About Us
Born in 1969 in Istanbul, Mehmet Bozkurt completed his primary school education in the USA and then completed his secondary and high school education at Istanbul Private Moda Schools. In 1986, he started his medical education at Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA). In 1992 and 1993, he passed the ECFMG and USMLE exams. In 1992, he graduated as a Medical Lieutenant. He served for 3 years in Bolu 2nd Commando Brigade. In 1995, he started his speciality training in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Gülhane Military Medical Academy. During his specialty training, he worked as an observer at Orthopädie Klinikum König Ludwig-Haus Würzbug in Germany, and as a volunteer at the State University of NewYork Health Science Centre at Brooklyn and New Jersey The Glasgold Group hospitals in the USA.
He graduated from GATA in 2001-2003 as a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery specialist. In the same year, he started to work in Diyarbakır military hospital. His duty here lasted 2 years. In 2004, he served in Kyrenia Military Hospital.
In 2005, he started to work at Dicle University Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department and Burn Centre as Asst. Doc. During his tenure here, he has been interested in many reconstruction areas, especially burns.
2006 Resarch Fellow with James Zins and Maria Siemionow, 2011 James Zins, MD and Risal Djohan, MD. As a Clinic Fellow, he carried out studies in the field of reconstructive microsurgery as a post doct at Cleveland Clinic in the USA. He received the title of associate professor at Dicle University in 2010. In 2013, he received the title of hand surgery and oral and facial surgery sub-branch. He worked at Istanbul Kartal Training and Research Hospital between 2013-2017. In 2017, he received the title of Professor, and in the same year, he started to work as a training supervisor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Istanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital. Dr Bozkurt, who is a referee in many international and national journals, has made oral presentations and session chairmanships in numerous scientific congresses and meetings. He has also published nearly 100 articles in international journals and nearly 50 articles in national journals. Dr Bozkurt, who has a PhD in biomaterials and bioengineering, has frequently appeared in the press in stem cell applications and burn reconstruction. Dr Bozkurt, who is married and has 2 children, has been working at Istanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital since 2017. As of 2018, he is a member of the American Society of Plastic Sugeons (ASPS) and International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS). In 2018, he became a founding member of the Faculty of Bioengineering at the University of Health Sciences and started his doctorate at the same time.
Our Values
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic, together with Mayo Clinic, is one of the most successful health institutions in the USA, implementing the integrated health model in the most successful way. It has hosted the firsts with its system that opens its doors to willing and talented physicians from all over the world and provides them with all kinds of opportunities. Scoring is made every year and it ranks second among the best hospitals. During my stay here, I had the opportunity to work with Francis Papay MD, James Zins MD, Maria Siemionow MD, Risal Djohan MD. I had the opportunity to work with cadavers in the Anatomy laboratory of Richard Drake, one of the authors of Grey’s Anatomy. Working with successful scientists has laid the groundwork for many research and health models that I want to develop.
As a research institute, the Lerner Research Institute, an organisation that institutes its researchers full-time in separate departments, Cleveland Clinic attaches great importance to research. All the firsts in the field of science in the world; the first dialysis machine, face transplants, transplantation, artificial heart, the best heart transplants, the first combined surgeries were performed here. Within the framework of the hospital’s clinical services, many clinical studies are carried out independently or integrated with the Lerner Research Institute.
