More about the doctor
Galip Ağaoğlu is a professor of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery who sees patients at Koç University Hospital in Istanbul. He trained in a plastic surgery residency at Hacettepe University and, according to the hospital, has practised plastic surgery since 1998, when he completed it. He has held the rank of professor at Koç University School of Medicine since 2022.
Professor Ağaoğlu operates on the face and body, covering both aesthetic and reconstructive cases. According to the hospital, his clinical interests are rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty (reshaping the nose while straightening the nasal septum), breast augmentation, reduction and lift, facelift, eyelid and brow lift, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), otoplasty (ear reshaping), and arm and thigh lifts.
He graduated from the medical school of Mosul University in 1986. From 2004 he was a research fellow in the Microsurgery Laboratory of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the USA, taking part in experimental face transplantation research. Before joining Koç University Hospital in 2020, he spent many years operating at a private plastic surgery clinic in Istanbul and taught at Istanbul Bilim University.
Koç University Hospital is the teaching and research hospital of Koç University, so surgery here goes together with teaching and research. Experience, education and career details follow the doctor's page on the hospital website (2026).
Education and career
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1980–1986
Medical schoolMosul University
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1988–1992
Medical practiceKırşehir Provincial Health Directorate, Turkey
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1992–1998
Residency in plastic surgeryHacettepe University
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2000–2003
Plastic surgeryOnep Plastic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul
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2004–2006
Research fellowship, Microsurgery Laboratory; face transplantation researchCleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
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2007–2008
Plastic surgeryIstanbul Bilim University
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2008–2020
Plastic surgeryOnep Plastic Surgery Clinic, Istanbul
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since 2020
Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeryKoç University Hospital; Koç University School of Medicine
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2007
Associate professorIstanbul Bilim University
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2022
ProfessorKoç University
Rhinoplasty in Turkey with Professor Ağaoğlu
Rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty head the list of Galip Ağaoğlu's clinical interests on the Koç University Hospital website. Septorhinoplasty differs from a purely cosmetic nose job: along with the shape of the nose, the surgeon corrects a deviated septum, which affects nasal breathing. His research touches the nose as well: a 2021 paper he co-authored in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery describes a new technique for late correction of cleft lip nose deformity with a costal (rib) cartilage spring graft (per PubMed).
Breast surgery
According to the hospital, Professor Ağaoğlu performs three types of breast surgery: breast augmentation, breast reduction and breast lift (mastopexy). Which operation, or which combination, fits a patient is decided at an in-person consultation.
Facelift, eyelid and brow lift, otoplasty
His facial rejuvenation procedures are facelift, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and brow lift. Otoplasty, surgery to reshape the outer ear, is listed separately among his clinical interests. One of his papers also concerns the eyelids: in 2021, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open published a new technique for treating trichiasis, where eyelashes grow inward towards the eye, by releasing the follicle roots of the lashes (per PubMed).
Body contouring
For the body, the hospital lists liposuction, abdominoplasty (removing excess abdominal skin and fat and tightening the abdominal wall), arm lift (brachioplasty) and thigh lift. Arm and thigh lifts remove excess skin from the inner arms and thighs.
Education and fellowship
Galip Ağaoğlu graduated from the medical school of Mosul University (1980–1986) and then worked as a physician in Turkey. He completed his plastic surgery residency at Hacettepe University in 1992–1998. From 2004 he was a research fellow in the Microsurgery Laboratory of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (USA); microsurgery means operating on small vessels and nerves under a microscope. There he took part in experimental face transplantation research (2004–2006, according to the hospital). He has been a professor at Koç University School of Medicine since 2022 and has worked at Koç University Hospital since 2020.
Research
Professor Ağaoğlu has published in plastic surgery journals including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Besides the nose and eyelid techniques, in 2021 the Aesthetic Surgery Journal published his reply in a discussion on combining non-ablative fractional laser and microfat to improve hair graft survival on post-burn scars (per PubMed).
What to expect at the consultation
Professor Ağaoğlu sees patients at Koç University Hospital, a university hospital in the Topkapı district of Istanbul. The hospital does not state which languages he consults in. According to Koç Healthcare International, the international service of the group the hospital belongs to, interpretation is available in 22 languages, so it is worth agreeing on the consultation language and an interpreter before you travel.
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