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Meet Our Faculty

Tolga Gursel, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Clinician Educator), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Office Address:
Harper University Hospital
4160 John R., HPOB, Suite 400
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 745-8773
Fax: (313) 745-1873

Administrative Assistant: Amber Wilson
Administrative Email: awilso@med.wayne.edu

SPECIALTY: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
CLINICAL INTERESTS:

Reconstructive Plastic Surgery involving chest, lower extremity, trunk, and upper extremity; Hand surgery; body contouring after extreme weight loss

Education

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
– American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
– Board Certified – December 2014

EDUCATION:
– M.D. – Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
– Masters/Medical Science Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
– B.S. – Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

RESIDENCY:
– Resident in General Surgery, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

FELLOWSHIP:
– Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Publications

  1. Closure of orocutanous fistula using a pedicled expanded deltopectoral flap. Balakrishnan C, Narasimhan K, Gursel T, Jackson O, Schaffner A. Can J Plast Surg. 2008 Fall;16(3):178-80.

Teaching

MEDICAL STUDENTS:
Operating room, clinical preceptor, surgical skills lab

RESIDENTS:
Clinical teaching, operating room, Grand Rounds lecturer, instructor of microvascular course