Asst. Prof. MD. Tanil Ozer

My 94-year-old grandmother with severe aortic stenosis was turned down by three surgeons who deemed her too high-risk. Dr. Ozer reviewed her case and said, 'Age isn't a disease.' He performed a transcatheter aortic valve replacement through a tiny incision. She celebrated her 95th birthday dancing with her great-grandchildren, a miracle we attribute to his courage and skill.

During my 20-week pregnancy scan, they found I had a life-threatening aortic dissection. Rushed to Medical Park Goztepe, Dr. Ozer faced an impossible choice: save me or my baby. He assembled a revolutionary team, performing emergency cardiac surgery while obstetricians monitored the fetus. Both of us survived. My daughter is now two, and we call her 'the heart warrior', a testament to Dr. Ozer's groundbreaking multidisciplinary approach.

I'm a 42-year-old musician who developed a rare cardiac tumor pressing against my vocal nerve. Multiple surgeons warned that removal would likely destroy my singing voice. Dr. Ozer spent weeks studying the micro-anatomy, then performed an unprecedented nerve-sparing resection using intraoperative neuromonitoring. Not only is the tumor gone, but I just recorded my best-selling album. He saved my career along with my life.

Our 7-year-old son, born with a complex single ventricle defect, had failed two palliative surgeries elsewhere. Dr. Ozer proposed a completely novel staged reconstruction he'd been developing. The third surgery lasted 14 hours. Today, our boy plays soccer, something we were told would never happen. Dr. Ozer doesn't follow textbooks; he writes new chapters for medicine.

As a 28-year-old competitive freediver, I discovered an atrial septal defect during a pre-competition screening. Dr. Ozer didn't just see a hole in my heart, he understood my passion for deep diving and designed a minimally invasive closure procedure that preserved my lung capacity. Six months later, I set a national depth record. He treated the athlete, not just the anatomy.