Education and Specialization
Medical Education - Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine
Specialization - Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonology and Intensive Care
Assistant Professor - Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine
Associate Professor - Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine
2010 Loyola University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lung Transplantation Chicago, IL
2014 Columbia University New York, NY Lung Transplantation
Experience
1998- 2000 Samsun Central Health Center No. 5
2001-2002 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology
2001- 2008 Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonology and Intensive Care
2008- 2012 Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital
2012- 2015 Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Lung Transplantation
2015 - 2019 Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonology
Professional Membership
Turkish Thoracic Society
Society of Internal and Surgical Sciences Intensive Care, (2007-present)
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
Turkish Respiratory Research Society (TUSAD)
Society for Lung Health and Intensive Care (ASYOD)
Turkish Organ Transplantation Organizations Coordination Society
Courses
1. Sleep-Disordered Breathing Symposium, 30-31 October 2009, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
2. Turkish Thoracic Society School Intensive Care Course, 5-6 February 2009, Istanbul.
3. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Symposium, 15-16 October 2010, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
4. Medical Problems in the Intensive Care Unit Course, 5-9 May 2010, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
5. Intensive Care Symposium, 6-8 October 2011, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
6. Lung Transplantation Course, 11 April 2012, Antalya, Turkish Thoracic Society.
7. Management of Infection Diseases in General Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation Course, May 20th-25th 2013, Roma.
8. Pulmonary Hypertension Course, 24 November 2012, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
9. Lung Transplantation Symposium, 9 March 2013, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Surgery Society.
10. Other Invasive and Non-invasive Interventions in Intensive Care and Brain Death and Donor Identification Course, 22 June 2013, Turkish Thoracic Society.
11. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Symposium, 3 May 2014, Istanbul.
12. Lung Transplantation Workshop and Case Presentations, 1 November 2014, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
13. Cystic Fibrosis in Adults with Case Presentations Course, 22 February 2015, Istanbul, Turkish Thoracic Society.
14. Problems in Follow-up and Treatment after Lung Transplantation Course, 1 April 2015, Antalya, Turkish Thoracic Society.
15. Lung Transplantation Workshop II, 21-22 November 2015, Istanbul University Congress and Culture Center, Beyazıt, Istanbul.
16. Exercise Training in Chronic Respiratory Diseases Course, 6-10 April 2016, Antalya, Turkish Thoracic Society.
17. Pulmonary Vascular Disease Meeting, April 15-16 2016, Istanbul, Turkish Society of Cardiology.
18. Lung Transplantation Workshop III, 25-26 February 2017, Ankara Yüksek İhtisas Hospital
19. Lung Transplantation Workshop IV. 25-26 November 2017, Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis, Izmir.
Awards
Scientific Research Certificate of Appreciation, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Rectorate, 2001
Turkish Thoracic Society Overseas Training Scholarship 2010
Certificate of Appreciation from the Istanbul Governorship, Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate
Oral Presentation Award of the Lung Transplantation Working Group at the 16th Annual Congress of the Turkish Thoracic Society. 2013
Merih Kalamanoğlu Balcı, Belma Erdoğan, Ahmet Erdal Taşçı, Ali Yeginsu, Cemal Asım Kutlu. Evaluation of Patient Applications to a Lung Transplantation Clinic
Oral Presentation Award of the Respiratory Failure and Intensive Care Working Group at the 16th Annual Congress of the Turkish Thoracic Society: Z Karakurt, N Adıgüzel, Ö Y Moçin, G Güngör, M K Balcı, C Saltürk, H B Takır, F Kargın, H Altınöz, T Yarkın. Adherence to long-term home noninvasive mechanical ventilation in different disease groups
Third Place Award for Poster Presentation at the 17th Annual Congress of the Turkish Thoracic Society
“Intensive care and 12-month mortality in patients admitted to intensive care with acute respiratory failure: What is the role of comorbidities?” Huriye Berk Takır, Zuhal Karakurt, Cüneyt Saltürk, Feyza Kargın, Melih Balcı, Bünyamin Burunsuzoğlu, Esra Akkütük, Özlem Moçin, Nalan Adıgüzel, Gökay Güngör
Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Service Certificate of Appreciation, 2014
Turkish Thoracic Society 2015 First Place Award for International Publication.
Takir HB, Karakurt Z, Salturk C, Kargin F, Balci M, Yalcinsoy M, Ozmen I, Yazicioglu OM, Gungor G, Burunsuzoğlu B, Adiguzel N. Reasons for ICU demand and long-term follow-up of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cohort.
Poster Presentation Award of the Lung Transplantation Working Group at the 18th Annual Congress of the Turkish Thoracic Society. 2015
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