Dr. Ismail Kucuker

Dr. İsmail Kucuker, born in 1978 in Samsun, completed his foundational education in his hometown. He obtained his medical degree from Ankara Hacettepe English Faculty of Medicine in 2003. Post-graduation, Dr. Küçüker enrolled in specialized training at the Ankara Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in the domain of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.

After a six-year residency, he presented an experimental thesis examining the effect of preconditioning with denervation on ischemia-reperfusion injury in skeletal muscle, which was recognized at the World Microsurgery Congress in Helsinki, Finland, in 2011.

In 2012, Dr. Küçüker accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University. This was followed by further training at Brussels University's Faculty of Medicine in 2014, where he focused on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.

2017 marked the year Dr. Küçüker received the title of Associate Professor in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. That same year, he founded the Samsun Prive Clinic, which extended its services with a branch in Istanbul Göztepe in 2019.

Doctor İsmail Küçüker's academic contributions consist of over 50 national and international articles, alongside 100 presentations and speeches. His professional expertise encompasses procedures like rhinoplasty, breast aesthetics, and facial aesthetics.

M.D.:

• Field of Study: Medicine (English Program)
• University: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
• City: Ankara
• Country: Turkey
• Year: 1996 – 2003

Residency:

• Field of Study: Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
• University & Faculty/Hospital Name: Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
• City: Ankara
• Country: Turkey
• Year: 2003 – 2009

Fellowship:

• Field of Study: Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery
• University & Faculty/Hospital Name: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brusssel, Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Brussels University
• City: Brussels
• Country: Belgium
• Year: 2014

• Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Research Assistant (October 2003 – November 2009)
• Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Plastic Surgery Specialist (November 2009 – January 2010)
• Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital (Obligation of State Service) – Plastic Surgery Specialist (January 2010 – February 2010)
• Golcuk Military Hospital (Compulsory Military Service) – Plastic Surgery Specialist (February 2010 – January 2011)
• Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital (Obligation of State Service) – Plastic Surgery Specialist (February 2011 – December 2012)
• Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Assist. Assoc. Dr. (December 2012 – July 2014)
• Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Assist. Assoc. Dr. (August 2012 – July 2014)
• Universitair Ziekenhuis Brusssel-Belgium, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic – Clinical Fellow (August – September 2014)
• Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Assist. Assoc. Dr. (October 2014 – Halen)

• 10th Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Congress, 25-28 May, Antalya, Turkey
• 10th International Course On Perforator Flaps, 6-9 September 2006, Ankara, Turkey
• 3rd Gazi University Experimental Animal Practice and Ethics Course, 11-13 April 2007, Ankara, Turkey
• 29th Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress, 17-20 October 2007, Eskisehir, Turkey
• 3rd National Association of Reconstructive Microsurgery Congress, 26-28 November 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
• 30th Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 15-19 October 2008, Antalya, Turkey
• 4th Basic Microsurgery Course, 14-18 April 2009, Antalya, Turkey
• 2nd Rhinoplasty Course, 24-26 April 2009, Ankara, Turkey
• 2nd Plastic Surgery Assistant School, 19-26 May, Antalya, Turkey
• 31st Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Laser Initiatives Course, 17 October 2009, Adana, Turkey
• 31st Turkish Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Congress, 17-21 October 2009, Adana, Turkey
• 6th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), 29 June-2 July 2011, Helsinki, Finland
• Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Society 33rd National Congress, 14-18 September 2011, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
• Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Association Winter Symposium, 5-8 March 2012, Bolu-Kartalkaya, Turkey
• Turkish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 5th Rhinoplasty Course (Speaker), 10-12 May 2012, Ankara, Turkey
• Controversies in Reconstructive Microsurgery, 6-8 December 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
• 14th Basic Microsurgery Course (Instructor), 31 October-4 November 2012, Antalya, Turkey
• Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 17th National Congress, 12-13 January 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
• Nineteen May University Faculty of Medicine: Questions Preparation Training, 18-21 March 2013, Samsun, Turkey
• Sixth Rhinoplasty and 2nd Istanbul International Rhinoplasty Course (Speaker), 10-12 May 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
• 24th Annual Meeting of the Association of Plastic Surgeons Europe, 23-25 May 2013, Antalya, Turkey
• 11th National Congress of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (Speaker), 12-15 September 2013, Girne, Cyprus
• ISAPS Course and Istanbul 5th International Eurasian Plastic Surgery Congress, 19-21 June 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
• Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 18th National Congress (Speaker), 11-12 January 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
• Advanced Rhinoplasty Course, 21-22 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2nd Annual Meeting of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe, 23 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
• 6th International Eurasian Plastic Surgery Congress (Speaker), 19-22 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
• Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Association 2014 Winter Symposium: Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery (Speaker), 3-6 March 2014, Bursa, Turkey
• 7th Plastic Surgery Assistant School (Speaker), 12-19 April 2014, Antalya, Turkey

• 2008: First Prize in Clinical Branch at Turkish Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress Assistant Presentation Competition, Antalya.
• 2008: Experimental Branch Second Prize at 30th Turkish Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress Assistant Presentation Competition, Antalya.
• 2009: Best Article First Prize at 5th Scientific Congress of the Society of Nervous System Surgery, Cappadocia.
• 2009: Experimental Branch First Prize at 31st Turkish Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress Assistant Presentation Competition, Adana.
• 2009: Experimental Branch 2nd Prize at 31st Turkish Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Congress Assistant Presentation Competition, Adana.
• 2010: Best Oral Presentation Second Prize at 12th National Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
• 2010: Abstracts From the “Best of Europe in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2010” at 3rd Congress of the European Associations of Societies of the Plastic Surgery (EASAPS), Aechen 2010, Germany.
• 2011: Best Research Paper at 6th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, WSRM 2011, Helsinki, Finland.

• 2015: Member of the Organizing Committee, “Plastic Surgery Assistant School”