Marko Turina
- Emeritus Professor of surgery
- Cardiovascular surgery
- University of Zurich
- Switzerland
Biography:
Marko Turina (born 23 January 1937) is Croatian cardiac surgeon. He was the Director of Klinik für Herzgefasschirurgie, University Hospital of Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. He was one of the first people to insert an artificial heart outside the chest and among the first people to operate on congenital heart defects. Marko Turina is considered as a surgeon of high international prestige.