Professor Sahin Senay is a European Board certified cardiovascular surgeon in Istanbul. He is currently employed in Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. He is the Vice Dean of Medical School and also a lecturer at this university and he works in affiliated Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery as a surgeon since 2010.

He graduated from Ege University Medical School in 2000, and finished his cardiovascular surgery residency in Siyami Ersek Research and Training Center in Istanbul in 2005. He was trained in generality of adult cardiac surgery with a particular interest in transcatheter cardiovascular therapies and minimally invasive & robotic cardiac surgery. Regarding to these specific topics he completed specific training programs and worked as a fellow in Leipzig Heart Center, Mayo Clinic and University Hospital of Zurich in selected time periods.

Currently he performs adult cardiovascular operations, transcatheter valve interventions, endovascular aortic and periferic interventions. The transcatheter cardiovascular therapies program is running since 2010 in the current Acıbadem Maslak hospital with his participation. He also continues to academic performings regarding to the mentioned topics.

He is a member of distinguished societies in cardiovascular surgery (European Association of cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), International Society of Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (ISMICS) and Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (TSCV)). He is currently serving in the Executive Board of ISMICS and TSCVS. He is in the Editorial Board of ‘Innovations’ journal; the main journal of this society. Meantime he is the past Editor in Chief of the ‘Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery’; the official main journal of the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.

He is board certified in both Turkey (Turkish Board of Cardiovascular surgery) and Europe (European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery). He has a wide range of publications and academic activities as well as academic awards in his medical profession. He was awarded ‘Young Cardiac Surgeon’ of the year in Europe, by European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery in 2008.

His primary aim is to focus on ‘patient centered care’ for the treatment of his patients and to offer each of his patient the best modality of treatment in means of durability and safety. Thus the patient contentment is always a priority for him.