Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic procedures

Dr. Mustafa Serkan Durdu is a cardiovascular surgeon at Memorial Ankara Hospital (2022–present). He previously worked at the Ankara University Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. His focus is minimally invasive valve surgery. He performs right anterior minithoracotomy, sutureless aortic valve replacement, multiple valve implantation, and combined valve surgery with right coronary artery bypass.

He has peer-reviewed publications in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, Heart Lung Circ, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, and Cardiovasc Ther. His work includes studies on molecular signatures of chronic atrial fibrillation in primary mitral regurgitation. Qualifications: Cardiovascular Surgery specialization (Ankara University) and MD (Erciyes University). Memberships: EACTS, ISMICS, MIRC, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Society of Vascular Surgery, and Turkish Society of Hematology.