AESTHETIC, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY PROGRAM

 

 

AESTHETIC, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY PROGRAM

Program overview

As a trainee during the program you will receive training in general reconstruction, trauma, maxillofacial surgery, hand surgery, microvascular surgery, aesthetic surgery, breast reconstruction, burn care, oncoplastic surgery and cleft lip/cleft palate.

Mission

The mission of the plastic surgery training program is to develop physicians to practice as competent, caring plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the ambulatory, hospital and extended care settings.

The overall goals and objectives are to:  

  • Provide residents with quality instruction and experience in a wide range of plastic surgery areas, including both the functional and aesthetic management of congenital and acquired defects of the face, neck, trunk, body, and extremities.
  • Produce residents who are well trained in the broad areas of general plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Trainees will receive specific training in:

  • Congenital defects of the head and neck, including clefts of the lip and palate, auricular deformities, and craniofacial surgery.
  • Neoplasms of the head and neck, including the oropharynx and training in appropriate endoscopy.
  • Craniomaxillofacial trauma, including fractures.
  • Aesthetic (cosmetic) surgery of the head and neck, trunk, and extremities.
  • Plastic surgery of the breast.
  • Surgery of the hand and upper extremity.
  • Plastic surgery of the lower extremities.
  • Plastic surgery of the congenital and acquired defects of the trunk and genitalia.
  • Burn management, acute and reconstructive.
  • Microsurgical techniques applicable to plastic surgery.
  • Reconstruction by tissue transfer, including flaps and grafts.
  • Surgery of benign and malignant lesions of the skin and soft tissues.

 

Trainees will gain experience in:

  • Surgical design
  • Surgical diagnosis
  • Surgical and artistic anatomy
  • Surgical physiology and pharmacology
  • Wound healing
  • Surgical pathology and microbiology
  • Adjunctive oncological therapy
  • Biomechanics
  • Rehabilitation
  • Surgical instrumentation

 

Trainer: Prof. N.Karacaoglan, MD

Training duration: 2 weeks

Number of participants: max.3

Training fee per participant: 2000 USD

 

 

University Hospital Training
*The program includes theoretical and observership training.
*The training will be during the week not in the weekends.
*A certificate will be provided by University for the participants at the end of the training.
*The package includes lunch at hospital’s dining room.
*The training language will be in English/Turkish.
*The price given above includes transportation between Airport-Hotel-Hospital.
*Free Library and Wi-Fi usage.
*The chosen dates of training period must be stated at least one month in advance in order to arrange the necessary items of training.
*The training period will be arranged according to the availability of trainer doctors.
*Daily hours of the training will be arranged according to the availability of trainer doctors.
*This offer is valid until 31.06.2023.