Prof. MD. Kaya Turan

My 14-year-old daughter, a promising ballet dancer, suffered a rare traumatic Lisfranc fracture during a performance. While other surgeons suggested fusion that would end her career, Prof. Turan created a custom 3D-printed internal scaffold that allowed anatomical healing without fusion. Eight months later, she performed her first full-length Swan Lake solo.

After a paragliding accident left me with a complex open tibial plateau fracture and compartment syndrome, I was airlifted to Liv Hospital. Prof. Turan's team performed immediate fasciotomies and used a novel external fixation system with integrated antibiotic-eluting beads he co-designed. The infection risk was eliminated, and I walked unassisted in 12 weeks.

My 8-year-old son with osteogenesis imperfecta had suffered 14 fractures by age six. Prof. Turan initiated a multidisciplinary protocol involving timed intramedullary rodding before fractures occurred, combined with a custom physical therapy regimen. He hasn't had a single fracture in two years and now plays adaptive soccer.

As a 45-year-old competitive freediver with severe shoulder instability from years of repetitive motion, traditional stabilization would have ended my career. Prof. Turan performed an arthroscopic capsular plication using biodegradable smart sutures that gradually transfer load to healing tissue. I recently set a national depth record.

As a 72-year-old retired ceramic artist with advanced osteoarthritis in both hands, I had resigned myself to never throwing another pot. Prof. Turan performed a revolutionary double ceramic-on-ceramic metacarpophalangeal joint replacement he developed. Not only can I sculpt again, but the precision of the implants actually improved my fine motor control beyond my pre-arthritis ability.