In 1999, Dr Barış Çakır started his Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery training at Kartal Training and Research Hospital. At the Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Dr Barış Çakır performed nearly 500 microsurgery operations. He worked on fingertip breakouts in children. During his studies, he developed a new “vessel suturing technique” and prepared his thesis on this subject. He presented the vascular suture technique he developed at the 2004 National Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery congress, and with this work he won the “first prize in the assistant paper competition in the experimental branch”. He worked on muscle movements in the repair of cleft lip, which is one of the congenital anomalies, and the muscle suture technique he developed was awarded the “first prize in the assistant paper competition in the clinical branch”.

In 2004, at the Media park clinic in Cologne, Germany Dr. He worked with Serdar Eren for 1 month. During his assistant education, he published 11 international and 8 national articles and made 9 oral presentations at national congresses. After his specialization, he became interested in sculpture art and art history in order to achieve more successful aesthetic surgery results. He studied Sculpture in Isparta Süleyman Demirel University Fine Arts Department. He continued his education on sculpture in Malatya İnönü University Fine Arts Department. He continues his sculpture and drawing education with Yusuf Başoğlu. Married and father of two children, Op. Dr Barış Çakır is currently serving in Nişantaşı.