Background
Onat, Altan was born on February 28, 1929 in Kayseri, Turkey. Son of Ahmet Rasim and Neyyire Sefik Onat.
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Altan Onat
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Bachelor of Science, Robert College, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, University Zurich, 1954. Master of Science in Medicine, University Minnesota, 1958.
Career
Instructor Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University Istanbul, Turkey, 1961-1964, assistant professor, 1964-1966, associate professor, 1966-1970, professor medicine, since 1970. Chairman 2d and 5th Turkish Congresses Cardiology, Istanbul, 1980, 86. Editor Journal of the Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 1970-1982, Archives of Turkish Society Cardiology, 1978-1989.
Contributor articles to professional journals Trustee, Istanbul American Colleges, Istanbul, 1967-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow in medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1956-1959. Member International Advisory Board 1st Asian-Pacific Symposium Cardiac Pacing, Jerusalem, 1980. Served to lieutenant Medical Corps Turkish Army, 1959-1960.
Member Turkish Society Cardiology (secretary general since 1978), Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, International Society for Internal Medicine (International Committee since 1970), American College Chest Physicians, American Heart Association (fellow Council Clinical Cardiology since 1985).
Club: Istanbul Golf (president 1980-1987).
