Prof. Mustafa YUKSEL Md.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel was born in Ankara, 1953. He graduated from Ankara University Medical School in 1977. He completed his specialization in cardio vascular surgery in Ankara Ataturk Pulmonary Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Department in 1983.
He was the vice Head of Heybeliada Pulmonary Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Department until 1990, in 1991 he was assigned Assistant Professor in Marmara University.
He practiced under Dr. Peter Goldstraw in London in Royal Brampton Hospital between 1991 and 1992. In 1994 he became an associate professor and a professor in 1999.
In 2009, he founded the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG), which was established with 450 members from 52 countries, and served as its president for the first two terms. He is the president of the Chest Wall and Deformities Pectus Association, which he founded. He has performed pectus surgeries more than 20 countries including England, France, Spain, Russia, Kuwait, Macedonia, Egypt, Belgium with the technique he developed and the bar he patented.
He established the Pectus Clinic and trained more than 100 surgeons from abroad.
