Op. Dr. Özlem Yüksel Coşar
Ear, Nose & Throat and Head & Neck Surgeon
Since 2012 she has gained her surgical experience at training and research hospitals as well as state and private hospitals, and today she sees patients at Özel Gazi Hospital in Izmir.
- Surgical & clinical experience
- 14 years
- Publications, papers & congresses
- 25+
Who is Dr. Özlem Yüksel Coşar?
Op. Dr. Özlem Yüksel Coşar is a specialist in otorhinolaryngology (ENT) and head & neck surgery. She studied medicine at Ondokuz Mayıs University and completed her ENT residency at İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. After working at training and research hospitals in Izmir and Gaziantep, she now sees patients at Özel Gazi Hospital in Izmir.
Her work focuses on nose and facial surgery. With an ENT surgeon's knowledge of anatomy and function, she plans aesthetic procedures with breathing, hearing and the facial nerves in mind, not appearance alone.
Education
- 2012–2018 · Residency in otorhinolaryngology & head and neck surgery, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital
- 2005–2012 · Medical degree, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun
Her specialty thesis studied the inner-ear balance system in patients with peripheral vertigo using the video head impulse test.
Clinical experience
- Today · Özel Gazi Hospital, Izmir
- 2024–2025 · Private hospital, Izmir
- 2022–2024 · İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital
- 2019–2022 · Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital
- 2018–2019 · İzmir Bornova Türkan Özilhan State Hospital
- 2012–2018 · İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital (residency)
Areas of expertise
- Rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty: shaping the nose while protecting or improving breathing
- Facial aesthetic surgery: eyelid surgery, brow lift, lip lift, endoscopic and deep plane facelift
- Otoplasty and prominent ear correction
- Diagnosis and treatment of snoring and sleep apnoea
- Ear, nose, sinus, throat and voice disorders; assessment of dizziness and hearing loss
Academic work
She has published articles in peer-reviewed national journals, presented papers at national and international congresses and written book chapters. Her work centres on ear surgery (otology), nose and sinus disease (rhinology), head and neck surgery and facial nerve anatomy. Selected publications:
- Article: "Anatomical Relationship of Facial Nerve with Extratemporal Markers and Surgical Significance", JBACHS, 2022
- Book chapter: "Hearing Loss", Pediatric ENT Infections (Springer), 2022
- Article: "İzole İnkus Defekti İçin Hidroksiapatit PORP, Hidroksiapatit Bone Cement ve Otogreft İnkus İnterpozisyonu Yöntemlerinin Karşılaştırılması", KBB-Forum, 2021 (in Turkish)
- Book chapter: "Enjeksiyon Laringoplasti ve Disfonide Yeri", Güncel Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Çalışmaları (Akademisyen Yayınevi), 2021 (in Turkish)
- Article: "Infrahyoid Flap, A Convenient Alternative for Reconstruction of Tongue and Floor of Mouth Defects: Case Series", Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2018
Courses and scientific meetings
She has attended numerous scientific meetings and courses, including the Turkish National ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Turkish Rhinology and Turkish Otology-Neurotology congresses. Among them are fresh-frozen cadaver dissection courses in endoscopic sinus surgery, septorhinoplasty and snoring/sleep apnoea surgery, and a temporal bone dissection course.
Membership and languages
- Member of the Turkish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
- Consultations are available in Turkish and English
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