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Talat Mesud Yelbuz
Talat Mesud Yelbuz, M.D., Ph.D.
Background
April 2013 - present:
Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist – Imaging & Research
Head, Research Committee in Pediatric Cardiology & Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist – Imaging & Research
King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center
Section of Pediatric Cardiology
King Abdulaziz Medical City “American College of Cardiology (ACC) International Center of Excellence”
National Guard Health Affairs
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
November 2009 – September 2012:
Professor / Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist
Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Medicine
Hannover Medical School, Germany
September 2008 – April 2009:
Professor / Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist
Head, Division of Cardiology & Director, Biomedical Basic Research Program in Cardiovascular Development
Dept. of Pediatrics/McMaster Children's Hospital
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
October 2003 – September 2012:
Head of Research & Director, Cardiovascular Development Research Laboratory
Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Medicine
Hannover Medical School, Germany
January 2005 – November 2009:
Associate Prof. / Consultant Paediatrician & Pediatric Cardiologist
Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Medicine
Hannover Medical School, Germany
October 2003 – December 2004:
Assistant Prof. / Consultant Paediatrician
Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Medicine
Hannover Medical School, Germany
Other Interests
Clinical Pediatric Cardiology:
Imaging (Echocardiography), History of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac physiology; Anatomy and pathology of the heart.
Basic Cardiovascular Research:
Cardiovascular development/Outflow tract formation/Secondary heart field; Imaging, functional analysis, and biomechanics of the developing heart with cutting-edge technologies (such as MRI, Micro-CT and Optical Coherence Tomography) in collaboration with physicists, software, biomedical and mechanical engineers;
Molecular Genetics of Heart Defects.
Extraprofessional:
Philosophy, History of Science and Medicine, Computers & IT Technology.