Ilker YAZICI

Born in 1975 in Ankara, Dr. İlker YAZICI graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 1998. In the same year, he started his specialization in Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Having received his Plastic Surgery Specialization in 2004, Dr. Yazıcı worked as a Research Fellow in the Plastic Surgery/Microsurgery Department of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the USA for a period of 1 year and 3 months between 2004-2005.

 

During this time he published many original articles. Among these, there are also the first applications in vivo on bony face transplants, upper jaw and tooth transplants with preserving nutrition. Apart from face transplantation, he gained experience in microcirculation, tissue freezing techniques and nerve experimental surgery during this period.

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Between 2006-2013, he worked as a lecturer in the field of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine. In addition to active surgical service, he trained assistants and students. During this period, he also worked as a Specialist Physician in Ankara ONEP for 10 months in 2006 and in the GATA Burn Center as part of his military service. In 2012, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. He was entitled to receive a diploma in Hand Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by the Ministry of Health.

 

He worked at Helsinki Töölö Hospital for three months with the EURAPS Young Scholarship scholarship he was awarded in 2012.

In 2012, he took the two-step exam and received the EBOPRAS (European Board of Plastic Surgery Certificate) certificate. Dr. The printer has two patent applications in its own branch. Working as an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Istanbul Bilim University-Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital between 2013-2016. İlker Yazıcı speaks fluent/advanced English.