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Bela Merkely

Bela Merkely MD, PhD, MSc, DSc, FESC, FACC

Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

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Professor Bela Merkely obtained his medical degree with Summa Cum Laude honors in 1991 at Semmelweis University’s Faculty of Medicine in Budapest, Hungary. He became board-certified in cardiology in 1998 and obtained his PhD in ventricular arrhythmias in 1999. He also holds a Transthoracic Echocardiography Certification and was the first Hungarian clinical cardiac electrophysiologist to earn the Cardiac Pacing and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Certification issued by the European Heart Rhythm Association. In 2006, he became a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 2007, Professor Merkely has been Chairman and Director of Semmelweis University’s Heart and Vascular Centre. This Clinic has a wide profile, including cardiology, heart surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac imaging, and interventional radiology.

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