Bedrettin Yildizeli

Prof. Bedrettin Yildizeli is a thoracic surgeon who chaired the Marmara University Department of Thoracic Surgery from 2018 to 2024. He specializes in complex lung transplantation and pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic disease. This surgeon is a specialist at Memorial Ataşehir Hospital and Memorial Göztepe Hospital in Istanbul.

Specialization and Surgical Focus

Prof. Yildizeli treats advanced lung and vascular conditions. His primary focus includes pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) – a surgical procedure to remove chronic blood clots from the lungs. He treats massive pulmonary hemorrhages and conditions like Behçet’s syndrome, which causes blood vessel inflammation throughout the body.

Additionally, the surgeon performs sleeve lobectomy and complex surgeries for T4 non–small cell lung cancer. These procedures help preserve lung function while removing advanced tumors.

Work Experience

• 2025 – Present: Memorial Göztepe Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Specialist
• 2024 – Present: Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Specialist
• 2018 – 2024: Marmara University School of Medicine, Chair of Thoracic Surgery Department
• 2013 – 2024: Marmara University School of Medicine, Professor of Thoracic Surgery
• 2008 – 2013: Marmara University School of Medicine, Associate Professor
• 2005 – 2008: Marie Lannelongue Hospital (France), Thoracic–Vascular and Transplantation Surgery
• 2000 – 2005: Marie Lannelongue Hospital (France), Thoracic Surgeon

Education and International Training

• 1993: Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Medical Degree
• 2000: Marmara University, Thoracic Surgery Residency
• 2000 – 2008: Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Paris, Advanced Clinical Training
• 2013: Toronto General Hospital (Canada), Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Clinic
• 2013: University of California, San Diego (USA), Pulmonary Endarterectomy and Lung Transplantation

Scientific Publications

Prof. Yildizeli has published research in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. His research covers long-term survival after lung cancer surgery and interventions for pulmonary hypertension. He also contributes to the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. These publications include:

• "Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension: an institutional experience"
• "Results of primary surgery with T4 non-small cell lung cancer during a 25-year period"
• "Morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival after sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer"
• "Management of Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage Following Pulmonary Endarterectomy"
• "Outcomes of Patients with Behçet’s Syndrome after Pulmonary Endarterectomy"