About Mr Dincer Aktuerk
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Heart Health
Sub-specialties: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cardiology, Minimally Invasive Interventional Procedures for Heart Valves, Heart Rhythm Disturbances including Atrial Fibrillation, Pacing and Syncope.
Mr Dincer Aktuerk is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon OneWelbeck Heart Health, with a subspeciality of minimally invasive surgery.

Mr Dincer Aktuerk is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon OneWelbeck Heart Health, with a subspeciality of minimally invasive surgery.
Areas of Expertise
Mr Dincer Aktuerk performs a range of treatments including:
- Minimally invasive mitral valve repair
- Aortic valve replacement
- Tricuspid valve repair
- Beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery
- Endoscopic vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery
- Atrial fibrillation surgery
- Atrial clipping for stroke prevention
About Mr Dincer Aktuerk
Mr Dincer Aktuerk is a British and German-trained Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital at Barts Health NHS Trust where he leads the Minimally Invasive (keyhole) Cardiac Surgery service.
Mr Aktuerk has experience in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery, with a special interest in coronary artery surgery, aortic valve surgery and mitral valve repair. He has completed prestigious international fellowships in both transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and minimal access and robotic valve surgery and is therefore in a unique position to objectively provide a wide range of treatment opinions to individual patients.
Mr Aktuerk has presented widely at both national and international conferences and has over 20 publications in peer reviewed journals. He was recently awarded the esteemed Consultant Team Scholarship by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland to support education and training in minimal access cardiac surgery.
Additional Information
Qualifications
- PhD
- FRCS (CTh)
- Memberships:
- Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS)
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS)
- European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- British Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (BISMICS)
Awards
- SCTS Consultant Scholarship 2021