Natural Bypass by ECP
External Counter Pulsation
Noninvasive, Painless, Safe and Effective Therapy
for Treatment and Prevention of Cardiac Patients

CURRICULUM VITAE of
PROFESSOR GÜNSEL (ŞURDUM) AVCI:

Ozgecmis Resim

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002-Onwards : MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Cardiology Center, Chief of EECP Treatment Unit
Istanbul
1985 -2002 : AMERICAN HOSPITAL
Cardiology Clinic, Chief of Echocardiography Lab.
Istanbul
MEDICAL CAREER:
1985 - 1992 : MARMARA UNIVERSITY, MEDICAL FACULTY
Cardiology Department, Faculty Member, Professor Title
Istanbul
1976 - 1985 : ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE of CARDIOLOGY
Cardiology Education, Associate Professor Title
Istanbul
1970 - 1976 : ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, IST. MEDİCAL FACULTY
Specialization in Internal Medicine, Specialist Title
Istanbul
1964 - 1970 : ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, IST. MEDİCAL FACULTY
Medical Education Medical Doctor Degree
Istanbul

STUDIES and EXPERIENCES ABROAD:
1978 Sep - 1979 Dec : University of London, Hammersmith Hospital
Clinical Cardiology and Echocardiography
England
1988 Sep - Oct : Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Doppler Echocardiography Techniques
U.S.A.
1989 Oct - Nov : Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
Doppler Echocardiography Techniques
U.S.A.
1995 July - August : University Hospital, St.Louis
University Hospital, Alabama Birmingham
Transesophageal and stres Echo. Techniques
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
2000 August : Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Transesophageal and Stres Echo. Techniques
U.S.A.
2001 August : University Hospital, Pittsburgh
E.E.C.P. (Enhanced External Counter Pulsation)
U.S.A.
2004 August : San Diego University Hospital, California
Stony Brook University Hospital, New York
E.E.C.P. (Enhanced External Counter Pulsation)
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
2005 February : Sun Yat-sen University Hospital, Guangzhou
ECP (External Counterpulsation)
China

PROSESSIONAL AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS
Roche Research Award for “TEKHARF, prevalence of coronary artery disease and risk factors in Turkish Adults” survey.
About 100 national and international publications.

CONFERENCES
National and international cardiology meetings, 3-5 times per year, with presentations in some

MEMBERSHIPS
Istanbul Chamber of Physicians
Turkish Society of Cardiology, (Board member for 12 years, from 1983 to 1995)
European Society of Cardiology

OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth place and date: Pınarbaşı,Turkey, 1947
Marital Status……….: Married, One son
Foreign Language….: English