Prof. Selahattin Özmen, M.D.

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Head of Department

Professor Özmen received 6 international awards for studies conducted with TUBITAK scholarship.
Won EURAPS (European Association of Plastic Surgeons) Young Scholarship Award and studied craniofacial surgery in Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden in 2004.
Received Best Experimental Study Award by Plastic Surgery Education Foundation (PSEF) – a very prestigious award in the U.S.A. and which is awarded only to only few people in Turkey.
Gained the first rank for the Certified Wound Expert ICW Certificate in Germany in 2007.
Has 20 awards, including 8 international ones.
Member of Tissue Transplantation Scientific Committee of Ministry of Health since 2010.
Member of Turkish Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Association of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, Turkish Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, International Society of Plastic Surgery, European Rhinoplasty Society, Turkish Association of Hair Transplant and American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Authored more than 80 articles published in international peer-review journals.
Authored more than 50 articles published in national peer-review journals.
His studies were cited more than 1,600 times.
Detailed CV

Principal fields of clinical interest:

Cosmetic Surgery
- Nasal aesthetic and functional surgery (rhinoplasty, hypertrophic nasal turbinate, surgery for deviated septum etc.),
- Aesthetic surgeries for eyelid, ear, lip, forehead, face and neck, and bichectomy,
- Breast aesthetics (augmentation, reduction, mastopexy, gynecomastia, nipple aesthetics etc.),
- Truncal aesthetics (tummy tuck, liposuction, post-bariatric 360-degree abdominal aesthetics etc.),
- Arm lift, thigh lift (trouser lift), liposuction for arms and legs
- Genital aesthetic surgery ( labiaplasty, repair of hymen, vaginal tightening, penile surgery),
- Fat injections (face and leg recontouring, buttock augmentation).

Non-surgical Aesthetic Procedures
- Botox (wrinkles, heavy perspiration, masseter muscle, smiling botox, mesobotox),
- Filler (lip, nose, jaw, eyelid, face, hand, genital region etc.),
- Mesotherapy (skin rejuvenation, bleaching for eyelid, light cure),
- Dermaroller, laser and plasma,
- Stem Cell, PRP.

Reconstructive Surgery
- Skin lesions (cysts, nevi, warts, lipomas, any and all lesions),
- Skin cancers (melanoma, basal-cell cancer, squamous cell carcinomas etc.),
- Breast cancer (breast reconstruction, implant, microsurgery, latissimus dorsi, Diep Poland Syndrome)
- Cancers and tumors of facial bones and jaw, tumors of scalp,
- Congenital anomalies (cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis (anomalies of skull), absence of ear, prominent ear, giant nevi etc., hand anomalies (polydactyly, syndactyly etc.), hemangiomas, vascular malformations, droopy eyelid, velopharyngeal insufficiency,
- Facial traumas (soft tissue, fractured facial bones, fractured jaw bones, fractures of forehead and base of orbital bones),
- Treatment of facial paralysis,
- Hand and tendon ruptures, Dupuytren’s disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,
- Wound care, correction of wound scars, keloid, wound beds, wounds in feet and legs,
- Reconstruction of vagina, hypospadias, penile anomalies,
- Treatment of burn, burn scars and contractures,
- Microsurgical reconstruction of any and all tissues (face, jaw, breast, vagina, esophagus, hand, arm, leg, foot etc.).

Education	Institution	Year
Residency Education	Hand and Microsurgery Specialist, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2013
Residency Education	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2013
Residency Education	Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2002
Medical Education	School of Medicine, Hacettepe University (3rd best student)	1995

Title	Institution	Year
Head	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Koç University	2018 - to date
Professor	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Koç University	2014 - to date
Professor	Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, American Hospital	2013 - to date
Professor	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2011
Associate Professor	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2007 - 2013
Attending Physician	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2004 - 2007
Research Fellow	Sahlgrenska University Department of Plastic Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden	2004
Plastic Surgeon	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	2003 - 2004
Research Fellow	The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USA	2002 - 2003
Plastic Surgeon	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Bayındır Hospital, Ankara	2002
Resident	Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Gazi University	1995 - 2002