Ozlem Cholak

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