Prof. Dr. Özgür Sürmelioğlu is a distinguished professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Çukurova University’s Faculty of Medicine in Adana, Turkey. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ankara University’s Faculty of Medicine between 1998 and 2004. He completed his Expertise in Medicine in Otorhinolaryngology at Çukurova University from 2005 to 2010. Professionally, Prof. Dr. Sürmelioğlu has served as an Expert (2012-2013) and Assistant Professor (2013-2018) in the same department before attaining his current position as Professor in 2023.  His clinical interests encompass conditions such as otology- neurpotolpgy. He has contributed significantly to the field with 243 publications and has been cited 266 times, reflecting his active engagement in research and academia.

Bahar Colpan, MD,

KTO Karatay University Medova Hospital, Konya,Turkey

Bahar Colpan received her medical degree from Gazi University Faculty of

Medicine in 1999. She subsequently completed her residency in

Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Selcuk University Meram

Faculty of Medicine.

She joined the faculty of Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine as an

Assistant Professor in 2004, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012,

and attained the rank of Professor in 2017. To further advance her academic

and clinical expertise, she completed a one-year Research Fellowship at the

House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, California, USA, one of the world’s leading

centers for otology and neurotology.

Until 2023, Professor Colpan served as a faculty member at Selcuk University

Meram Faculty of Medicine. She currently works at KTO Karatay University

Medova Hospital, where she continues her clinical practice, research, and

academic activities in the field of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck

Surgery.

Professor Colpan has extensive experience in otology, hearing

disorders,cochlear implant,neurotology,and ear surgery, endoscopic ear

surgery,rhinology, pediatric ENT, vestibuler disorders. She has authored

numerous national and international scientific publications and has actively

participated in many national and international congresses as a speaker and

researcher.

She is married and has two children.