Medical Education and Specialty
Professional experience/Performance Details
In 1982, he started to work as an assistant in Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty ENT Department. He became Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2002. Beside ENT department, he also gained fame by operations in the field of facial aesthetic surgery and he is one of the first founders of Turkey Facial Aesthetic Surgery Association.
Scientific Events/Certificates
Ankara Melikşah PrimarySchool 1993-2002
Ankara Süleyman Demirel Anatolian High School 2002-2006
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine 2006- 2012
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,Department of Plastic,Reconstructive and AestheticSurgery 2012- 2017
English / Turkish
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSIDONSAND APPOINTMENT
Gülhane Training and Research Hospital(GATA) 2018-2021
Ankara Abdurrahman YurtaslanOncology Hospital i 2019 – 3 months Private Practice 2021- August22
Vanity Aesthetic SurgeryClinic August 2022 - March 2023
Turkish Plastic,Reconstructive and AestheticSurgery Association (TPRCD)Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Association (EPCD)
Istanbul Medical Chamber
Breast Aesthetics and Body ShapingOperations
INTERNATOONAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Serel S, Tuzlalı ZY, Akkaya Z, Uzun Ç, Kaya B, Bayar S. Physical Effectsof Unilateral Mastectomy on Spine Deformity. Clin Breast Acncer. 2016 Oct pii: S1526-8209(16)30368-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2016.10.004.
Neurosurgery Policlinico di Monza, AnimalFacility – Pavia University Botta 2 BuildingVia Ferrata, 9 , 17-20 May 2016,Pavia- Italy.
ÖZGÜR HÜRKAL
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 18.08.1984
Birthplace: Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY
Nationality:Cyprus (EuropeanCitizen), Turkish
Profession: MedicalDoctor
Field of Specialty: Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgery
SpokenLanguages: Turkish (mother-tongue)
English ( advanced)
2. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
A. AFFILIATIONS
2009- 2010 GeneralPractitioner; AnıtkayaHealth Center, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY
2017-2018 Plastic Surgeon; Kastamonu State Hospital, Kastamonu, TURKEY
2018-2019 Plastic Surgeon; Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, TURKEY
2019-
B. EDUCATION
2011 – 2017 Residency in Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgery , GaziUniversityMedical
School Hospital, Ankara | TURKEY
2010 – 2011Residency in Anestesia andReanimation, Ankara UniversityMedical School Hospital;
Ankara | TURKEY
2003 - 2009 SelçukUniversityShool of Medicine, Konya | TURKEY
1999 - 2002 Süleyman Demirel Science High School, Afyonkarahisar | TURKEY
1995 - 1999 KocatepeAnatolian High School, Middle School, Afyonkarahisar | TURKEY
C. CERTIFICATES
1. 21th Basic MicrosurgeyEducation, Hacettepe University, Ankara | TURKEY
3. PUBLICATIONS
1.Bulam H, Findikcioglu K, Ozmen S, Sanlier N, SEZGİN B, Hurkal O, Gulsen A. Theeffect of
individualizeddietaryprograms on postoperative body compositionandnutritionalstatus of
theorthognaticsurgerypatients. Gazi Med J. 2014; 25: 103-106.
2. Hurkal O, Sibar S, Cenetoglu S, Tuncer S, Elmas C, Seymen C M. Arterial Occlusion After
Hyaluronic Acid Injection: Treatment With Hyaluronidase and Streptokinase. Annals of Plastic
Surgery PMID: 34334667
4. PARTICIPATED MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS
A. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
1. 13th EuropeanMicrosurgeryCongress (EFSM) 21-24 April, Antalya | TURKEY
B. PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL MEETINGS
1. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31
October-4 November 2012, Antalya | TURKEY
2. 5th Rhinoplasty Course 10-12 May 2012, Ankara | TURKEY
3. 8th Prof. Dr Rıdvan Ege HandSurgey Course 27-28 September 2013, Ankara | TURKEY
4. 21th Microsurgery Course 16-20 September 2014 Hacettepe University, Ankara | TURKEY
5. 36th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 29
October-1 November 2014, Istanbul | TURKEY
6. 37th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 04
November -07 November 2015, Ankara | TURKEY
7. 9th PlasticSurgeryResident School 15-19 April 2016, Antalya | TURKEY
8. 2th FacialAesthetic Course 5-7 May 2016 Hacettepe University, Ankara | TURKEY
9. 38th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons,
27-31 October 2016, Antalya| TURKEY
10. 39 th Congress of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, 11-14
October 2017
11. Eurasian 2019. 20-23 June Istanbul
12. 24 th Congress of the Turkish Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons 10-11 January 2022
13. All in One Rhinoplasty Congress 14-15 May 2022 Istanbul
C. PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
1. 13th EuropeanMicrosurgeryCongress (EFSM) 21-24 April, Antalya | TURKEY (oral presentation)
‘’Defectbased algorithm in lowerextremityreconstruction.Hurkal O.*,Tuncer S.,Şibar S., Manav
S.
2. 13th EuropeanMicrosurgeryCongress (EFSM) 21-24 April, Antalya | TURKEY ;
(oral presentation)MR Angiographicperforator topography of DIEP flaps: a retrospectivereview of 130
cases. Manav S., Tuncer S., Ayhan S., Hurkal O.
3. 13th EuropeanMicrosurgeryCongress (EFSM) 21-24 April, Antalya | TURKEY;(poster
presentation)‘’ArteryonlyEarReplantation’’Sibar S, Hurkal O, Polat O, Manav S
4. 48th Congress of theEuropeanSocietyforSurgicalResearch, 29 May-1 June 2013, Istanbul,
TURKEY (Oral presentation: OP-121 Changes
in society'sperspectivetowardsfacetransplantationaftertheproceduresthatwerecarriedout in
ourcountry.Guney K, SEZGIN B, Barut I, Hurkal O, Findicioglu K, Ozmen S)
D. PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS IN NATIONAL MEETINGS
1. 38th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons 27-31 October
2016, Antalya | TURKEY (oral presentation)Flapchoise in lowerextremityreconstruction
Hurkal O., Tekin A., Tuncer S., Sibar S.
2. 37th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons 4-7 November
2015, Ankara | TURKEY (oral presentation)Liposuctionassistedbrachioplasty in teimourianstage 2B-
3 cases. Hurkal O.,Sibar Ş., Tuncer S., Erdal A., Sadioglu A.
3. 37th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons 4-7 November
2015, Ankara | TURKEY (oral presentation) . A
rareandfrighteningcomplicationafterdiagnosticandreconstructivebreastsurgery: pyodermagangrenosum
.Polat O, Hurkal O, Sibar S, Tuncer S, Ayhan S
4. 36th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 29 October-1
November 2014, Istanbul | TURKEY (oral presentation) . Maxillofacialfractureexperience: 265 case,
447 fracture. Tatar S, Hurkal O, Erdal A, Findikcioglu K
5. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey (poster presentation). Application of groinflap in tissuedefects of
handandforearm. Polat O, Ozel B, Hurkal O, Tatar S, Tuncer S
6. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey(poster presentation). Importance of polar
renalarteryencounteredduringkidneytransplantation: Case Report . Ozel B, Hurkal O, Tuncer S,
Findikcioglu K
7. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey(poster presentaion ). Repair of omfaloseldefects in
newbornwithalloplasticmaterialorrotationflaps. Sibar S, Sezgin B, Hurkal O, Tatar S, Tuncer S
8. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey(poster presentation) .
TheTreatmentSubcutanGranulomeFormationaftervaccinationwithintralesionalTriamcinoloneAcetonide
injection. Bulam H, Hürkal O, Polat O, Findikcioglu K, Ozmen S
9.34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey (Oral presentation: Changes in
society'sperspectivetowardsfacetransplantationaftertheproceduresthatwerecarriedout in
ourcountry.Guney K, SEZGIN B, Barut I, Hurkal O, Findicioglu K, Ozmen S)
10. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey (Oral presentation: Theprefferedappearanceof
theplasticsurgeon.Hurkal O.,Bulam H, Tatar S, SEZGIN B, Fındıkçıoğlu K)
11. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey (Poster presentation: Nonadhesivedressingtechniques in
EpidermolizisBullosapatients. SEZGIN B, Barut I, Hurkal O, Sarybaeva A, Tuncer S, Latifoglu O)
12. 34th Congress of theTurkishSociety of Plastic, ReconstructiveandAestheticSurgeons, 31 October-4
November 2012, Antalya, Turkey (Poster presentation: Renaltoxicityduetocolistinadministration in
plasticsurgerypatients.Hurkal O, Bulam H, SEZGIN B, Polat O, Ozmen S)
5. PRIZE
1. Second prize award in experimental research in 39 th Congress of the Turkish Society of Plastic,
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
6. INTERESTS
PROFESSIONAL: Rhinoplasty, breast reconstruction and breast aesthetic surgery, body countouring.
HOBIES AND ACTIVITIES:
Yoga instructor in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga (200 hoursInternational Yoga Alliance certified Yoga
Teacher)
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