Alaaddin Yilmaz
Alaaddin Yilmaz (1970 – 9 November 2024) was a Turkish heart surgeon at the Jessa Hospital in Hasselt, Belgium.
Alaaddin Yilmaz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
Emirdağ, Turkey | ||
| Died | (aged 54) | ||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||
| Occupation | heart surgeon | ||
Biography
Yilmaz was born in Emirdağ in 1970. He moved to Ghent, Belgium to study medicine where he graduated in the 1990s. Later he specialized to become a heart surgeon at the St. Antonius hospital in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. Since 2015 he worked at the heart center of the Jessa Hospital in Hasselt, Belgium.[1][2] Yilmaz is credited with multiple world firsts, including replacing an aortic valve, without sawing open the sternum, but via a keyhole surgery.[2][3]
He was invited by the Sheikh of Dubai in 2017 for his expertise.[3]
In 2022, he was a doctor in the Belgian television series Topdokters.[3]
Yilmaz died on 9 November 2024, at the age of 54 from pancreatic cancer.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Dankzij pionierswerk van Yilmaz zijn patiënten na hartoperatie weer sneller op de been". Het Nieuwsblad (in Nederlands). 10 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hartchirurg Yilmaz leerde het vak in ons land: 'Hij redde duizenden mensen, maar niemand kon hem helpen'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). 10 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mensenrechtenactivist Stanley Rensch op 84-jarige leeftijd overleden". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Nederlands). 9 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Hij sprong midden in de nacht uit zijn bed om het leven van mijn man te redden": talloze Vlamingen zijn overleden dokter Yilmaz eeuwig dankbaar, ook deze HLN-lezers". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Nederlands). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ↑ "Topdokter die duizenden levens redde zelf overleden aan pancreaskanker: "Gestorven met het mes in de hand"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Nederlands). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
