Prof. Mehmet Bozkurt

experiences

Professor, Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon
: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
: Hand Surgeon
Medical Faculty Gulhane Millitary Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine 1986-1995
Plastic Surgery Residency Gulhane Military Medical Academy Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Burn Center, Ankara, Turkey 1995-2001

Plastic Surgeon Chief of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Diyarbakır Military Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey 2001- 2003
Plastic Surgeon Chief of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Girne Military Hospital, Girne, Cyprus 2003-2004
Research Fellow Cleveland Clinic Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Microsurgery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2006-2007
Assistant Professor Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
2005- 2010

Associate Professor Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey 2010-2012
Clinical Fellow (Microsurgery) Cleveland Clinic Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery 2011-2012
Hand Surgeon Hand Surgery
(National Medical Speciality Board, 2013) 2013
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
(National Medical Speciality Board, 2013) 2013
Associate Professor Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2013
Associate Professor Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2013-2017
Professor
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2017- 2018
Professor Founder Member, Health Science University, Bioengineering Faculty, İstanbul, Turkey 2017-2018

certificates

Course : First Aid and Emergency Training (Advanced)
Duration : Two weeks
Date : During residency (From October 11, 1995 to October 22, 1995)
Address : Gulhane Military Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine 06018 Etlik
Ankara, Turkey

Course : Microsurgery Training
Duration : Two weeks
Date : October 1999
Address : Gulhane Military Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine
06018 Etlik ANKARA, TURKEY

Course : Basic Microsurgery Training
Duration : One week
Date : July 2006
Address : Cleveland Clinic Department of Plastic Surgery, Microsurgery Laboratory,
Cleveland, USA

Course : Advanced Microsurgery Training
Duration : One week
Date : July 2006
Address : Cleveland Clinic Department of Plastic Surgery, Microsurgery Laboratory,
Cleveland, USA
• FMGEMS Step 1 and 2 (01/1993)
• USMLE Step 1 and 2 (06/1993-08/1994)
• TOEFL score 563 May 1995
• European Board of Plastic Surgery 11/2010
• Turkish Board of Plastic Surgery 12/ 2010

awards
  1. Highest Cumulative Average Point in 3rd year of Medical School 1989
  2. Graduated with Honors from Medical School 1992
  3. Super Achievement Award in Second Commando Brigade 1995
  4. Second Winner, Research Competition Day, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 2001

  5. Outstanding Paper, 2008 Annual Meetings of ASPN, (Bozkurt M, Grykien C, Klimczak A, Sieminow M: Enhancement of Regeneration of Peripheral Nerve Defects by Application of Epineural Tubes filled with Donor Derived Bone Marrow Stromal Cells), Beverly Hills, 2008 CA, USA

  6. Outstanding Paper, 2010 Annual Meetings of ASPN, (Zor F, Bozkurt M, Nair D, Siemionow M: A new composite midface allotransplantation model with sensory and motor reinnervation), Boca Raton, FL, USA
  7. Best Paper Award, Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery Meeting, (Bozkurt M, Siemionow M. Composite Sternum Thymus Allatransplantation). May 2012, Cleveland, OH, USA
  8. First Winner, 2009 Healt Science Best Academic Performance, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
  9. First Winner, 2010 Healt Science Best Academic Performance, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
  10. Scientific Encouragement Award 2015, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

SOCIETY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

  1. Turkish Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
  2. Turkish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon
  3. IFATS (International Fat Association)
  4. Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity
  5. The Society of Stem Cell and Cellular Treatment
  6. ISBI (International Society for Burn Injuries)

Advisor and Co-researcher of Dissertations

  1. Kapi E. Comparison of the effects of thrombocyte-rich plasma, bone marrow stromal cell and electromagnetic field stimulation on osteogenesis in the experimental bone defect model using superficial temporal fascia. Dissertation, 2011, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
  2. Eroglu T. A comparison of the effects of epidural and spinal anesthesia with ischemia-reperfusion injury on the rat transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. Dissertation, 2011, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
  3. Yasar Z. Comparison of wound healing effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and medical ozone in an experimental model of scald burn. Dissertation, 2011, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
  4. Karakol P. Determination of the effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on peripheral nerve regeneration. Dissertation, 2012, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
  5. Biniciler O. Investigation of the effect of radiotherapy on flap survival in experimental rat transverse rectus abdominis muscle-skin (TRAM) flap model. Dissertation, 2012, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey
  6. Isik R. Retrospective analysis of diabetic foot patients who applied to Dicle University Medical Faculty Department of Plastic Surgery between 2008 and 2011. Dissertation, 2011, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey

  7. Yucetas A. The effects of Danazol use on rat dorsal flap viability. Dissertation, 2007, Dicle University Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Diyarbakır, Turkey

  8. Ceran F. Evaluation of the effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat isogenic and allogeneic solitary muscle and skin transplantation models. Dissertation, 2016, Health Science University Medical Faculty, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
  9. Ersin I. Analysis of angular and densitometric changes in aging middle face skeleton using 3-dimensional computerized tomography. Dissertation, 2015, Health Science University Medical Faculty, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
publications

Book Chapters

  1. Bozkurt M, Zor F. Composite Osseomusculocutaneous Thymus Allotransplantation Model. In: Siemionow MZ (ed.) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Springer, Chapter 30, 243-248, 2015.
  2. Zor F, Bozkurt M. Composite Osseomusculocutaneous Midface Allotransplantation Model with Motor and Sensory Units. In: Siemionow MZ (ed.) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Springer, Chapter 39, 311-317, 2015.

Translated Book Chapters

  1. Pederson WC. Management of the burned hand. (Turkish Translation: Bozkurt M, Filinte GT, Basat SO.) In: Thorne CH (editor-in-chief), Chung KC, Gosain AK, Gurtner GC, Mehrara BJ, Rubin JP, Spear SL (eds.) Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 88, page 885-889, China 2014. Translation Editor: Özmen S. Güneş Medical Bookstores, Ankara, 2016
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