Dr. H. Eray COPCU, M.D.

Professor H. Eray COPCU was the first founder of “Regenerative Medicine Deprtment” in Turkish Universities and also Head of Surgical Disciplines and Head of Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in Medical Faculty of Izmir University.  Previous to this, he was the Vice Dean of Adnan Menderes University, Medical Faculty in addition to his roles of founder and Head of Department in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in Adnan Menderes University.  His specific teaching and research interests are in the areas of aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, cell therapy, stem cell and preadipocytes.  He has also published more than 50 refereed articles in international journals many proceedings, and contributed extensively to international books written in English. He is editor in chief in Internet Journal of Plastic Surgery and member of editorial boards of many international journals.

Professor Copcu completed his MD degree in Ege (Aegean) University, Turkey in 1992; his residency programme in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, in Izmir Atatürk Teaching Hospital in 1999, and his Assistant and Associate Professor Degrees  at Adnan Menderes University, Turkey between 2000-2006. Throughout his career he has been visiting Professor to a number of international universities, including Pittsburgh and Cincinnati University US, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds  in UK ,University of Montreal in Canada and University of Tokyo in Japan.

He developed his own breast reduction technique as “Conical Plicated Central U shaped (COPCUs) mammaplasty”