E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, is professor of medicine, director of the Intravascular Ultrasound Laboratory, a staff physician, and an interventional cardiologist at The Cleveland Clinic. He also serves as the European and Canadian regional director of the International Center. Through this work in the International Center, Tuzcu is involved in medical education of doctors from all over the world, and he treats patients from all corners of the world. Tuzcu's interests cover a wide range of interventional cardiology procedures. He is certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and in Interventional Cardiology.

Tuzcu received his medical degree from Istanbul Medical Faculty in Turkey, where he completed his internship and residency in medicine. He was then awarded fellowships by The Cleveland Clinic in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology before accepting a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston as a clinical and research fellow in cardiology. He was appointed to The Cleveland Clinic in 1992.

Tuzcu has held several academic appointments including instructor in medicine and research at Harvard Medical School, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and professor of medicine at Ohio State University.

The Intravascular Ultrasound Research Laboratory that Tuzcu directs serves as the core laboratory for a number of multicenter trials studying atherosclerosis. He holds several patents involving hybrid catheter design.

Tuzcu has directed or co-directed many national and international symposiums and professional conferences worldwide. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications including many textbooks chapters, and serves as a reviewer for many academic journals.

Tuzcu is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and a fellow in the American College of Physicians. He is a member of the American Heart Association, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the Turkish Society of Cardiology. Tuzcu was voted into the recent listing of Best Physicians in America, and he is listed in the National Registry of Who's Who.