Dr. Mert Dumantepe is Associate professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Bahcesehir University Faculty of Medicine. He is Vascular Surgery Department Director of the at Medical Park Gebze Hospital. He completed his graduation from Istanbul University Medical School, Turkey in 2001. He was trained in Dr.Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Traninig Hospital. He did fellowship in teh field of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Surgery programme and Heart transplantation- Mechanical Assist Device programme from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA in 2015. He is general secretary of Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery-Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension working group.

His research interest include acute and chronic pulmonary embolism treatments, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), endovascular treatment of venous thromboembolism, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical assist device.