Dilek Gürsoy
Turco-German cardiac surgeon
Why Is Dilek Gürsoy Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dilek Gürsoy is a German heart surgeon of Turkish descent. In 2012, she became the first female surgeon in Europe to implant an artificial heart. Early life Dilek Gürsoy was born in Neuss in 1976 to parents, who emigrated in 1969 from Fatsa, Ordu in Turkey to work in Germany as Gastarbeiter. One of her two brothers died during childhood. Her father died from sudden cardiac death as she was ten years old. Her mother Zeynep was an assembly-line worker at Pierburg plant. Dilek was raised by her mother, who had learnt reading and writing by herself because she was not allowed to go to school in her childhood in Turkey. During her preschool time in the kindergarten, she learned the German language, and met a German couple, who served as a guide in the German world and her hometown's society. She was schooled in Martin-Luther-Grundschule for primary i, and then completed the high school at Quirinus-Gymnasium in Neuss. She was the first in her family to go to university, where she focused on cardiovascular surgery. Her future professional career has been always surgery since her childhood.
Other Resources About Dilek Gürsoy
What Schools Are Affiliated With Dilek Gürsoy?
Dilek Gürsoy is affiliated with the following schools:
