Raffi Gurunian, MD, PhD

Appointed
2014

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Innsbruck University Hospital
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Innsbruck,
2003

Medical Education - Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Istanbul,
2003

Residency - Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Istanbul,
1997

Medical Education - Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Istanbul,
1991

Professional Highlights

• Director, Maxillofacial Trauma
• Director, Lower Extremity Reconstruction
• European Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Professor of Plastic Surgery 

Certifications

• Plastic Surgery

Specialty Interests

Breast surgery, reconstructive surgery including microsurgery, lower extremity, trunk, head and neck, facial reconstruction, maxillofacial soft tissue and bone injuries, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers

Awards & Honors

• Surp Pirgic Armenian Hospital Foundation Scholar: 1984-1991
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Scholar: 1984-1991
• Graduation from Marmara University School of Medicine first in class with the highest grades and Valedictorian (1991)
• Second place clinical paper “The use of free vascularized fibula bone grafts in mandible reconstruction” in the 16th Turkish Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Congress. Ankara, Turkey, October 1-4 (1994)
• Best Clinical Paper Award “Bifrontal Approach in Unilateral Coronal Synostosis” in the 17th Turkish Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Congress. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, September 20-25 (1995)
• The 2001 Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation Grant Award with a research project entitled “Histological Evaluation Of Chemical Peels In The Yucatan Minipig.”
• The Best Scientific Paper Award “The Effect of Pretreatment with Adenovirus-mediated VEGF Therapy On Epigastric Flap Survival: A Time-Response Study” in the 44th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toledo, Ohio, June 8-10 (2001)
• Second place scientific paper award “Phenol-croton Oil Peel: The Science behind the Myths” in the 44th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toledo, Ohio, June 8-10 (2001)
• The 2001 Best Video Award Winner Reproductive Surgery Category “Autotransplantation of an Entire Ovary with Vascular Anastomosis” in American Society for Reproductive Medicine Fifty-seventh Annual Meeting, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, October 20-25 (2001)
• The 2001 Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Grant Award with a research project entitled “VEGF Gene Therapy To Stimulate Peripheral Nerve Regeneration After Nerve Crush Injury”
• The 2002 Society for Reproductive Surgeons Prize Paper Award “Transplantation of intact frozen-thawed mammalian ovary with microvascular anastomosis” at American Society for Reproductive Medicine Fifty-eighth Annual Meeting, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington, October 12-17 (2002)
• The best poster paper “Der distal gestielte M.abductor hallucis Lappen: eine neue Anwenung”: (The distally-based abductor hallucis muscle flap: a new application). in 40. Jahrestagung Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur Plastische, Ästhetische und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie (The 40th Annual Meeting of Austrian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery). Salzburg, Austria, October 18-19 (2002)
• The 2003 Best Video Award Winner Reproductive Surgery Category “Use of Deep Inferior Epigastric Vessels to Vascularize Cryopreserved-thawed Ovarian Grafts” in American Society for Reproductive Medicine Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting, Henry B.Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-15 (2003)
• Acquisition of Green Card in the ‘Alien of Extraordinary Ability’ category through achievements and accomplishments in the medical and surgical career (2005)
• The best challenge the master case in genitourinary reconstruction category with “Penile replantation in a schizophrenic patient with self inflicted amputation” in the First Mayo Clinic Symposium in Reconstructive Microsurgery, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, June 4-7, (2009)
• Outstanding Clinician Award, Denver Health Medical Center (Denver General) (2011)
• Second place runner-up in best Video Discussion of 2013 Contest for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal “The Role of Chronic and Perioperative Glucose Management in High-Risk Surgical Closures: A Case for Tighter Glycemic Control” Video Discussion by Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD
• Approval by the American Board of Plastic Surgery for admission to the American Board of Plastic Surgery exams, December 3 (2013)
• Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 14 (2015)
• Cleveland Clinic, Department of Plastic Surgery, the first total face transplant in the U.S.A (3rd face transplant at Cleveland Clinic), May 4-5, (2017)

Memberships

• The American College of Surgeons
• The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• The Plastic Surgery Research Council
• The Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
• The Turkish Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
• The International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS)
• The European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)
• Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons

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