Sami Özgül, prominent cardiologist and academic, passes away

Prof. Dr. Sami Özgül, a prominent cardiologist and the founding rector of Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University, has passed away. Born in Kahramanmaraş in 1952, Özgül graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1977.

Throughout his career, Özgül specialized in internal medicine and cardiology, serving as chief physician in Gazipaşa, Antalya, and later in Kahramanmaraş. He was instrumental in establishing the angiography laboratory at the Kahramanmaraş State Hospital in 2007. His academic and medical contributions spanned several countries, including training in Switzerland, England, Spain, France, and Germany. He also served as a professor and head of the cardiology department at Adıyaman University.