Dr. Cüneyt ÖZEK

Professor Dr. Cüneyt Özek was born in İzmir. After completing his studies at Ankara Science High School in 1982, he obtained his medical degree from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara in 1988. In 1992, he successfully cleared the ECFMG exam, a comprehensive assessment comprising clinical, preclinical, and English language components, necessary for practicing medicine in the USA. Following a three-year specialization in General Surgery at Istanbul Kartal Training and Research Hospital, he embarked on his specialization in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Ege University Faculty of Medicine (Izmir) in 1992. He concluded his training in 1997 and was granted the title of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist.

During his residency, he served as a research assistant in microsurgery at Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) and Davies Medical Center (San Francisco, California) from 1995 to 1996. In that same period, he had the privilege of working alongside prominent figures in the field, including Dr. Harry Bucke, Dr. William Lineaweaver, Dr. Feng Zhang in Microsurgery, and Dr. Donald Laub, Dr. George Commons, and Dr. Steven Hoefflin in Aesthetic Surgery. His expertise particularly grew in facial aesthetics, breast aesthetics, body contouring through liposuction, and transgender surgery. Throughout this period, he conducted six research projects (all of which were published in esteemed journals) and co-authored two book chapters with Dr. Donald Laub, one of the leading figures in transgender surgery worldwide.

Prof. Dr. Özek has contributed scholarly articles to numerous significant international plastic surgery journals. Since 2000, he has served on the editorial boards of Microsurgery and Annals of Plastic Surgery. Additionally, he holds positions on the editorial boards of "Turkiye Klinikleri" and "Ege University" journals.

In 2003, he successfully completed the "European Board of Plastic Surgery" examination, comprising written and oral components, held in the Netherlands. This prestigious certification is designed to establish a distinguished level of expertise in plastic surgery. He thus became the first Turkish plastic surgeon to pass this exam. He also holds certification from the Turkish Plastic Surgery Board.

Cuneyt Ozek was appointed as an associate professor in 2002 and achieved the rank of professor in 2009.

Clinical Interest:
Aesthetic surgery
Gender reassignment surgery, Sex-change Surgery
Microsurgery
Facial nerve surgery
Breast Surgery

1988-1989 General Practioner Hatay
(Civil Service) Turkey
1995-1996 Research Fellow Stanford University
(Microsurgery) Palo Alto California
1995-1996 Research Fellow Davies Med. Cent.(Buncke Clinic)
(Microsurgery) San Francisco California
1997-1999 Attending Surgeon Ege University Medical School
Izmir, Turkey
1999–2003 Assistant Professor Ege University Medical School
Izmir, Turkey
2003- present Associate Professor Ege University Medical School
Izmir, Turkey

1982-1988 Medical Student Hacettepe University Medical School
Ankara, Turkey
1979-1982 Student Ankara Science High School
Ankara, Turkey

Postgraduate Training:
1992 -1997 Resident Ege University Medical School,
(Plast.& Rek.) Izmir, Turkey
1989 -1992 Resident Kartal State Hospital,
(General Surg.) Istanbul, Turkey

Certification and Licensure:

1. Licensure: Turkey, July 31, 1988, Permanent 88 AA 123
2. ECFMG : January 1991 Medical part
January 1995 TOEFL
January 1997 TOEFL
3. European Plastic Surgery Board Certification: 2003, November