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Medical Interests and Activities 

Arterial Revasculaisation in Coronary Bypass Surgery 

Major Artery Surgery 

Congenital Heart Surgery 

Education and Experience 

1985 – 1991 Istanbul University, Çapa Faculty of Medicine, (Doctor of Medicine) 

1990 Kinderspital Basel, Switzerland, Pediatrics. 

1992 – 1997 Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, (Residency) 

1997 – 2004 Istanbul University, Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, (Cardiovascular Surgeon) 

2004 – 2006 Selçuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, (Assistant Professor) 

2006 – 2007 Selcuk University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, (Associate Professor) 

2007 – 2013 Florence Nightingale Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 

2015 – Liv Hospital Ulus 

Memberships 

Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery 

Turkish Society of Cardiology 

European Society of Vascular Surgery 

National Society of Vascular Surgery

Education Dr. Castriota graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Milan. He continued his postgraduate training at the University of Bologna where he obtained two specializations: the first one in Cardiology in 1992 and then in Radiology. From 1995 to 1996 he spent a period as a Fellow in the "Arizona Heart Institute" under the supervision of Professor Diethrich.

Research Dr. Castriota is an active member of some scientific societies, such as SIRM (Italian Society of Medical Radiology), Fellow of the Scientific College of the Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (GISE), Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), European Cardiovascular Interventional Society (EAPCI) and of ISES, International Society of Endovascular Specialist. He is the principal investigator of a recent Protected TAVR study, aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a particular device for brain protection during aortic valve replacement surgery using the TAVI endovascular method.

Publications He is a member of the International Editorial Board of Eurointervention, speaker and chairman for the execution of live cases in national and international conferences.

Author of about 150 full-length publications

Author of over 20 chapters in specialized volumes

Awards: NHMRC Career Development Fellowship, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, 2015.