Aesthetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · FTM top surgery
Dr. M. Serkan Dinar
Dr. M. Serkan Dinar is a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon in Istanbul. Dr. Dinar qualified in medicine at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine and completed specialist training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Dinar is one of the independent partner surgeons Neda Agency works with for FTM top surgery.
- Specialty
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery — Kocaeli University
- Medical school
- Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine
- Foreign language
- English (IELTS 6)
- Volunteer work
- Interplast — more than 280 free operations
- With Neda Agency
- FTM top surgery · Istanbul
Does Dr. Serkan Dinar perform FTM top surgery?
Yes: Dr. Dinar is one of the partner surgeons Neda Agency works with as an FTM top surgery surgeon. Dr. Dinar is an independent surgeon operating in accredited Istanbul hospitals; Neda Agency is a health-tourism agency that coordinates your consultation and stay, not a clinic. Whether top surgery suits you, and which approach, is assessed at consultation, and which surgeon fits you is decided after that consultation. For how the process works, read our guide to FTM top surgery in Turkey.
Education and career
Dr. Dinar trained as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Turkey and has published work on burns, reconstruction and tissue healing in international peer-reviewed journals.
- 1975
Born in İzmir on 6 October 1975.
- School
Graduated from İzmir Erkek Lisesi (İzmir Boys' High School).
- Medicine
Graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, qualifying as a medical doctor.
- Specialty
Completed specialist training at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine. Thesis (title translated from Turkish): “Investigation of the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fibrovascular growth on porous polyethylene implants located beneath burns in rats”.
- 2004
Completed the EBOPRAS-approved International Vascular and Nerve Microsurgery hands-on course in Timişoara, Romania.
- 2005
Took part in the “Çocuklar Gülsün” (“Let the Children Smile”) event in Nakhchivan, run by Doctors for Peace – Interplast, at which 200 patients with congenital cleft lip and palate or burn injuries were operated on free of charge.
- 2005
Was a member of the team on a second Interplast mission in Nakhchivan and Iğdır that operated on 80 patients free of charge.
- 2009
Completed hands-on laser liposuction training in Frankfurt.
Procedures Dr. Dinar focuses on
Publications, memberships and training
Titles below are English renderings of the Turkish-language source profile; the published originals may be worded differently.
Articles in international peer-reviewed journals
- S. Dinar. “A new material for the standard burn model: Allevyn Adhesive.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 117(2), February 2006, pp. 717–718.
- Şen C., Karacalar A., Ağır H., Dinar S., Işıl E., İşcen D. “A simple and effective procedure for treating burn contractures: releasing incision and the quadra-Z technique.” Burns, November 2006.
- Dinar S., Ağır H., Şen C., Ünal C., Dalçık H. “Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fibrovascular ingrowth in porous polyethylene blocks implanted under burn scar tissue: an experimental study.” Burns, 24 September 2007.
Papers presented at international scientific meetings
- Ağır H., Dinar S., Şen C., Ünal C., Çek D.İ. “Burn treatment without a burn unit: the Kocaeli experience.” 5th Croatian Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Abstract Book p. 83, Dubrovnik, 2004.
- Ağır H., Dinar S., Şen C., Çek D.İ. “Lower extremity reconstruction experience in 175 patients.” 5th Croatian Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Abstract Book p. 73, Dubrovnik, 2004.
- Şen C., Karacalar A., Ağır H., Işıl E., Dinar S., İşcen D. “A modification of the incision-graft technique for burn contractures.” 10th ESPRAS Congress, Abstract Book p. 220, Vienna, 2005.
National publications and papers
- Gürkan Y., San S., Kargı E., Dinar S., İşcen D. “Regional anaesthesia in the Nakhchivan 2005 Interplast activities.” Türk Plastik Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi Dergisi (Turkish Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery), 2006, vol. 14, no. 1.
- Şen C., Özkeskin B., Dinar S., Çek D. “Necrotising fasciitis of the scalp: a case report.” 24th National Congress of the Turkish Society of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Ankara, 2002.
- Ağır H., Ünal Ç., Şen C., Dinar S., İşcen D. “Our principles of approach and treatment options in lower extremity injuries.” 26th National Congress, Ankara, 2004.
- Dinar S., Ağır H., Şen C., Dalçık H., Ünal Ç. “Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fibrovascular growth on porous polyethylene implants located beneath burns in rats.” 29th National Congress, Eskişehir, 2007.
Courses, congresses and volunteer work
- International Vascular and Nerve Microsurgery hands-on course (EBOPRAS-approved) — Timişoara, Romania, 2004.
- Course on Working with Laboratory Animals and Ethics — Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, 2004.
- 2nd Maxillofacial Surgery Workshop and Course — GATA, Ankara, 2004.
- Hands-on laser liposuction training — Frankfurt, 2009.
- Attendance at eight national symposia and congresses on vascular anomalies, skin neoplasms, alloplastic material applications, cleft lip and palate, and brachial plexus injuries (2002–2005).
- Doctors for Peace – Interplast volunteer surgical missions: Nakhchivan 2005 (200 patients) and Nakhchivan–Iğdır 2005 (80 patients).
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