Mehmet Cilingiroglu

EDUCATION and TRAINING

UNDERGRADUATE

Sep.1983-June 1986 Antalya High School
Bachelor of Science, Cam Laude, 06/30/1986
Antalya, Turkey

GRADUATE

Sep. 1986- July 1993 Medical School
Doctor of Medicine, Awarded 07/31/1993 with Honors
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in English
Ankara, Turkey

POSTGRADUATE

Sep. 1993- June 1994 Internship in Internal Medicine
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey

July 1994- June1995 Internship in Internal Medicine
Medical College of Virginia /Virginia Commonwealth University
Program Director: Michael Edmond, MD, MPH
Richmond, VA

July 1995- June 1997 Residency in Internal Medicine/Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia
Program Director: Michael Edmond, MD, MPH
Richmond, VA

July 2000- June 2004 American Heart Association Bugher Fellow in Molecular Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine/Michael DeBakey Heart Center
Program Director: Robert Roberts, MD
Houston, TX

July 2004- June 2006 Fellow in Interventional Cardiology
Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio
Janey Briscoe Center for Cardiovascular Research
Program Director: Steven R. Bailey, MD
San Antonio, TX

Jan. 2010- Dec. 2010 Structural Heart Disease Fellow
Evanston Hospital/NorthShore University
Program Director: Ted Feldman, MD
Evanston, IL

APPOINTMENTS and POSITIONS
ACADEMIC

July 2004-June 2005 Instructor, Interventional Cardiology
University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Oct. 2006-Sep. 2007 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little rock, AR

Apr. 2008- Aug. 2010 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Director of Translational Research
Director of Interventional Research
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH

Mar. 2011-June 2011 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Structural Heart Disease
Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Jan. 2012-Dec. 2012 Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Heart and Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

July 2013- Mar. 2017 Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

May 2017-June 2019 Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

June 2014-June 2020 Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Koc University, School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey

May 2015-July 2020 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

Aug. 2020-Present Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

Apr. 2016-Present Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arkansas School of Biomedical Engineering
Fayetteville, AR

Jan. 2019- Aug. 2020 Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Bahcesehir University, School of Medicine
Istanbul, Turkey

Jan. 2020-Present Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology (Cardio-Oncology)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Sep. 2020-Present Visiting Professor of Medicine
University of California Irvine, School of Medicine
Irvine, CA

June 2020-Present Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Bahcesehir University, School of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Department
Istanbul, Turkey

Oct. 2020-Present Professor of Medicine
University of Hawaii John Burns School of Medicine
Cardiology Section
Honolulu, HI

Dec. 2020-Present Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ


NON-ACADEMIC CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS (HOSPITAL AND CLINIC)

July 1997- June 2000 Medical Director and Internal Medicine Practice
Boydton Medical Center
Boydton, VA

July 2006- Sept. 2007 Interventional Cardiology Staff Physician
Cardiology Associates
Pine Bluff, AR

Oct. 2008- Dec. 2008 Interventional Cardiology Staff Physician
Bon Secours Health System
Richmond, VA

Mar. 2008- Dec. 2009 University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Section of Interventional Cardiology
Director of Translational Research
Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
Interventional Cardiologist
Cincinnati, OH

Apr. 2011-June 2011 University of Maryland Medical Center
Director of Structural Heart Interventions
Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
Section of Interventional Cardiology
Baltimore, MD

Nov. 2011-June 2012 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Shaddy Side Hospital UPMC
Interventional Staff Cardiologist
Pittsburgh, PA

July 2012-June 2019 Arkansas Heart Hospital
Interventional Cardiology, Staff Physician
Medical Director of Peripheral Vascular Interventions
Little Rock, AR

Oct. 2020-May 2021 Southern Arizona Veterans Health System
Interventional Cardiology/Structural Heart Interventionalist
Tucson, AZ

CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:

1997, 2007 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine #174499
2005, 2013 Diplomate, Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Diseases #174499
2006, 2014 Diplomate, Subspecialty of Interventional Cardiology #174499
2008 Diplomate, American Board of Vascular Medicine-Endovascular Medicine


MEMBERSHIPS in PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

1994 Member of American Medical Association
1999 Fellow of American College of Physicians
2005 Fellow of American College of Cardiology
2005 Fellow of American Heart Association
2005 Fellow of European Society of Cardiology
2006 Fellow of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

HONORS

1985 First place award in physics by The Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council.
1993 Graduated top 1%, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine with Honors.
1993 Ranked top 1% in Turkish National Resident Placement Examination.
2003 Best presenter at the Pfizer abstract competition, American College of Cardiology in Chicago.
2003 Best clinical research award, department of medicine, section of cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
2003 First place award in the department of medicine research symposium Baylor College of Medicine.
2003 Michael E. DeBakey outstanding young investigator in clinical research award, Baylor College of Medicine.
2004 First place award in clinical research at the department of medicine research symposium, Baylor College of Medicine.
2005 First Place Award, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Coronary Interventions/General Electric fellowship grant award winner, $20,000.
2005 First place award in population science poster presentation at the AHA meeting, Dallas, TX.
2009 Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Finalist, Chicago, IL.
2009 CRT Emerging Young Leadership Award, Washington, DC.
2010 Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Finalist, Chicago, IL.
2012 Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Finalist, Chicago, IL.
2020 CRT, Finalist, Cardiac Innovation Competition “VH IVOCT in detection of different components of the atherosclerotic plaque in vivo”.