Prof Thoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery West Virginia University
Alper Toker received MD degree after completion of Marmara University, School of Medicine (1992 ).
He started the residency program at Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (1992),
He worked 2 more years in the same department after completion of residency program (1997) until 1999.
He engaged in organization Department of General Thoracic Surgery at Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, (2001-2019 ). He was the Professor of Thoracic Surgery and Director from 2009 to 2019.
He practised as Director of Thoracic Program at Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals (2010-2019).
He is currently a professor of Chest Surgery at West Virginia University, heart and Vascular Institute since 2019 August he is vice chair of Thoracic Surgery and Director of Tracheal Reconstructive surgery program.
He was a council member of ESTS from 2009 -2017 and the president of the ESTS on 2014-2015, the past past president and Director of external relations (2017).
His academic interests include lung cancer extended surgery, Tracheal surgery, Extended mediastinal surgery and robotic mediastinal and lung cancer operations.
Web site: www.alpertoker.com
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET