Salih Colakoglu, MD

Radiation dermatitis, breast reconstruction outcomes

Teaching faculty of the year Johns Hopkins Hospital - 2026 
Baltimore Magazine “Top Doctor” for Cosmetic Plastic Surgery - 2025

Dr. Salih Colakoglu graduated from the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and earned his PhD from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He was a Peter Jay Sharp Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and completed general surgery residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital–Queens, followed by plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the University of Colorado and a fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery at Johns Hopkins.

Before joining the University of Miami, Dr. Colakoglu served as Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director of Oncologic Reconstruction at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical practice encompasses reconstructive surgery from head to toe, with particular expertise in breast reconstruction, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction, and lower extremity reconstruction. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters focused on surgical innovation, microsurgical techniques, and outcomes research.