Dr. Melike Kulahci

Medical Director

Melike Kulahci, MD, was born in raised in Konya, Turkey. After graduating from the German Highschool, IEL, in Istanbul, Turkey, she became a student at Cerrahpaşa Medical School, the leading University in the country for medical studies.

Upon getting her Bachelors degree, she went on to do her mandatory residency at the International Airport, Istanbul. Finally, she received her degree as a specialist physician after completing the Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialty at Cerrahpaşa Medical School. Immediately thereafter, she moved to Germany with a fellowship to study at the prestigious Erlangen University in 1990 as a surgical assistant to gain first-hand experience in hair surgery which was a nascent surgical area in that point in time.
Upon returning to her home country, in 1994, she founded Transmed Hair and Cosmetic Surgery Clinic to offer happiness in the mirror to her medical guests.

Over the last 25 years in the hair restoration field, Melike Kulahci, MD, operated more than 10 thousand successful cases, gave trainings to more than 20 surgeons and 100 nurses in the field, organized prestigious meetings on ground breaking hair loss topics, attended more than 100 conferences worldwide both as a speaker and administrator, wrote research papers that won world-wide acclaim and served as the first and only Turkish physician in the board of ISHRS, the International Society for Hair Restoration Surgery.

Please see the abovementioned seminars, congresses and papers listed below.

Seminars and Conventions

  • ESHRS Congress, Lecturer, Brussels, 2005
  • Orlando Live Surgery Workshop,  USA, 2005
  • Orlando Live Surgery Workshop, USA, 2004
  • ISHRS Congress,  Lecturer, Vancouver, Canada, 2004
  • ISHRS Congress, Lecturer, New York, NY, 2003
  • Orlando Live Surgery Workshop,  Operating, USA, 2002
  • ESHRS Congress, London, UK, 2002
  • ISHRS Congress, Chicago, IL, 2002
  • ESHRS Congress, Lecturer, Barcelona, Spain, 2001
  • ESHRS Congress, Lecturer and Chairwomen of Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000
  • Contributor participant to Spanish Hair Restoration Society Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 1999
  • ESHRS Congress, Performer Live Surgery, Paris, France, 1999
  • ESHRS Congress, Lecturer, Rome, Italy, 1999
  • ISHRS Congress, Lecturer, Washington,  D.C., USA, 1998
  • ISHRS Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 1997
  • ISHRS Congress,  Nashville, Tennessee,  USA, 1996
  • ISHRS Congress, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1995

Memberships

  • European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Member (ESHRS )
  • Board Member, European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ESHRS) 1998-2001
  • International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Member (ISHRS) 1994-Today
  • Board Member International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) 2000-Today

Papers and Publications

  • Külahçı, M, Er E., Hamiloglu, E. ve  (11-15 August 2004 ) . In Vivo Follicular Unit Multiplication : Harvesting an Unlimited Donor Supply. 12th Annual Scientific Meeting by International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, Vancouver, Canada
  • Külahçı, M, Er E., Hamiloglu, E. ve Gingil, H. (11-15 August 2004 ). Transmed Graft Preservation Solution. 12th Annual Scientific Meeting by International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery . Vancouver , Canada.
  • Külahçı, M, Er E., Hamiloglu, E. ve (11-15 August 2004). Scar concea ling without resulting in a new Scar. 12th Annual Scientific Meeting by International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery . Vancouve r, Canada.

Honors and Awards

Lead researcher research award and grant, ISHRS