Dr. Ergin Kocyildirim is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kocyildirim did his medical training and obtained his M.D. from Ankara University Medical School in 1996. After completing his residency in Cardiovascular Surgery, he became a specialist in 2002 and did additional post-graduate study at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. Following that work, Dr. Kocyildirim completed his Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery training at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
He specialized in intra-operative imaging of the pediatric cardiac surgery and the use of images in creating a better understanding for the families of children with congenital heart defects and health professionals. He also studied the slide tracheoplasty technique in long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis and the application of cost-effectiveness analysis in the ICU with short and mid-term results. Currently, Dr. Kocyildirim is involved in several research projects within the McGowan Institute. His main research interest is the improving of the pediatric size ventricular assist device development. Other areas of interest include the use of video recordings of the operations and the 3-D imaging of the heart.
Dr. Kocyildirim and his team are involved investigating the role of venous assist options in Fontan physiology. For this work, Dr. Kocyildirim and his colleagues developed several in vitro computational and experimental tools to predict and improve the hemodynamics of staged reconstructive surgeries, optimal assist device alternatives for failing Fontan circulation and quantified the effect of total cavo-pulmonary connection pathway loss on cardiac output. Currently, he is the chair of Team Pittsburgh-Fontan Study Group and working on the use of external counter pulsation in failing Fontan patients.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ergin Kocyildirim, M.D.
3025 East Carson Street
Suite 218
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: 412-624-9462
Fax: 412-383-9460
Email: kocyildirime@upmc.edu
erginkocyildirim@me.com