Professor Ertan Erel MD, FRCSEd, MSc, FRCS (Plast) is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Centre for Surgery. He completed his junior surgical training in East Yorkshire. He has performed a year of full-time research in plastic surgery and was awarded a Master of Science degree by University College London (UCL).
He completed his plastic surgery training in the West Midlands Region and obtained an Intercollegiate Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery (FRCS Plast). His fellowships include cosmetic surgery in Istanbul and microsurgery in Ghent, Izmir and Cambridge.
His special interests in the NHS include breast reconstruction, with particular emphasis on the perforator-free flap (DIEP flap) in the microsurgical reconstruction of the breast, complex rhinoplasty and skin cancer.
Professor Erel’s interests include all aspects of aesthetic facial, breast and body contouring surgery. Examples of procedures he performs include breast augmentation and revision surgery, mastopexy, breast reduction, fat grafting, abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, thigh lift, liposuction, body contouring following massive weight loss, rhinoplasty, prominent ear correction, and skin surgery as well as non-operative procedures like anti-wrinkle injections and fillers. Professor Erel is registered with all the major insurance companies, such as BUPA, Cigna, AXA PPP and Aviva.
Professor Erel has an extensive research portfolio, having published 24 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 47 presentations at both national and international meetings. He wrote a chapter in a plastic surgery book called “Breast Reconstruction: Art, Science, And New Clinical Technique” in 2016. He regularly writes plastic surgery articles in Turkish newspapers published in the UK. Professor Erel is a member of BAPRAS and the Turkish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and is on the editorial board for the Turkish Plastic Surgery Journal. GMC No. 4561026.
