Dr. Metin Kerem
Dr. Metin Kerem was born in 1977 in Ankara, Turkey. In 1995, he began his medical training at Gazi University’s Faculty of Medicine, after graduating from Ankara’s ankaya Milli Piyango High School. He graduated from medical school in 2001 and began his plastic surgery residency in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital in 2002.
Simultaneously, Dr. Metin Kerem worked as a volunteer surgical assistant in an Ankara, Turkey, private aesthetic surgery clinic. He completed his residency stint in July 2007, after performing thousands of aesthetic, reconstructive, and hand surgery procedures and authoring 15 international articles. He was assigned to rank State Hospital in southeastern Turkey for mandatory governmental service due to Turkish medical law. He created a plastic surgery clinic in the local state hospital and completed a number of noteworthy cases as the first plastic surgeon to work in this area.’
In the meantime, Dr. Metin Kerem continued to advance his international scientific career. In November 2008, he was named a fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) for his achievements in this sector, and he received the EU quality recognition. He completed his military service as a lieutenant plastic surgeon in Kyrenia Military Hospital, North Cyprus, after completing his mandatory governmental service. Metin Kerem, MD, pursued his scientific research and participated in or spoke at numerous international scientific gatherings.
Dr. Metin Kerem received non-surgical aesthetics training in London in 2016, hands-on face lifting training in Vienna in 2016, and stem cell enriched fat injection training from Dr. Steve Cohen in the United States in 2019. In 2019, he presented talks in Dubai and Kuwait about stem cell enriched fat transfers. Dr. Metin Kerem, who now runs his own aesthetic surgery clinic in Istanbul, has 17 international scientific papers to his name and has given numerous talks at national and international conferences. Dr. Metin Kerem is a married father of one who enjoys snowboarding, sailing, and listening to rock music.