Each credential independently verifiable
Marketing claims should be verifiable through independent registries — not via the practice's own word. Below: every credential Dr. Erdal claims, with a direct link to the issuing body's public registry. The combinations below are uncommon: FACS plus FEBOPRAS plus active publication record plus international training plus regulatory authorisation are rarely held together.
International board certifications
Independent professional fellowships awarded by international standards bodies after rigorous peer review.
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Senior surgical fellowship awarded after demonstrated clinical competence, ethical practice, and contribution to surgical literature. Inducted at ACS Clinical Congress 2025.
Verify on facs.orgFellow, European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
European board certification requiring rigorous written and oral examinations across the full plastic surgery curriculum, including breast surgery.
UEMS Plastic SurgeryPlastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Specialist
National board certification through the Turkish Ministry of Health.
T.C. Sağlık BakanlığıPlastic Surgery — Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
Academic title (Doçent) awarded after defended thesis, peer-reviewed publication record, and academic peer review.
YÖK Akademik directoryTurkish Ministry of Health authorisation
Türkiye regulates international medical tourism through specific authorisation. Practices treating international patients must hold this Ministry of Health authorisation.
International Health Tourism Authorization
Regulatory authorisation specifically for treating international patients. Verifiable through the Sağlık Turizmi platform.
T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı — International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate
Hospital accreditation
Surgery is performed at JCI-accredited (Joint Commission International) private hospitals in Istanbul. JCI is the international gold standard for hospital quality and patient safety.
Joint Commission International — Hospital Accreditation
Rigorous standards for infection control, surgical safety, anaesthesia protocols, emergency response. Re-accreditation every 3 years through external audit. JCI is the international extension of the US-based Joint Commission.
jointcommissioninternational.orgPeer-reviewed publications
Surgical thinking submitted to the scrutiny of independent international peer reviewers. Publications listed in the U.S. National Library of Medicine's PubMed database — independent of any practice or website.
PubMed Publication Record
Search "Erdal AI" on PubMed returns 30+ peer-reviewed publications across plastic surgery, breast surgery, mastopexy, augmentation-mastopexy, and reconstructive techniques.
Search on PubMedJournals where Dr. Erdal has published include: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), Annals of Plastic Surgery, Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS), and Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The peer-review process for these journals takes months to years per article and is rejected far more often than accepted.
Professional society memberships
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Active member · ISAPS World Congress 2023 — Gold and Bronze Awards.
isaps.orgInternational training
Ghent University Hospital
Plastic surgery training. UZ Gent — major European academic centre.
uzgent.beGazi University Faculty of Medicine
Plastic surgery specialty training and academic position.
tip.gazi.edu.trPatient reviews
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