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About me
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She studied at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine between 1999-2005.
She worked in a private medical center in Ankara between 2005-2006.
She worked as an assistant at the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine between 2006 and 2012, and gained the right to become a Cardiovascular Surgery specialist in the specialization exam she took in 2012.
She worked at Anadolu Health Center between 2012-2014.
She worked at Istanbul G.O.P Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi between 2014 and May 2018.
Between September 2017 and March 2018, she worked as an assignment at the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.
She worked at Taksim Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi between May 2018 and June 2023. She has been providing services in her own practice since September 2023.
ECFMG Certification Exams: USMLE STEP 1 (2015) (Passed), STEP 2CK (2015) (Passed)
AWARDS:
Young Cardiovascular Surgeon Awards 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kobe, Japan, 4- 7 April 2013
COURSES:
1) Training for animal experimentation, 28 april-9 may 2008, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
2) 8th Symposium On Aortic And Mitral Valve Reconstructive Surgery, Focus On Sparing Surgical Techniques, Brussels, Belgium, June 20- 21 2008
3) The European School For Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Level I Cardiac Course, Bergamo, Italy, 16-21 March 2009
4) Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pure progress Anastomosis Course, Istanbul, Turkey, 22 November 2014
5) Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitral Valve Repair Techniques Course, Istanbul, Turkey, 27 December 2014
PRESENTATIONS:
DOMESTIC ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
1) Zuhal Torlak, Murat Ugurlucan, Tarhan Cinar, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu 'Perfusion Techniques Of Pediatric Aortic Arch Reconstruction' III. International Congress Of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, 28 November – 2 December 2007, Antalya, Turkey
2) Torlak Z, Göksel O, El H, Alpagut A, Tireli E, Dayioglu E.'' Midterm Complications Of Endovascular Therapy For Acute Type B Aortic Dissections'' TP-003, P153, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery,10. National Congress, Cesme, Turkey, 2008
3) Torlak Z., Goksel O, Goktas B, Alpagut U, Tirli E, Dayioglu E.'' Endovascular Repair For Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection in A 22-Year Old Patient With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome'',EP-005, P262, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10th National Congress, Cesme, Turkey, 2008
4) Goksel O, Torlak Z, Goktas B, El H, Umaroglu S, Alkara U, Alpagut U, Tireli E, Dayioglu E, ''Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Of The Left Lung'',EP-129,S314, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery,10. National Congress, Cesme, Turkey, 2008
5) Zuhal Torlak, Omer Ali Sayin, Burce Goktas, Dilek Suzan, Emre Gok, Onur Selcuk Goksel, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu 'Association Of A Cor Triatriatum Sinister And A Left Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. A Case Report‘ 6th International Congress Of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, 15-18 April 2010, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
6) Omer Ali Sayin, Zuhal Torlak, Burce Goktas, Dilek Suzan, Onur Selcuk Göksel, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu, 'Surgical Treatment Of Rheumatic Involvement Of All Four Cardiac Valves: A Case Report' 6. International Congress Of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, 15-18 April 2010, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
7) Zuhal Torlak, Omer Ali Sayin, Burce Goktas, Onur Göksel, Ufuk Alpagut, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu 'Surgery for Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries and Modified Nikaidoh Procedure' 3rd Scientific Meeting of The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 23-26 June 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
8) Omer Ali Sayin, Zuhal Torlak, Burce Goktas, Onur Göksel, Ufuk Alpagut, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu 'Off pump Fontan Procedure in Challenging Cases' 3. Scientific Meeting of The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 23-26 June 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
ORAL PRESENTATIONS ABROAD:
1) Onur Selcuk Göksel, Emre Gök, Zuhal Torlak, Emin Tireli, Enver Dayioglu.
‘Extracardiac Off-Pump Fontan Completion For Single Ventricle With
Dextrocardia’, 13 ISMICS Scientific Annual Meeting, 30 May – 2 June, 2012, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2) Z.Torlak, A.H.Arslan, M.Ugurlucan, Y.Yildiz, S.Ay, F.Bahceci, S.Cicek, "Tetralogy of Fallot: Transatrial-transpulmonary repair", 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 4-7 April 2013, Kobe, Japan
3) Z.Torlak, A.H.Arslan, M.Ugurlucan, Y.Yildiz, S.Ay, F.Bahceci, S.Cicek, “Check-valved patch closure of ventricular septal defects in pulmonary hypertensive patient”, 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 4- 7 April 2013, Kobe, Japan
CERTIFICATES:
1) Leiden University Medical Center, Observer in Cardiothoracic Department, Leiden, Holland, July 29 – August 29 2007
2) 8th European Venous Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 29 June - 1 July 2007
3) 18th World Congress – World Society Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Kos Island, Greece, April 30 – May 3 2008
4) 22nd EACTS Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-17 September 2008
5) Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, The School of the Turkish Cardiovascular Surgery Society, 6-7 November 2009
6) Newborn And Infant Cardiac Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-12 June 2010
7) 3rd Scientific Meeting of The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, 23-26 June 2011
8) 26th EACTS Annual Meeting, Barcelona, 26- 31 October 2012
9) 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kobe, Japan, 4- 7 April 2013
10) 22nd Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, 3-6 April 2014
PUBLICATIONS:
1) Goksel O, Torlak Z, El H,Alkara U,Tireli E,Dayioglu E, Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection of the Left Lung, The Heart Surgery Forum, 2008-1081, 11 (5),2008
2) Tevhide Ziver, Pelin Yuksel, Gokhan Ipek, Ibrahim Yekeler, Zehra Bayramoglu, Emin Tireli, Suat Saribas, Mustafa Aslan, Seyma Denli Yalvac, Ibrahim Ozdomanic, Zuhal Torlak, Ahmet Dirican, Muzeyyen Mamal Torun, Bekir Kocazeybek 'Aneurysm and Helicobacter pylori relationship: the seropositivity of CagA, VacA and other antigens of Helicobacter pylori in abdominal and ascending aortic aneurysms ' New Microbiol 33(3): 233-42 (2010)
3) Goksel O, Torlak Z, Cinar B, Sahin S, Karatepe C, Ergin E, Midterm Results With Endovascular Approach to Abdominal Aortic Pathologies in Behcet's Disease Ann Vasc Surg 26(2):0 (2012), PMID 22188938
4) Torlak Z, Ugurlucan M, Goktas B, Ucar A, Sayin O.A, Goksel O, Tireli E, Dayioglu E, Metastasis of Basal Cell Carcinoma to The Right Ventricle, Firat Medical Journal, 2012; 17(1): 40-42
BOOK TRANSLATION:
1) Ismail Cihan Ozbek, Zuhal Torlak Writer: Peter Tassani- Prell Anticoagulation initiation and reversal for Cardiac Surgery Complications in Anesthesiology 2nd edition, John L. Atlee Saunders Elsevier, 2011) , Chapter: 72, Pages:291-294; Nobel Bookstore, Adana, 2011
2) Ismail Cihan Ozbek, Zuhal Torlak Writer: Glenn P. Groslee Hemodilution and Blood Conservation Complications in Anesthesiology 2nd edition, John L. Atlee Saunders Elsevier, 2011, Chapter: 73, Pages:295-298; Nobel Bookstore, Adana, 2011
3) Kenan Sever, Zuhal Torlak Writer: John L. Atlee Tachyarrhythmias with Ventricular Preexcitation, Complications in Anesthesiology 2nd edition, John L. Atlee Saunders Elsevier, 2011, Chapter:74 Pages :324-326; Nobel Bookstore, Adana, 2011
4) Ismail Cihan Ozbek, Zuhal Torlak Writer: Mohammed Minhaj, Adverse Neurologic Sequelae: Peripheral Nerve Injury, Complications in Anesthesiology 2nd edition, John L. Atlee Saunders Elsevier, 2011) , Chapter:83, Pages:336-338; Nobel Bookstore, Adana, 2011
5) Ismail Cihan Ozbek, Zuhal Torlak Writer: Komol Patel and Mark A. Chaney, Hypercoagulable States: Thrombosis and Embolism, Complications in Anesthesiology 2nd edition, John L. Atlee Saunders Elsevier , 2011), Chapter:89, Pages:361-364; Nobel Bookstore, Adana, 2011
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