Speaking, Publications & Press

• Swiss Rhinoplasty Masterclass 2026 — Invited Speaker. Faculty listing on swissrhinoplasty.ch
• Keynote Faculty at ESPRAS (European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery), ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), WSRM (World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery) and national microsurgery congresses.
• Hands-on cadaveric workshops — faculty instructor in rhinoplasty, microsurgery and lymphedema surgery. See the surgeon training programme.

• More than 80 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery and Microsurgery.
• Book chapters: Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty (Springer, 2012); Decision-Making in Aesthetic Practice.
• Research leadership: multicenter audit of 543 gluteal fat-grafting cases (Advanced Safe BBL protocol); adipose-derived stem-cell tissue-engineering models funded by the Turkish Ministry of Technology & Science.
• Read the bioengineering insight on Bloocell, SMART BRA & SMART TEMPLATES.

• World's 3rd full-face transplant and 1st quadruple-limb transfer (2010) — international press coverage of the transplant team Prof. Dr. Karaaltın served on.
• Conjoined twins separation (2022) — coverage of the world-record 9-hour thoraco-omphalopagus separation directed by Prof. Dr. Karaaltın using 3D-modeled planning. Al Arabiya English: “Turkish surgeons separate conjoined twins in 9 hours” — Hospitals Magazine: “Algerian conjoined twins Safaa and Chifaa got their own bodies in Türkiye”
• Caplan Prize, European Society of Lymphology (2024) — recognition reported across the lymphology community.

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For interview requests, speaking invitations or media enquiries, please contact the clinic, or download details from the press kit.