Keloid scars Doctors Abroad — Page 3

Dr. Ertan Emek specializes in complex scar treatments at Biruni University Hospital, bringing years of surgical expertise to keloid care.

• Over 19 years of experience of experience in surgical procedures
• Expertise in organ transplantation surgery
• Member of the Turkish Surgical Association
• Trained at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine

With over 41 years of experience of experience, Dr. Akkaya specializes in advanced dermatological solutions at Ümran Tip Merkezi.

• Expert in laser therapies for scar treatment
• Highly experienced in cosmetic dermatology procedures
• Focuses on personalized, tailored skin care plans

Dr. Mehmet Asil Onay is a licensed medical doctor certified by the Turkish Ministry of Health. He has advanced training in FUE and DHI hair transplantation. At Istanbul Care Clinic, he specializes in minimally invasive hair restoration. He has performed hundreds of procedures for patients from Turkey and abroad.

He provides individualized treatment plans. He uses sapphire micro-blade FUE, graft extraction techniques that minimize visible scarring, and PRP to support recovery. He helped develop clinic protocols that combine Sapphire FUE with PRP. These protocols aim to shorten healing and improve graft survival. He focuses on natural hairline design and high-density implantation. He also uses digital scalp analysis. Procedures are performed in fully equipped operating rooms that meet JCI standards.

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hazem Abdelazeem is an Egyptian plastic and craniofacial surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He graduated from Cairo University with High Honors. He is an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at Kasr Al Aini. He completed advanced craniofacial and maxillofacial training at the University of Freiburg. He also trained in rhinoplasty in Munich. He sees patients at Face & Body Clinic in Dokki and Sheikh Zayed.

Credentials include MRCS (Eng, 2005), FRCS (Glasg), an M.Sc. in 2007, and a PhD in 2011. He is a member of ISAPS (since 2016), EAFPS (since 2016), ESPRS (since 2006), and AOAA (since 2007).

He has served on the AOCMF Faculty since 2011 and on the MENA Faculty since 2014. He has been an Adjunct Member of the AO CMF Community Development Commission since 2021. He has worked as Course Director, Co-Chair, and Faculty at many AOCMF courses in Egypt, the Middle East, Europe, and online. He has organized and moderated the AOCMF Study Club Cairo since 2019.

Dr. Przemyslaw Ciesielski is a general surgeon. He completed his specialization in 2008. He graduated from the Medical University of Warsaw in 1999. He earned his Doctor of Medical Sciences degree in 2010. His dissertation assessed clinical and rectoscopic examinations for diagnosing colorectal disease in patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer.

His proctology and colorectal training includes formal courses and fellowships. He completed Proctology Courses at St. Rota Hospital in Vercelli in 2021 and 2022, and in Cologne in 2016. He held clinical fellowships in General Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna in 2014 and at the University of Magdeburg in 2015. He undertook multiple fellowships at the Proctology Department, Solec Hospital in Warsaw from 2005 to 2013. He attended advanced colorectal surgery workshops in Poznan and Lodz. He also completed St Mark’s Hospital courses in London, including Frontiers in Colorectal Diseases and the Advanced Colorectal Workshop.

Dr. Paweł Grochowicz, MD, PhD, is a proctologist with almost 40 years of experience. He works at the Warsaw Proctology Center at St. Elizabeth Hospital. He treats hemorrhoids, anal fistulas and abscesses, anal fissures, fecal incontinence, and pilonidal cysts. He also performs colonoscopy and colorectal polypectomy.

From 1979 to 2016 he worked at the Proctology Unit, Solec Hospital, a reference center and the only one of its kind in Poland. Since 2016 he has worked at the Warsaw Proctology Center at St. Elizabeth Hospital. There he develops and implements new methods and runs diagnostic, rehabilitation, research, and teaching work. The center is the headquarters of the Polish Coloproctology Club.

Academic and research roles: Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences (1979–1997). DAAD scholar at LMU Munich (1983–1984). John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Australia (1989–1996). There he was Director of the Transplant Research Unit and Principal Scientific Officer (1991–1996).

Dr Theodoros Piperos, MD, is a General Surgeon at IASYS Clinic in Vyronas, Athens. He has over 10 years of clinical experience. He completed his specialty training in General Surgery in 2014 at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He performs the full range of general surgical procedures. His expertise includes laparoscopic surgery, hernia repair, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and breast, thyroid, and colorectal surgery. He also provides surgical management for obstetric and gynecological cases. He is a lecturer in the postgraduate Applied Neuroanatomy programme at the University of Athens. Languages: Greek, English.