Dilek Gursoy

Dilek Gürsoy (born December 6, 1976 in Neuss ) is a German doctor specializing in cardiac surgery . She is considered an expert in the field of mechanical circulatory support systems and in 2012 was the first woman in Europe to perform an artificial heart implantation on a patient .

Life

Gürsoy was born in Neuss in 1976 as one of three children of a Turkish guest worker family. Her father died of sudden cardiac death when she was ten years old, so her mother raised her and her two brothers alone. After graduating from the Quirinus Gymnasium in Neuss , she studied human medicine at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf . She received her doctorate in 2008 with the work The importance of the coagulation and complement system in the development of a "systemic inflammatory response syndrome" (SIRS) after interventions with the help of extracorporeal circulation (EKZ).

After completing her studies, she worked as an assistant, specialist and senior physician in the team of cardiac surgeon Reiner Körfer , in whose ongoing research she is involved in an artificial heart without an external cable or drive system. Between autumn 2016 and summer 2019, Gürsoy switched between different clinics and worked, among other things, as a division manager.

In 2019 she was involved in a campaign by the Ministry of Family and Integration in North Rhine-Westphalia, #IchDuWirNRW, as a role model and positive example for the successful immigration society . In addition, she is involved in various associations, including as a mentor for the Women into Leadership initiative and as a campaign ambassador for the Deutschlandstiftung Integration .

Awards

• 2019: German Medical Award , category Medical Doctor of the Year
• 2019: Victress Award for leading women from society and business

Web links

• Carina Kontio: "God gave me his hands to save lives". In: Handelsblatt. June 19, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 . 
• The heart expert. Portrait of the doctor Dilek Gürsoy. In: zdf.de. ZDF, March 22, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 . 
• Cologne meeting: Dr. Dilek Gursoy. In: wdr.de. WDR, September 21, 2018, accessed September 10, 2019 . 
• Dilek Gürsoy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Elif Senel: Matters of the heart - Dilek Gürsoy, WDR 5 Curiosity is enough - speaking time. In: www1.wdr.de. November 21, 2019, accessed November 21, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} #IchDuWirNRW / Dilek. (Video, from second 12). In: ichduwir.nrw. Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2019, accessed on October 7, 2019 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} RP ONLINE: Daughter of Turkish guest workers from Neuss: How Dilek Gürsoy became a heart surgeon. Retrieved September 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ "I am in awe". In: https://www.zeit.de and on May 30, 2018 in Die Zeit , No 23, page 65. Zeit Online, May 29, 2018, accessed on September 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Guest worker child makes it to the top with tenacity siegburg.de
5. ↑ A woman as an icon of cardiac surgery. In: Operation Career. June 4, 2018, accessed September 10, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} heart surgeon Dilek Gürsoy in the Mindshift podcast: "God gave me my hands to save lives". Retrieved September 10, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Dilek Gürsoy: The importance of the coagulation and complement system in the development of a "systemic inflammatory response syndrome" (SIRS) after interventions with the help of extracorporeal circulation (EKZ) . ( dnb.de [accessed on September 10, 2019]).
8. ↑ Develops and implants artificial hearts. In: swr.de. SWR1, May 28, 2018, accessed on September 12, 2019 . 
9. ↑ mentors. In: INITIATIVE WOMEN INTO LEADERSHIP. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German). 
10. ↑ 70 years of the Basic Law. My Germany. I live here for good reason. In: deutschlandstiftung.net. Deutschlandstiftung Integration, 2019, accessed on July 16, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Yilin doktoru Ordulu Dilek Gürsoy Sabah
12. ^ Siegburg: Cardiac surgeon honored: Dilek Gürsoy receives Victress Award. April 25, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 (German).