Dilek Gürsoy
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Dilek Gürsoy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) Neuss, Germany |
| Education | University of Düsseldorf |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | First female physician in Europe to implant artificial heart |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Cardiothoracic surgery |
| Awards | "Physician of the Year 2019" by German Medical Club |
Dilek Gürsoy (born 1976) is a German heart surgeon of Turkish descent. In 2012, she became the first female surgeon in Europe to implant an artificial heart.[1][2]
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.[3][4][5] One of her two brothers died during childhood.[6][5] Her father died from sudden cardiac death as she was ten years old.[4] Her mother Zeynep was an assembly-line worker at Pierburg plant.[5] Dilek was raised by her mother, who had taught herself to read and write because her family did not send her to school. 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.[5] She was schooled in Martin-Luther-Grundschule for primary i, and then completed the high school at Quirinus-Gymnasium in Neuss.[5] She was the first in her family to go to university, where she focused on cardiovascular surgery.[1][7] Her future professional career has been always surgery since her childhood.[5]
