Furkan Erol KARABEKMEZ, MD, CONSULTANT, FEBOPRAS, MBA
FEBOPRAS:
Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery
SCHS License:
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Professor in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery
Ankara Medipol University, Colleague of Medicine
I received my medical degree from the University of Istanbul, Faculty of Medicine, in 1999, completed my Plastic Surgery training at Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic over seven and a half years, earning my specialist degree in 2009. During this period, I spent 15 months at Mayo Clinic in the Plastic Surgery Department as a Research Fellow, participating in clinical and surgical procedures and publishing several articles in my field,
passed the written and oral exams for the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Diploma, becoming a member of EURAPS (European Association of Plastic Surgeons). I also worked as a visiting fellow in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Munster University Clinical. I obtained an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery specialty diploma from the Turkish Ministry of Health and gained experience in orthognathic surgery,
worked as the Chief of the Department and Associate Professor at Kecioren Education and Research Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, overseeing four residents and three consultants. I also worked at Al Hayat National Hospital (formerly known as Aldar Hospital) in Saudi Arabia for two years, from 2019 to 2021, and hold a license from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.