Assoc. Prof. Evrim Şimşek, MD | Cardiology – Cardiac Devices & Arrhythmia

2023–present · Faculty Member, Department of Cardiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine
2014–2023 · Cardiology Specialist / Consultant, Ege University Faculty of Medicine
2017 and 2019 · Observer, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara
2012–2014 · Cardiology Specialist, Batman Regional State Hospital
2007–2012 · Cardiology Resident, Ege University

EHRA Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (pacing and ICD), Step 1 and Step 2, October 2018
Good Clinical Practice and Clinical Research Certification, Ege University, 2015
Socrates-Erasmus Exchange Scholarship, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, 2005

Executive Board Member, Arrhythmia Alliance (former Arrhythmia Working Group), Turkish Society of Cardiology, 2026–present
Young Electrophysiologist Ambassador for Turkey, EHRA, 2021–2022

2024 · Mobile Individual Atrial Fibrillation Management (m-BAFY) Program: Development and Evaluation of Effectiveness (Researcher)
2022 · Comparison of two suturing methods for pectoral muscle fixation of CIED leads (Principal Investigator, Ege University BAP)
2021 · Wavelet transform and deep learning-based arrhythmia detection and FPGA implementation (TUBITAK, Researcher)
2020 · GPU-based continuously learning wearable ECG arrhythmia pre-diagnosis system (TUBITAK, Scientific Advisor)

Basic Wavelet Generation Method for Biomedical Signals and Device, application no. TR2023/000937
Signal-Specific Wavelet-Based Atrial Fibrillation Detection Device (pending)

Turkish Society of Cardiology (2007), European Society of Cardiology (2012), European Heart Rhythm Association (2015)

Comparative analysis of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator efficacy in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in patients with heart failure. Sci Rep. 2025;15:24631. doi
Comparison of two suturing techniques in terms of lead stabilizing efficiency in acute and chronic terms. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2025;68(6):1295-1306. doi
Artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support systems in cardiovascular diseases. Anatol J Cardiol. 2024;28(2):74-86. doi
Digital technologies in heart failure management. Arch Turk Soc Cardiol. 2024;52(1):52-60. doi
Testing radiofrequency energy delivery and catheter entrapment in three LVAD models in mock circulation. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023;18:176. doi
Relation between frailty and 1-year outcomes after implantation of a left ventricular assist device. Am J Cardiol. 2022;173:88-93. doi
Survival benefit of implantable-cardioverter defibrillator therapy in ambulatory patients with LVAD. Transplant Proc. 2019;51(10):3403-3408. doi

Full list available on my ORCID profile.

Functional and deep mapping for ventricular tachycardia, TSC National Arrhythmia Meeting, 2026
General concepts in pacemaker programming, TSC National Arrhythmia Meeting, 2026
When should the ablate-and-pace strategy be considered? TSC National Arrhythmia Meeting, 2025
CRT versus left bundle branch area pacing (debate), TSC National Arrhythmia Meeting, 2025
Late potential and decremental evoked potential mapping, IEPI, 2024
EHRA Congress 2026, Paris: left sympathetic ganglion block for VT in LVAD patients; m-BAFY program (posters)

Assoc. Prof. Evrim Şimşek – Curriculum Vitae