Aytekin Ozdemir, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery with the
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.
Fellowship-trained in cardiothoracic surgery at UAMS, Dr. Ozdemir also served
a residency in that field. He completed additional fellowships in cardiovascular
surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and in cardiothoracic
surgery at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England. He completed his General
Surgery Residency at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York, and
attended medical school at the University of Ankara, Faculty of Medicine in
Ankara, Turkey, where he received his medical degree.
A Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of
Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Ozdemir is board certified as a specialist in
cardiothoracic and vascular surgery by the Turkish Ministry of Health and Social
Assistance.
Dr. Ozdemir is a member of the American Medical Association, the Arkansas
Medical Society; the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons, and the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society.
His specialties and interests include Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic
Aneurysm, Lung Cancers, Esophageal Cancers, and Pacemaker Defibrillator Surgery.
Publications
1. Sarioglu T, Yurdakul Y, Dagsali S, Ozdemir A, et.al.:
Surgical Treatment of Recanalized Ductus Arteriosus with
Aneurysmatic Formation: A Case Report. Hacettepe Tip Dergisi (Hacettepe
Medical Journal) 17:262-270, 1984.
2. Pasaoglu I, Ozdemir A, Hatipoglu A, et al.: Castleman’s
Disease: A Case Report. Tuberkuloz-Toraks (Tuberculosis-Thorax)
33:76-78, 1985.
3. Bozer AY, Pasaoglu I, Paker T, Hatipoglu A, Gunay I,
Ozdemir A: Congenital Tracheoesophageal Fistula in the Adult.
Tuberkuloz-Toraks (Tuberculosis-Thorax) 33:179-183, 1985.
4. Sarioglu T, Oto O, Alp M, Gucer S, Ozdemir A, Aytac A:
Neonatal Chylothorax. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
27:33-37, 1985.
5. Sarioglu T, Aytac A, Yurdakul Y, Bilgic A, Ikizler C, Alp
M, Akcevin A, Ozdemir A: Double-Outlet Right Ventricle,
Morphological Definition and Surgical Correction. The Turkish
Journal of Pediatrics 27:147-159, 1985.
6. Alp M, Ozme S, Sarioglu T, Ozdemir A, et al.: A Case of
Constrictive Pericarditis in an Infant Treated by Radical
Pericardiectomy. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 27:225-228,
1985.
7. Ozdemir A: UHL’s Anomaly of the Heart, in Bozer AY
(Editor): Textbook of Cardiac Surgery (in Turkish), Ankara,
Ayyildiz Publishing Company, Chapter 17, pp. 481-485, 1985.
8. Ozdemir A, Boke E: Hypoplastic Left Heart, in Bozer AY
(Editor): Textbook of Cardiac Surgery (in Turkish), Ankara,
Ayyildiz Publishing Company, Chapter 26, pp. 677-682, 1985.
9. Ozdemir A, Bozer AY: Systemic Anomalous Venous
Connections, in Bozer AY (Editor): Textbook of Cardiac Surgery
(in Turkish), Ankara, Ayyildiz Publishing Company, Chapter 30,
pp. 741-754, 1985.
10. Pasoglu I, Hatipoglu A, Gunay I, Demircin M, Ozdemir A:
Results of Surgical Repair in Double-Outlet Right Ventricle.
Presented at the Fifth National Cardiology Congress, Istanbul,
Turkey, November 5, 1986.
11. Pasoglu I, Bozer AY, Gunay I, Hatipoglu A, Demircin M,
Oto O, Ozdemir A: Repair of Complex Cardiac Malformations Using
External Conduits. Presented at the Fifth National Cardiology
Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, November 5, 1986.
12. Ozdemir A: Effects of Extracorporeal Circulation on
T-Lymphocyte Subpopulation. Specialization Thesis, Ankara,
Hacettepe University Press, 1986.
13. Sakinci U, Ozdemir A, Akcayoz A: Paragangliomas. Ankara
Numune Hospital Medical Journal (in Turkish) 30:75-78, 1990.
14. Yener A, Ozdemir A, Sinav A, Yener N, Hauf E: New
Technique to Enlarge the Aortic Annulus. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 55:1260-1261, 1993.
15. Steely D, Antakli T, Ozdemir A, Farmicola T, Bissett J,
and Talley JD: Monitoring the Heart Rhythm Continuously for two
years: The Implantable Syncope Monitor. (Invited Review) J.
Arkansas Med. Society 95:123-124, 1998.
16. Steely D, Ozdemir A, Antakli T, Bissett J, Farmicola T,
and Talley JD: The Implantable Syncope Monitor. J Intervent.
CardioL 11:511-512, 1998.
17. Kajitani M, Ozdemir, A., Aguinaga M, Jazieh A.R., Flick
J. Antakli T: Severe Hemorrhagic Complication Due to Acquired
Factor V Inhibitor After Single Exposure to Bovine Thrombin
Product. J Card Surg 2000; 15(6): 378-382.
18. Mumtaz H., Ozdemir, A., Methemoglobinemia: An unexpected
complication during bronchoscopy.
Surgical Rounds 2002; 25: 445-46.
19. Mumtaz H., Barone G., Ketel B., Ozdemir A.: Successful
Management of a Nonmalignant Esophageal Perforation with a
Coated Stent. Ann Thoracic Surg 2002; 74: 1233-5.
20. Mumtaz H., Ozdemir A., Schaefer C R: A Case Report of
Human Pulmonary Dirofilariasis in Arkansas. (Case of the Month)
J. Arkansas Medical Society 100: 240-242, 2004.