Prof. Dr. Süleyman TAŞ
Prof. Dr. Süleyman TAŞ has made excellence his guiding principle.
A speaker at international congresses, plastic surgeon Prof. Dr. Süleyman TAŞ has more than 40 peer-reviewed international scientific publications and has organised 5+ live-surgery rhinoplasty courses. His book "Clinical Rhinoplasty: An Algorithmic Approach to Modern Surgical Techniques" helps readers of any level of experience master rhinoplasty. Dr. TAŞ has written 2 book chapters on facial plastic surgery and microsurgery, won more than 5 scientific awards, and has frequently appeared in the press for highly complex operations requiring advanced microsurgical experience, such as total face reconstruction, arm replantation and foot replantation. He has been invited to more than 100 congresses as a speaker and faculty member, holds a number of patented instruments, and is certified by the European and Turkish Boards of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
Dr. TAŞ has dedicated himself to science, art, aesthetics and his patients.
With more than 15 years of experience and over 10,000 plastic surgery operations, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Taş now sees his patients at TAŞ Medical Center. As a professor and lecturer, he continues to train physicians and to support education with colleagues he accepts as fellows.
Dr. Taş, who placed third in Turkey in the TÜBİTAK Physics Olympiad in high school, also achieved a top national ranking in the university entrance exams. He graduated from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (Çapa) as a medical doctor.
Pursuing his dream of becoming a plastic surgeon, Dr. Taş began his specialist training in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, where he took part in many operations and achievements.
As a fellow abroad, Dr. Taş took part in many operations in aesthetic surgery, breast surgery, microsurgery and gender reassignment at Ghent University, Coupure Centrum and St. Lucas Ziekenhuis Hospital in Belgium.
He completed his residency in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and became a specialist after presenting his microsurgery thesis, 'The Effect of Single and Combined Use of Cyclosporin-A and Deferoxamine on Ischaemic Injury in a Rat Groin Island Flap Secondary Venous Ischaemia Model'.
With his study 'A New Antihelixplasty Technique: Proximally Based Dermo-Fascio-Perichondrial Flap', a new prominent ear technique that eliminates problems such as recurrence and suture extrusion, he won second place in the competition organised by the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
To have his specialisation recognised in Europe, he passed the two-stage European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) examination, taking the written part in Thessaloniki and the oral part in Brussels, and obtained European equivalence.
Dr. Taş contributed to the translation of 2 books on facial rejuvenation surgery and microsurgery (Facial Plastic Surgery – The Essential Guide, Chapter 6: Anti-Aging; and Atlas of Microvascular Surgery – Anatomy and Operative Techniques, Section VI: Thigh Region).
Dr. Taş, who contributed to making gender reassignment surgery far less daunting with a new technique applied for the first time in Turkey, has appeared in the media many times for major operations. He sees following new developments abroad as a hobby, and has many scientific articles in international and national journals as well as session chairmanships and talks at congresses. He serves as a reviewer for 'Aesthetic Plastic Surgery', the official journal of the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS), and as an editor for the international journal 'Plastic and Aesthetic Research'.
Continuing his career as a specialist in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Rize Training and Research Hospital, Dr. Taş frequently appeared in the press for highly complex operations requiring advanced microsurgical experience, such as replantation of amputated fingers, feet and arms, breast reconstruction with the patient's own tissue after breast cancer, and facial reconstruction with the patient's own tissue for burn patients.
Dr. Taş also achieved many successes while working at Medical Park Hospitals Group in Istanbul.
Dr. Süleyman Taş was elected National Delegate representing Turkey by the European Plastic Surgery Research Council.
Dr. Süleyman Taş received the best presentation award at the competition organised in Italy for his study 'Management of the open roof after hump removal without osteotomy in narrow bony vault' (removing a nasal hump without breaking the nasal bones) (Fifth Bergamo Rhinoplasty Congress – Luca Ortelli Video Awards). This work was published as an original article in PRS Journal, one of the leading plastic surgery journals.
He worked as Assistant Professor and clinical director in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Istanbul Kemerburgaz University Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Süleyman Taş won first prize in the Specialist Research Competition of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery for a surgical technique he developed to correct crooked noses (38th National TRPCD Congress – Specialist Research Competition First Prize), with his study 'Correction of Alar Base Retraction in Crooked Noses by Dividing the Levator Labii Alaeque Nasi Muscle'. The work was published in 'Annals of Plastic Surgery' and the algorithm he developed in 'Aesthetic Surgery Journal', two leading US plastic surgery journals, bringing his technique into the literature.
After founding the Taş Aesthetic Surgery Clinic and continuing his clinical and scientific work in private practice, Dr. Taş won the best presentation award at the competition organised in Italy by the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe with his technique 'Superior based transposition flap: a novel technique in rhinoplasty' (Rhinoplasty Society of Europe Annual Congress – Best Presentation Award).
Dr. Süleyman Taş won first prize in the Specialist Research Competition of the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery for a technique he developed for nasal tip surgery (40th National TRPCD Congress – Specialist Research Competition First Prize), with his study 'A New Technique in Rhinoplasty: Superior Based Transposition Flap'. Published as an original article in 'Aesthetic Surgery Journal', the work entered the literature by describing for the first time how to preserve the scroll ligament, a structure that is very important for tip flexibility and preventing tip drooping.
Dr. Süleyman Taş was awarded the title of Professor.
Prof. Dr. Süleyman Taş has served as an expert witness in plastic surgery in Istanbul and other regional courts and has taken part in the assessment of hundreds of cases.
A member of the Turkish and European plastic surgery societies, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Taş is an internationally recognised surgeon with more than 50 international medical articles, more than 100 international and national talks, 3 patents, a total of 5 awards (3 national first prizes and 2 international first prizes), and his own rhinoplasty surgical set and techniques. Every year he successfully performs international and national live surgeries. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Taş enjoys sculpture and drawing as hobbies.
With more than 15 years of experience and over 10,000 plastic surgery operations, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Taş, as a professor and lecturer, continues to train physicians and to support education with colleagues he accepts as fellows.