About Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Cansız

Doç. Dr. Erol Cansız is an Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with the unique distinction of holding both Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and Medical Doctor (MD) degrees, whose international training in Germany and UK, pioneering role establishing Istanbul University Medical Faculty's Maxillofacial Surgery Department, and position as International Representative of Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society establish him as a leader in maxillofacial surgery.

Born in Istanbul in 1983

In 2014, Dr. Cansız became a faculty member (öğretim üyesi oldu) at Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry. During his time there, to increase his knowledge and experience in maxillofacial surgery, he worked for

Seeking international experience, Dr. Cansız worked in Germany at Clinicum Osnabruck Maxillofacial Surgery Department (Almanya Osnabruck'de, Clinicum Osnabruck Maksillofasiyal Cerrahi Departmanı'nda) and in UK London at St. Georges Medical University Maxillofacial Surgery Department (İngiltere Londra'da, St.Georges Medical University Maksillofasiyal Cerrahi Departmanı'nda çalıştı).

After returning to Turkey, Dr. Cansız made a remarkable decision: to perform complex maxillofacial surgeries at the standards of developed countries, he decided to study medicine and enrolled in medical school (maksillofasiyal cerrahi alanındaki komplike ameliyatları gelişmiş ülkelerdeki standartlarda yapabilmek amacıyla tıp fakültesi okumaya karar verdi). He graduated from Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine (Bezmialem Vakıf Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi'ni bitirdi), becoming both a dentist AND a medical doctor - a unique combination providing comprehensive understanding of maxillofacial surgery.

In August 2019, Dr. Cansız achieved the Associate Professor (Doçent) title in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

His role at the medical faculty was pioneering: believing that maxillofacial surgery should be an independent branch rather than dependent on dentistry (diş hekimliğinden bağımsız bir branş olamayacağını düşünerek), he joined to contribute to the department's future in Turkey. As a dentist-origin maxillofacial surgeon, he performed the first surgeries in the Oral, Facial and Maxillofacial Surgery Department established as a department under surgical sciences within the medical faculty (Tıp fakültesi içerisinde cerrahi bilimler bölüm başkanlığına bağlı bir anadal olarak kurulan Ağız Yüz ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı'nın ilk ameliyatlarını gerçekleştirdi).

In 2020, Dr. Cansız became the International Representative of the Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society (Türk Oral ve Maksillofasiyal Cerrahi Derneği'nin uluslararası temsilcisi oldu), representing Turkey in international maxillofacial surgery forums.

Currently, Dr. Cansız works at Istanbul University Medical Faculty Department of Oral, Facial and Maxillofacial Surgery in an Associate Professor position (Halen İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ağız Yüz ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı'nda Doçent kadrosunda çalışan). He also works with additional assignment at Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery (İstanbul Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi, Ağız Diş ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı'da ek görevle çalışmaktadır).

Dr. Cansız accepts patients at his private clinic in Istanbul Caddebostan (İstanbul Caddebostan'daki muayenehanesinde hastalarını kabul etmekte) and performs complex surgeries at Florence Nightingale, Memorial and Medicana hospitals (Florance Nightingale, Memorial ve Medicana hastanelerinde komplike ameliyatlarını gerçekleştirmektedir).

While interested in all areas of maxillofacial surgery (Maksillofasiyal cerrahinin her alanına ilgili olmakla birlikte), he specializes particularly in orthognathic surgery and temporomandibular joint surgery (ortognatik cerrahi ve temporomandibular eklem cerrahisi ile özel olarak ilgilenmektedir). His philosophy: 'Modern maxillofacial surgery encompasses all fields, but I believe focusing on orthognathic and TMJ surgery allows gaining decades of experience in a shorter time' (Modern maksillofasiyal cerrahinin tüm çalışma alanlarına ilgi duymakla birlikte çoğunlukla ortognatik cerrahi ve temporomandibular eklem cerrahisi alanında çalışıyorum; çünkü uzun yıllar içerisinde elde edilebilecek tecrübeye, daha kısa sürede ancak bu şekilde ulaşılabileceğine inanıyorum).

His clinic holds the International Health Tourism Authorization Certificate from the Ministry of Health (Kliniğimiz, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı tarafından verilen Uluslararası Sağlık Turizmi Yetki Belgesine sahiptir), serving international patients.

With dual qualifications (DDS + MD), Istanbul University Çapa dental specialty, international training in Germany and UK, Bezmialem medical degree, Associate Professor title (2019), pioneering role establishing medical faculty maxillofacial department, faculty positions at both medical and dental faculties, International Representative of Turkish Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Society (2020), specialization in orthognathic and TMJ surgery, and practice at Florence Nightingale/Memorial/Medicana hospitals, Doç. Dr. Erol Cansız provides internationally-trained, academically distinguished maxillofacial surgery care.

Memberships: Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society, IAOMS, EACMFS