Dr. Nazim Cerkes, M.D.

Dr. Nazim Cerkes had his plastic surgery training between 1985-1990 at the Department of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. During his residency, he specifically worked on the field of microsurgery and started the first clinical applications of reconstructive microsurgery at the department.

Between 1990 – 1991 worked in UAB (The University of Alabama at Birmingham – USA) at the Department of Plastic Surgery as research and clinical fellow.

Between 1992-2002 Doctor Nazim Cerkes served as Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine.

In the beginning of 2002, he founded Cosmed Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center and has been in private practice since that time.

Dr.Cerkes has been invited several important international meetings to give lectures and perform live surgery demonstrations, particularly on rhinoplasty. Every year many plastic surgeons from all over the world visit his clinic to observe his rhinoplasty techniques.

Prof Dr Nazim Cerkes is the President of The Rhinoplasty Society of Europe, Vice President of International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Past President of Turkish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Ali Manafi, M.D.

Doctor Manafi was born in Ardebil and completed his education up to high school in that city. In 1978, he passed the entrance examination with a high ranking and entered the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and graduated in 1988. He was directly accepted in the surgical residency program in the Shiraz University because of his honors and completed the program in 1992. He was known by his professors and hence was adopted as a faculty member at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences since 1992. Doctor Manafi took the first place in the entrance examination of plastic surgery in 1994 and graduated in 1997 with the top ranking in the Plastic Surgery Board Exam. He has performed over twelve thousand plastic and cosmetic surgeries since 1994, and trained hundreds of medical students, dozens of surgical residents, and more than 90 residents of plastic surgery. He is currently a faculty member at the Iran University of Medical Sciences. Doctor Manafi has attended several complementary courses including head and face surgery in the University of Freiburg, Germany, and cosmetic surgery in Cleveland Clinic, Zeeba Clinic of Ohio, Paces Clinic of Atlanta, and the Southern Western University of Dallas. He is  member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, member of the International Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the chief editor of the World Journal of Plastic Surgery.

In addition, Doctor Manafi has published more than 58 specialized article in the field of plastic surgery in international journals and books with a high value of citations (h-index = 11).

Doctor Manafi has devised new techniques and practices in rhinoplasty and reconstruction and repair of the nose, chest, and ears and has 5 patents in the field of plastic surgery equipment and tools.

Dr. Nuri Celik, M.D.
Nuri A. Çelik completed his plastic surgery training in Istanbul University Hospitals in 1994. He was a plastic surgery fellow with Dr. J. Carraway at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk from 1994 to 1995. He studied brachial plexus and facial nerve surgery as a microsurgery fellow at Baylor College of Medicine between 1995-1997. He did a one-year craniofacial surgery fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin before he returned to Istanbul, Turkey to start his private practice.
He lectures on rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation, blepharoplasty and canthoplasty internationally. He is a member of ISAPS and has served as a Visiting Professor in India in 2014. He is currently the President of the Turkish Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery and holds the Secretary position at the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe.

Dr. Vitaly Zholtikov, M.D.
Plastic surgeon, MD. Associate Professor at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the St.Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University.

Member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons (SPRAS).
Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS).
International Member of American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).
Member of the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS)
Member of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe

Dr. Zholtikov performs all types of plastic surgery and specializes in aesthetic surgery. His research interests include rhinoplasty, breast augmentation and blefaroplasty. Has organized 4 international courses with live surgery. In 2010 he founded Atribeaute Clinique in Saint-Petersburg.

Dr. Hamed Bateni, M.D.

PLASTIC, AESTHETIC, AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEON, MEHRGENERAL HOSPITAL, DEPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERY. (www.mehrhospitaltehran.com)
HEAD OF LEGAL EXPERTS COMISSION ON PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE, AND AESTHETIC SURGERY MALPRACTICE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMISSIONS OF TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICINE ORGANIZATION
VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND AESTHETIC SURGEONS (http://ispas.ir/about-us/#About-Board-of-Directors)
ACTING MANAGER AND BOARD MEMBER OF MEHR GENERAL HOSPITAL, TEHRAN, IRAN.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, THE WORLD JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY (WJPS) ( www.wjps.ir )
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, THE NEWSLETTER OF THE IRANIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS (KHABARNAMEH)
MEMBER OF:
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS (ASPS) (https://find.plasticsurgery.org/?city=Tehran&country=Iran)
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS (ASAPS) (https://www.smartbeautyguide.com/)
• THE RHINOPLASTY SOCIETY (TRS) (http://www.rhinoplastysociety.org/members/)
• INTERNATIONAL SOSIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS (ISAPS) (https://www.isaps.org/listing/dr-hamed-bateni/)
• THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY (IPRAS)
• INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR ADIPOSE THERAPEUTICS AND SCIENCE (IFATS)
• IRANIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND AESTHETIC SURGEONS (ISPAS)(http://ispas.ir/about-us/#About-Board-of-Directors)
• IRANIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (IMC)

Dr. Ahmad Tavassoli Ashrafi, M.D.

Active Memberships: Iranian Society of Plastic Surgeons
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons(ISAPS)
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)

Articles and Presentations:

1. Tip Contour (Mustache) Graft in Rhinoplasty: Oral presentation at
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
(ASAPS) annual meeting 2018 held in New York, USA
2. Geometric Alar Resection in Rhinoplasty of thick Skin cases: Oral
Presentation at Annual Meeting of (American) Rhinoplasty Society
Held in New York,USA, May 2018
3. Upper Eyelid and trans-blepharoplasty eyebrow fixation: Presented at
Iranian Society of plastic surgeons annual meeting 2018, Tehran, Iran