Dr. Alperen Vural is a professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty. With specialized expertise in head and neck surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery, he contributes to both clinical practice and academic research.

Dr. Vural serves as an editor for several scientific journals, including the Journal of Clinical Practice and Research and the Balkan Medical Journal, and is actively involved in peer review for numerous international publications. He has presented extensively at global conferences and has particapated as a faculty in various instructional courses on skull base surgery.

Currently, Dr. Vural is the Secretary General of the Turkish Skull Base Society. He also serves as the Co-Chair of Young–IFOS/IFOS Istanbul Congress.

Professor Chan is currently Clinical Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He also is the Assistant Dean (Student Development) for the Faculty of Medicine. With a global perspective following graduating from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in London, specialist training in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with advanced training in Head and Neck surgery, microvascular reconstruction and robotics.Professor Chan’s clinical expertise covers the full breadth of head and neck surgery, including a focus on minimally invasive approaches, in particular, transoral robotic approaches for head and neck tumours. His current area of research is focused on the role of the microbiome in head and neck cancers and the development of endoluminal robotics in surgery for which he has received numerous grants and Co-Founded a robotics startup - Agilis Robotics Ltd. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, the official journal of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and has over 100 peer reviewed published journal articles.