About

Born in Ankara in 1981, Op. Dr. Altuğhan Cahit VURAL originally comes from Görele, Giresun. He completed primary school in Levent, Istanbul, and his secondary and high school education in Çankaya, Ankara. He studied at Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine between 1999 and 2006, and in 2006 began his residency in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine. Before his residency, in 2005, he had the opportunity to work with James Mander at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

At the end of his six-year residency he was voluntarily appointed to Erciş, Van, where he completed his compulsory service. He then worked as a fellow at the Istanbul Plastic Surgery Academy — Turkey’s only officially accredited aesthetic surgery fellowship programme — receiving training in aesthetic surgery from Prof. Dr. Atilla Oymak, Op. Dr. Osman Oymak, Op. Dr. Tunç Tiryaki and Op. Dr. Esin Aksungur.

Following his work at the Istanbul Plastic Surgery Academy, he worked at the Yüzyıl Hospitals Group and subsequently served as head of the plastic surgery clinic at Medicana Çamlıca Hospital. After leaving Medicana Çamlıca, he began working with Prof. Dr. Murat Türegün at Marebelis Clinic in Nişantaşı, and at the same time established his own clinic in Nişantaşı.

Dr. Vural continues to practise at Or-Ahayim Balat Hospital and at his own clinic in Nişantaşı. He is married and a father of two.

Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals

• A1. Yazici I, Cavusoglu T, Karakaya EI, Vural AC. Use of gelfix (lyophilized type1 bovine collagen) pad dressing for split-thickness skin graft donor area management. J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Sep;21(5):1662
• A2. Yazici I, Cavusoglu T, Karakaya EI, Vural AC, Vargel I. Hypertrophic frontal sinus reduction by using anterior wall internalization and galeal frontalis flap obliteration. J Craniofac Surg. 2010 May;21(3):939-41.
• A3. Çavusoglu T, Vargel I, Yazici I, Çavusoglu M, Vural AC. Reconstruction of orbital floor fractures using autologous nasal septal bone graft. Ann Plast Surg. 2010 Jan;64(1), 41-6
• A4. Yazici I, Cavusoglu T, Comert A, Vural AC. Use of triangulation method in end-to-side arterial microvascular anastomosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Nov;20(6):2225.

Articles published in national peer-reviewed journals

• D1. Karakaya E.I., Yazıcı İ., Vural A.C., Fariz S., Çavuşoğlu T., Vargel İ. Coverage of defects in traumatic injuries and chronic wounds using a free gracilis muscle flap. Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 2008 10(3) 1-5
• D2. Çavuşoğlu T., Yazıcı İ., Vargel İ., Vural C. Combined surgical approach in torticollis. Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 2008 10(3) 6-8
• D3. Karakaya E.I., Yazıcı İ., Vural A.C., Fariz S., Çavuşoğlu T., Vargel İ. Coverage of defects in traumatic injuries and chronic wounds using a free gracilis muscle flap. Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 2008 10(3) 1-5
• D4. Yazıcı İ., Çavuşoğlu T., Karakaya E.I., Vural A.C., Vargel İ. Repair of a popliteal defect following excision of a Marjolin ulcer with a lateral sural artery perforator flap. Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 2009 11(1) 4-7
• D5. Vural A.C., Yazıcı İ., Karakaya E.I., Osman Ünsal Demir, Çavuşoğlu T., Vargel İ. Retrospective evaluation of emergency hand injuries at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine. Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 2009 11(1) 8-10

Poster presentations

• Yazıcı İ, Vural A.C, Karakaya E.İ, Çavuşoğlu T, İbrahim Vargel. “Reconstruction of a defect caused by a popliteal Marjolin ulcer with a lateral sural artery perforator flap”
• Yazıcı İ, Vural A.C, Karakaya E.İ, Çavuşoğlu T, Vargel İ. “Hypertrophic frontal sinus reduction using a galea frontalis flap.” 30th National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 15-19 October 2008. Titanic Hotel, Lara, Antalya

Courses and training programmes attended abroad and in Turkey

• “30th National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery”, 15-19 October 2008, Antalya
• “31st National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery”, 2009, Adana
• Biomed 2010: 16th International Biomedical Science and Technology Symposium. September 28 – October 2, 2010.
• “32nd National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery”, 15-19 September, Trabzon
• “33rd National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery”, 14-18 September, Çeşme
• 34th National Congress of Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 31 October – 4 November 2012, Antalya