TURKISH BOARD OF CARDIOLOGY

The Turkish Board of Cardiology was established as an autonomous entity by the academic members of the Turkish Society of Cardiology.

The first National Cardiology Board Qualifying Examination was realized on November 28, 2005, during the 21st National Cardiology Congress. Since then the Board made 7 Qualifying Examinations and 18 Certifying Oral Examinations; the second group for the successful applicants of the written Qualifying Examinations. The Board issued 570 certificates since its foundation.

The organs of the Board are Executive Committee, Examination Committee, Accreditation Committee and Auditing Committee.

The Board held its committee elections at the General Meeting on October 26th, 2008 and since then developed its principles and procedures on Accreditation of the Cardiology Training Institutions. The accreditation applications collected before May 2010 will be evaluated and visits will start in the second half of 2010.

Executive Committee of the TBC

President Vice President Secretary General Treasurer

: Nail Çağlar : Haldun Müderrisoğlu, FESC : Armağan Altun, FESC : Aylin Yıldırır, FESC

Examination Committee:
Chair : Cemal Tuncer
Members: Vedat Sansoy, FESC; Murat Ersanlı, Seçkin Pehlivanoğlu, FESC; Ahmet Narin, Leyla Elif Sade, FESC; M. Kemal Erol

Accreditation Committee
Chair: Armağan Altun
Members: Adnan Abacı, Dilek Ural, Neşe Çam, Erdem Diker, Ramazan Özdemir, Cemal Tuncer

Auditing Committee
Necip Alp
Necmi Değer
Deniz Kumbasar