Dr. Çerkes completed his medical degree from Hacettepe Medical Faculty, Ankara, in 1983. He has started his plastic surgery training in 1985 at the Department of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. During his residency he has specifically worked on the field of microsurgery and has started the clinical applications of reconstructive microsurgery at that department. In 1990 he has completed his plastic surgery training in Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine.
Between 1990 – 1991 worked in University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA at the Department of Plastic Surgery as research and clinical fellow. Between 1992-2002 Doctor Nazim Çerkes served as Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. In the beginning of 2002 he founded Cosmed Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center and has been serving in this center since.