Prof. Tolga Aksu, MD

Prof. Tolga Aksu, MD was born on March 12, 1981, in Ankara. He completed his primary education at Ankara Atatürk Primary School and his secondary education at Ankara Mustafa Kemal High School. In 1997, he entered Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, graduating second in his class in 2004.

In January 2005, he ranked second in Turkey in the Medical Specialty Examination and started his cardiology residency at Ankara Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital. In 2011, he ranked first in the written exam for the Chief-Assistant and Chief Assistant positions in Cardiology organized by the Ministry of Health and was appointed as the Chief Assistant in Cardiology at Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital. He earned the title of Associate Professor of Cardiology at the same hospital in 2015. In 2021, he became a Professor of Cardiology at Yeditepe University.

Contributing to medical literature with over 185 international and more than 30 national publications, most of them as the lead author, Prof. Tolga Aksu, MD gained recognition worldwide with his studies on the treatment of syncope and cardiac arrest through ablation without pacemaker implantation. His work has been featured in leading global journals, and he has delivered talks at over 100 international conferences.

In 2024, he led the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) joint Cardioneuroablation document, publishing the first scientific document on the treatment of syncope and cardiac arrest with ablation without pacemaker implantation. In the same year, he edited a book on syncope, authored by over 30 international experts, which is the fourth textbook published in this field to date.

Prof. Tolga Aksu, MD is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in cardioneuroablation and atrial fibrillation ablation.