I am; Prof. Dr. Selmin Karataylı Özgürsoy; graduated from Hacettepe University (Ankara, Türkiye) Faculty of Medicine, in 2002. I completed my residency training in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and became an Otolaryngology specialist in 2008. I got ECFMG certification in 2007; I also hold both European and Turkish Board Certification in Otolaryngology.

My international academic and research experience includes observership at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles in 2003, followed by a one-year research fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Florida, in 2008. In 2010, I worked as a research fellow at the University of Michigan, and in 2013, I completed a six-month TÜBİTAK-funded research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. In 2017, I returned to Mayo Clinic, Florida, as a Crawford Research Fellow for one year.

Throughout my career, I have participated in numerous advanced clinical courses, cadaveric dissection courses, and professional meetings both in Türkiye and internationally. In 2014, I presented my research entitled “Dysplasia in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis” at the 10th European Laryngological Congress which lead to receive the prestigious Lichtenberger Award.

I was awarded with the title of Associate Professor in 2017, in Ufuk University, Ankara, and Professor in 2023, and still work in the same institution as vice dean.

I also completed a master’s degree in Audiology, Speech and Language Disorders, and Voice Disorders at Ankara University in 2021.