Mustafa Kerem Vural

BACKGROUND

- Sabbatical Leave - 'Surgical resident training', Invited Scholar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada (2021-2023)

- Visiting Scholar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada (2019)

- Clinical Professor of CardiovascularSurgery, Hacettepe University (2015- )

- Director, Education and Training Program, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, (2012-2015)

- Executive Committee, Turkish Board of Cardiovascular Surgery (2008-2010)

- Chief, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital (2009-2012)

- Visiting Scholar, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland (2009)

- Board Certification, European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (2007)

- Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery (2002)

- Military Service, GATA, Cardiovascular Surgery Department (1999-2000)

- Fellow, CPMC, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A. (1997-1998)

- Observer, Hopital Broussais, Paris, France (1994)

- Instructor, Vice Chief, Chief; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, (1994-2015)

- Cardiovascular Surgery Residency, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, (1988-1993)

- Ankara University School of Medicine (M.D. 1988)

CERTIFICATES:

• The National Assessment Collaboration, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (NAC-OSCE 2015)

• Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Examination (MCCEE 2014)

• European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons - EBTCS Board Certification (2007)

• E.C.F.M.G. (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) Certification (1993)

• Teaching Skills Certificate- Ministry of Health-Turkey (2003)

MEMBERSHIPS:

•Society of Thoracic Surgeons

•European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network

• Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery

• Turkish Medical Association

SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL ASSIGNMENTS:

Editorial Board Member (by invitation):

•Annals of Thoracic Surgery(2021-present) SCI

Associate Editor:

•Interdisciplinary (formerly Interective) Cardiovascular &Thoracic Surgery/European Journal of Cardio-ThoracicSurgery(2021-present) SCI/SCIexp

Assistant Editor:

•Interactive Cardiovascular &Thoracic Surgery/European Journal of Cardio-ThoracicSurgery(2017- ) SCI/SCIexp

Associate Editor:

•Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2004-2013) SCI-exp

Reviewer:

•The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - ISSN:0022-5223

• The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - ISSN:0003-4975

• The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - ISSN:1010-7940

• The Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - ISSN:1569-929

• The Journal of Heart Valve Disease - ISSN:0966-851

• Clinical & Investigative Medicine-Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation ISSN: 0147-958X/1488-2353

• The Chest - ISSN:0012-3692

• Medicine - ISSN: 0025-7974

• The Medical Science Monitor - ISSN: 1643-3750

• Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (recognition as “Elite Referee”) - ISSN: 2149-2263

• Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery - ISSN: 1301-1839

• Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology – ISSN: 1016-5169

• Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences – ISSN: 1306-7656

• Türkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences - ISSN: 1300-0292

• Koşuyolu Heart Journal - ISSN 2149-2972, eISSN 2149-2980, (formerly, 1300-8706)

AWARDS and GRANTS:

• Turkish Education Foundation (T.E.V.), International Medical Education Scholarship, 1997

• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), International Publication Support Grants, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006.