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BIOGRAPHY

Prof. Dr. Suat Gezer

Thoracic Surgery · Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Suat Gezer at a session of the 2025 Turkish Thoracic Surgery Congress
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Education, clinical practice
and academic life.

I graduated from the English-medium medical program at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2000. I completed my specialist training in thoracic surgery at the Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Center in Ankara.

After working at Şanlıurfa State Hospital and Düzce University, I joined Çukurova University in 2011. In 2012, I undertook three months of lung transplantation training at the Medical University of Vienna. I became an associate professor in 2011 and a professor in 2018.

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2000 — 2026

Professional timeline

  1. 2000

    Medical education

    Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine · English-medium Medical Program · 30 June 2000

  2. 2006

    Specialist training in thoracic surgery

    Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Center, Ankara · 31 March 2006

  3. 2006–2008

    Şanlıurfa State Hospital

    Thoracic surgery · 30 June 2006 – 1 July 2008

  4. 2008–2011

    Düzce University

    Faculty of Medicine · 1 July 2008 – 21 June 2011

  5. 2011

    Associate professorship

    15 June 2011

  6. 2011–present

    Çukurova University

    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery · Since 23 June 2011

  7. 2012

    Lung transplantation training

    Medical University of Vienna, Austria · 3 months

  8. 2018

    Professorship

    29 May 2018

  9. 2020

    European Board of Thoracic Surgery

    FEBTS · 17 January 2020

  10. 2026

    Robotic system technology training

    Console surgeon technology training · 13 October 2026

Qualifications and training certificates

17 JANUARY 2020

European Board of
Thoracic Surgery Certificate

Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic Surgery (FEBTS).

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13 OCTOBER 2026

Robotic System
Technology Training

da Vinci X system technology training as a console surgeon · RMK AIMES, Istanbul.

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The certificate covers training in the use of the system, instruments and accessories; it is not an independent clinical competency certificate or license.

Scientific society memberships

Memberships listed in the supplied CV:

Foreign language: English.

Institutional academic profile ↗