ASMED Surgical Medical Center — Dr. Koray Erdoğan

Istanbul, Turkey

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Editorial summary

ASMED is an Istanbul hair-restoration center with a multi-physician, team-based model. Its published workflow assigns recipient-site creation to Dr. Koray Erdoğan and graft implantation to the surgical team. The current extraction operator and daily patient volume are not clearly established. Detailed planning and case documentation coexist with positive and dissatisfied independent patient accounts; neither the technology nor the selected cases establishes a clinic-wide success rate.

Structured facts

Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Profile verification
partially verified
Commercial relationship
No commercial relationshipPublisher declaration

Declared by Turkey Hair Index on .

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Recorded separately and never used in score calculation.

Patient volume
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

ASMED describes several physicians and a team-based workflow, but current typical and maximum patients per day, concurrent cases and active-team count are not established. Large graft sessions or room counts are not daily patient counts.

Sources:[2][1]
Procedures
FUE, Manual FUE, Long Hair FUEThird-party source

Manual sequential/DES extraction and K.E.E.P. placement are documented. K.E.E.P. is a placement instrument, not evidence of a universally superior technique; candidacy and available pathways remain case-specific.

Sources:[1][6]

Who Actually Performs the Procedure?

Consultation
The published consultation is physician-led (ASMED planning physician)Publicly documented

The workflow describes a doctor examination; Dr. Erdoğan is associated with the lead pathway. Confirm the physician and allocated consultation time for your booking.

Sources:[1]
Hairline design
The doctor develops the hairline through consultation and patient approval (ASMED planning physician)Publicly documented

The published process considers facial proportions, donor availability and future loss. This is the stated process, not an audit of each consultation.

Sources:[1]
Planning
Physician-led donor assessment and surgical planning, supported by measurements (ASMED planning physician)Publicly documented

The published process includes donor capacity, hair caliber and longer-term needs; supporting technicians perform measurements.

Sources:[1]
Incisions / channels
ASMED's workflow names Dr. Erdoğan for recipient-site creation (Dr. Koray Erdoğan)Third-party source

The current published workflow and one patient's earlier premium pathway agree on this stage. A written surgeon-specific allocation is still needed for the booked pathway.

Sources:[1][10]
Extraction
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

The current official workflow describes manual FUE extraction without clearly assigning its operator. Historical patient evidence reports technician extraction, but that does not establish the current allocation for every pathway.

Sources:[1][13]
Implantation
The clinic assigns graft placement with K.E.E.P. to its surgical team (ASMED surgical implantation team)Publicly documented

The workflow separately mentions technician monitoring and a final doctor inspection. It does not identify each current implanting practitioner or their qualifications; team placement is not personal implantation by Dr. Erdoğan.

Sources:[1]
Supervision
The published workflow includes physician checks, surgical reporting and a final recipient-site inspection (ASMED planning physician)Publicly documented

A doctor inspection and anesthesiology support do not establish Dr. Erdoğan's continuous presence throughout all stages.

Sources:[1]

Daily Patient Volume

Reported range
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

ASMED describes several physicians and a team-based workflow, but current typical and maximum patients per day, concurrent cases and active-team count are not established. Large graft sessions or room counts are not daily patient counts.

Sources:[2][1]

Consultation & Planning

Doctor consultation
YesPublicly documented

ASMED publishes an in-person physician consultation and candidacy assessment.

Sources:[1]
Video consultation
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

The reviewed current sources did not establish a universal live video consultation with the named physician.

Sources:[5][1]
Photo assessment
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

Clinical photography and in-person measurements are documented; a universal remote doctor-led photo-assessment protocol was not established.

Sources:[5][1]
Coordinator involvement
YesPublicly documented

An assigned advisor is part of the published patient pathway.

Sources:[1]
Notes
The clinic describes planning around age, history, expectations, donor capacity and future loss. Selected patient accounts differ on the length and depth of direct doctor contact.Third-party source

Published planning and individual experiences are distinct; no uniform consultation-duration claim is made.

Sources:[1][10][11][13]

Surgical Team

Doctors
Dr. Koray Erdoğan — Founder and medical director; hair-restoration physicianThird-party source

IAHRS lists current membership and a biography reporting Hacettepe medical graduation in 1994 and previous work in thoracic surgery. Those accounts do not establish a completed Turkish thoracic, dermatology or plastic-surgery specialty. ABHRS certification was not established.

Sources:[6][2]
Roles
Physicians for assessment, planning, recipient-site creation and inspection, Anesthesiology support, Surgical implantation team and technicians, Patient advisors and coordinatorsPublicly documented

The clinic biography states that Dr. Erdoğan works with six other physicians. This is a clinic claim, not a complete current operator roster.

Sources:[1][2]
Team members
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

The reviewed pages identify the lead physician and role categories, but not a complete active physician and technician roster with qualifications, tenure and stage allocation.

Sources:[2][1]
Team continuity
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

ASMED describes full-time staff and planning meetings. This supports its stated institutional model, but does not establish the same named operators across consultation, extraction, implantation and follow-up for each patient.

Sources:[1][3]
Experience notes
IAHRS documents Dr. Erdoğan's FUE career, World FUE Institute founding involvement and former presidency, and technical publication history. Professional participation is context, not proof of individual treatment quality.Third-party sourceSources:[6][8]

Donor Management

Published information

ASMED publishes a detailed measurement-led planning framework. Its tools and technical literature document a planning approach, not representative donor outcomes or a guarantee against depletion.

Third-party sourceSources:[1][7][8][10][11][13]
  • Planning inputs: The published consultation includes donor capacity, density, hair caliber and possible future hair loss.

    Sources:[1]
  • Measurement systems: Coverage Value and KE-BOT are documented planning systems; the KE-BOT technical study includes ASMED-affiliated authors and is not an independent clinic-outcome audit.

    Sources:[7][8][6]
  • Case-level limits: The reviewed independent material includes satisfaction and donor concerns. These are selected self-reports; THI does not diagnose donor damage remotely or estimate a clinic-wide complication rate.

    Sources:[10][11][13]

Procedures

Confirmed procedures
FUE, Manual FUE, Long Hair FUEThird-party source

Manual sequential/DES extraction and K.E.E.P. placement are documented. K.E.E.P. is a placement instrument, not evidence of a universally superior technique; candidacy and available pathways remain case-specific.

Sources:[1][6]

Pricing

Pricing evidence
From EUR 3.50 per graftPublicly documented

The dedicated cost page publishes €3.50 per transplanted graft, not an all-in invoice. Another official page describes a mandatory additional medical package and optional paid transfers and accommodation; the cost page describes some tests and medication as included. The medical-package amount, final inclusions and rate across all surgeon/team pathways require a current written quote. A graft-count calculation alone is not a confirmed total.

Sources:[3][4]
Price model
per graftSources:[3][4]
Hotel
Not includedSources:[3][4]
Transfers
Not includedSources:[3][4]
Other inclusions
Written itemized confirmation required: official pages differ on laboratory testing and medication inclusionSources:[3][4]
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Aftercare

First wash
Next-day wash at the surgical center.Publicly documented

This is the clinic's published immediate-aftercare pathway.

Sources:[1]
Clinic follow-up
Next-day postoperative check.Publicly documented

The page does not guarantee a named doctor for every check.

Sources:[1]
Remote follow-up
The clinic publishes advisor access after surgery and an emergency phone route.Publicly documented

This establishes advertised access, not a response-time guarantee or a standardized photo-follow-up schedule.

Sources:[3][5]
Medications
Postoperative medication and an aftercare kit are described.Publicly documented

Prescriptions are patient-specific. Official pages differ on whether medical-package components are included or additional.

Sources:[1][3][4]
PRP availability
YesPublicly documented

An official page describes optional PRP; current availability and price need confirmation. No clinical benefit is inferred.

Sources:[4]
Follow-up duration
Not confirmedNot independently confirmed

A universal minimum long-term follow-up duration was not established in the reviewed pages.

Sources:[1][5]
Notes
The clinic describes instructions, a care kit and multilingual advisor support; its contact page advertises 24-hour emergency access. Independent experiences vary. The advertised laser treatment and products are not treated as outcome guarantees.Third-party sourceSources:[1][3][5][10][11]

What Stands Out

  • The official workflow specifically names Dr. Erdoğan for recipient-site creation and distinguishes surgical-team implantation.
  • Donor planning is documented through capacity, density and hair-caliber measurements, Coverage Value and KE-BOT.
  • IAHRS lists Dr. Erdoğan as a member and documents his professional and technical publication history.
  • Clinic cases and independent patient journeys offer detailed, dated evidence rather than only a star average.

Things to Consider

  • This is a multi-physician, team-based model, not a guarantee that Dr. Erdoğan personally performs every surgical stage.
  • The current extraction operator, concurrent-case count and daily patient volume require written clarification.
  • The complete active supporting-team roster and qualifications are not established.
  • €3.50 is a published per-graft rate, not a total package price. Official inclusion statements differ; obtain an itemized quote.
  • Independent evidence includes satisfied and dissatisfied or repair-journey accounts. The denominator is unknown, and no success or complication rate can be inferred.

May Suit

  • People considering physician-led planning and named-doctor recipient-site creation within a team-based model.
  • People who value detailed donor measurement and are willing to confirm stage responsibilities and full costs in writing.

May Not Suit

  • People who require Dr. Erdoğan to perform extraction and implantation personally.
  • People who require established current daily volume, a complete operator roster or an unambiguous all-inclusive public tariff before enquiry.

Sources & Verification

Numbered links on structured facts lead to the corresponding entries below. A citation identifies the supporting material; it does not independently verify a claim.

  1. [1] ASMED — What We Do at ASMEDClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Clinic-published stage allocation, planning and immediate aftercare. Names Dr. Erdoğan for incisions and the surgical team for implantation, but not the extraction operator. It is not an independent delivery audit.

  2. [2] ASMED biography for Dr. Koray ErdoğanClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Clinic biography and claim of six additional physicians. Records earlier ISHRS membership ending in 2015; this is not independent confirmation of current status or a completed Turkish specialty.

  3. [3] ASMED dedicated hair-transplant cost pageClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Publishes €3.50/graft and describes tests and care components as included. Must be read alongside the separate page describing an additional mandatory medical package; no total invoice is established.

  4. [4] ASMED hair-transplant-in-Turkey page — package scopeClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Describes a mandatory additional medical package, optional paid transfers and accommodation, and optional PRP. Its inclusion statements differ from the dedicated cost page.

  5. [5] ASMED contact and operating addressClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Publishes the Ataşehir address and emergency contact availability. The legal entity and ST-0030 authorization statements remain clinic-published rather than independently verified here.

  6. [6] IAHRS member record — Koray Erdoğan, MDPublic record · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked

    Current IAHRS listing directly supports membership. The accompanying biography documents education, ASMED history, affiliations and publications, but is not a licensing record or treatment-outcome audit.

  7. [7] ASMED Coverage Value explanationClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Describes the clinic's density-and-hair-caliber planning concept. The described method does not guarantee donor preservation for every patient.

  8. [8] KEBOT technical study — IEEE Access, 2020Third-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Academic repository record for DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035637. This technical measurement study includes clinic-affiliated authors; it does not establish ASMED's overall clinical outcomes.

  9. [9] ASMED selected 2,803-graft caseClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Selected clinic-controlled case with graft, donor and medication context and staged images. Selected results and ordinary photographs cannot establish clinic-wide success or graft-survival rates.

  10. [10] Patient-reported 2,050-graft ten-month update — February 2026Third-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    The patient reports satisfaction and Dr. Erdoğan's incision role in an earlier top-package pathway. A ten-month result posted in February 2026 concerns earlier surgery, not a mature outcome from surgery performed in 2026. Self-selected, not medically verified.

  11. [11] Independent July 2024 patient journey — HRNThird-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Longitudinal account of a reported 3,200-graft procedure, brief doctor consultation and donor concerns; the author later announced a repair journey in June 2025. These remain case-level reports, not an independent diagnosis or a clinic-wide finding.

  12. [12] July 2024 patient journey — June 2025 repair updateThird-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Continuation of the same HRN case, not a second independent patient. Documents the author's repair-journey announcement.

  13. [13] Patient-reported earlier 2,800-graft procedure — July 2025 postThird-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Reports dissatisfaction, later repair and technician extraction and implantation during an earlier procedure. The surgery date is not established; room observations are not a current daily-volume estimate. Claims are not medically adjudicated.

  14. [14] ASMED Trustpilot profile and selected reviewsThird-party publication · Third-party source · Not independently confirmed · checked

    Contextual service and result reports. The platform notes merged profiles and only one review in the preceding twelve months at this check. Ratings and counts do not award THI points or represent current clinical quality.

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