Professor Kim Ki-bong specializes in CABG, valve surgery, atrial fibrillation, and heart transplantation. He is Director of the Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Centers at Myongji Hospital. He pioneered advanced coronary bypass in Korea. He has extensive OPCAB experience and works on the TECAB team using the da Vinci Xi.
In 2025, his team performed Korea’s first totally endoscopic CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass. In August 2026, they achieved the nation’s first multivessel TECAB.
He is former Chair of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Seoul National University College of Medicine. He is also former Chief of the same department at Seoul National University Hospital. He serves on the Editorial Board of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of AATS, STS, and EACTS. He is a past President of the Korean Societies of Coronary Artery Surgery, Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias, and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. His research includes 130+ international and 140+ Korean papers. He has given 80+ international and 80+ Korean lectures. He earned his MD, Master’s, and PhD at Seoul National University.
O Dr. Ahmet Yavuz Balci é especializado em cirurgia ortopédica no Hospital Medistate em Istambul, com foco em doenças ósseas e articulares.
O Prof. Koray Topgül especializa-se em metástases peritoneais e cancros gastrointestinais com 47 anos de experiência de experiência no Anadolu Medical Center.
O Dr. Ismail Oral Hastaoglu formou-se na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Cumhuriyet em 1998. Concluiu a sua especialização no Centro de Cirurgia Torácica e Cardiovascular Siyami Ersek em 2005. É membro de várias organizações profissionais, incluindo EACTS, ESVS, UVCD, a Associação de Flebologia e a TKDCD.
O Dr. Hastaoglu especializa-se em cirurgia de bypass coronário, cirurgia de válvulas cardíacas, doenças cardíacas congénitas, tumores cardíacos e tratamentos de aneurismas. Também possui experiência em operações da artéria carótida, reparação de aneurismas da aorta, gestão de doenças arteriais periféricas e procedimentos de fístula AV. Fez contribuições importantes para a cirurgia cardiovascular.