Biography

He was born in Bandırma in 1971. In 1988, he graduated top of his class from Savaştepe Teacher Training High School and began studying at the Faculty of Medicine at Cumhuriyet University in Sivas. In his second year, he transferred to Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine and graduated in 1994, ranking third in his class. After working for two years as a general practitioner at Diyadin State Hospital in Ağrı, he began serving as a medical lieutenant in the Turkish Air Force Command. In 1999, he started his residency in plastic surgery at Istanbul GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital. After completing his residency, he worked for seven years at the Plastic Surgery Clinic of Etimesgut Military Hospital, and in 2011, he returned to the hospital where he completed his residency as an assistant professor. He became an associate professor in 2016.

He has participated in numerous national and international congresses, presenting both oral and poster presentations. He has 26 internationally published articles in prominent journals, which have received a total of 213 citations (with an h-index of 8 and an i10-index of 8).

In addition to aesthetic surgery, he has experience in hand surgery, maxillofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate repair, burn treatment, breast reconstruction, chronic wound healing, and hair/beard transplantation. He is a member of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and the Turkish Medical Association.

He is married and has two children.