Barbaros Dokumacı

Professional Profile

Prof. Dr. Barbaros Dokumacı was born in İzmir in 1961. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Istanbul. After studying for the first four years at the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, he completed his medical education at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) in 1985, as he was a military medical student. He undertook his internship at GATA in 1986. Having completed his residency training in 1992, he earned the title of cardiologist. He is engaged in all areas of cardiology and performs a full range of procedures, including invasive cardiac and peripheral interventions, the implantation of pacemakers, ICDs, and CRT-D devices, cardiac ablation procedures, and percutaneous closure of congenital heart diseases, available on a 24/7 basis.

Current Appointment

• November 2026 – Present: Özel Aile Hastanesi, Bahçelievler – İstanbul (Cardiology)

Education and Academic Career

• 1961: Born in İzmir; completed primary, secondary, and high school education in Istanbul
• First four years: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine – medical education
• 1985: Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) – completed medical education (military medical student)
• 1986: GATA – internship
• 1992: Specialist in Cardiology
• Served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiology at GATA
• May 1994: Joined the Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine; pioneered modern invasive cardiology in Eskişehir
• 1996: Six months of electrophysiology training at the clinic of Prof. Wellens at Maastricht University; upon return, transformed his clinic into a specialized center in this field
• 1996: Associate Professor in Cardiology
• 1998: First Research Fellowship granted to Turkey by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC); returned to Maastricht for another six-month period
• 2014: Professor

Professional Experience

• 1998: After leaving Osmangazi University, began working as a cardiologist at the SSK Eskişehir Regional Hospital, where he established the first electrophysiology laboratory within the SSK hospital network and developed the Eskişehir facility into a prominent cardiac center
• 2003 – : Private-sector cardiology practice

Areas of Expertise

• Interventional cardiology (cardiac and peripheral interventions)
• Pacemaker, ICD, and CRT-D implantation
• Electrophysiological studies and catheter ablation
• Percutaneous closure of congenital heart diseases
• 24/7 interventional procedures

Other

• Law degree
• Master’s degree in Medical Law