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Place and Date of Birth: 1975, Bafra/Samsun

Op. Dr. Abdül Kerim Yapıcı completed his primary and secondary education in

his hometown of Bafra. After graduating from Bafra High School in 1992, he

enrolled in the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) Military Medical

Faculty, completing his medical education in 1999. Between 2000 and 2002,

he served as a Consulting Physician at Eskişehir Military Hospital. In 2002, he

began his specialization in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at

GATA. He successfully completed his specialization in 2007, earning the title of

Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist.

Between 2007 and 2012, he worked as a specialist doctor at Eskişehir Military

Hospital. He then continued his career as an Assistant Professor at Ankara

GATA and the Health Sciences University Gülhane Training and Research

Hospital, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.

Dr. Yapıcı is married with three children and is proficient in English. He is also

a member of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic

Surgery, as well as the Reconstructive Microsurgery Association

2003 Elazig Science High School

2009 Ege University Faculty of Medicine – MD.

2015 Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and

Aesthetic Surgery – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Specialist

Experience

2015 – 2017 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Specialist, Ağrı State Hospital, Department

of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

2017 –2019 Specialist, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic,

Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

2019-2023 Assistant Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

2023- October 2024 Associate Professor, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine,

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

October 2024- Still Associate Professor, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery,

Medipol Acıbadem  District  Hospital

Fellowship

July-August 2019: Juntendo University, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Tokyo, Japan

April-July 2022: Ghent University, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Ghent,

Belgium

November 2023: Asan Medical Center, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive

Surgery.Seoul, Korea

Memberships

EURAPS Active Member

International Society of Burn Injuries Active Member, Executive Committee Member

Turkish Reconstructive Microsurgery Society, Executive Committee Member

Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Society

Turkish Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Society

Turkish Wound Society

Research Interest: Microsurgery, Breastsurgery, Body reshaping, Facial aesthetics

EDUCATION

1988 – 1996 Elementary School Education Şişli Kaptanpaşa Primary School, Istanbul (Turkey)

1996 – 2000 Junior High School and High School Education Kabataş Male High School, Istanbul (Turkey)

2000 – 2006 Medical Education (graduated with the degree of one of the three highest-ranked students), Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli (Turkey)

2008 – 2013 Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Education

Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive and  

Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Ankara (Turkey)

December 2013 “Ex Vivo Biomechanical Evaluation of Flexor Tendon Repair Using Barbed Suture Material: A Comparative Study

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

01/07/2005 – 31/07/2005 — Internship, Humboldt University, Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Berlin (Germany).

01/08/2005 – 30/09/2005 — Internship, Humboldt University, Waldkrankenhaus, Berlin (Germany).

September 2008 – October 2013 — Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Residency, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Ankara (Turkey).

01/04/2013 – 26/04/2013 — Guest Doctor, Lacomed Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Berlin (Germany).

January 2014 – October 2014 — Consultant Surgeon, Sinop Ataturk State Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Sinop (Turkey).

03/01/2016 – 06/01/2016 — Consultant Surgeon in ISAPS-LEAP Volunteer Mission for Syrian Refugees, Al Maqassed Charity Hospital, Amman (Jordan).

28/09/2016 – 08/10/2016 — Consultant Surgeon in International Humanitarian Aid Program, Namangan Children’s Hospital, Plastic Surgery Clinic, Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan).

2014 – 2019 — Consultant Specialist, Health Sciences University, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul (Turkey).

September 2019 — Title of Associate Professor in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Chair of the Higher Education Board, Ankara (Turkey).

2020 – Ongoing — Attending Head of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Health Sciences University, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul (Turkey).

April 2023 – Ongoing — Lecturer and Head of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Demiroğlu University of Science.

April 2023 – Ongoing — Consultant Surgeon and Head of Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals (Gayrettepe Hospital).

December 2024 — Title of Professor in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Chair of the Higher Education Board, Ankara (Turkey).

HONOR AND/OR AWARDS

November 12 – 14, 2015 Second Prize Turkish Society of Surgery, VIII. Surgical Research Congress, IV. Contest of Invention, Konya (Turkey)

Project name: “Therapeutic apparatus for ingrown toenail”

April 14 – 16, 2016 Second Prize AAEF Surgical Forum in Breast Symposium, Barcelona (Spain) Presentation name: “V.A.C.™ Therapy To Manage Extensive, Large, Potentially Lethal Degloving Injuries