<p>Ahmet O. İkiz M.D., M. Sc., is a professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (ORL&HNS). With more than 30 years of experience in otorhinolaryngology, his surgical practice includes a wide variety of head & neck patients with primary interest in thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery. His clinical interest is focused on improving patient outcome during and after head and neck surgery.</p> <p>He was the chairman of Dokuz Eylul Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Department during 2011-2014 and 2020-2021. He served at different positions for the Board of Turkish Society of ORL&HNS as member, secretary and chairman of Education and Accreditation Committees. He also served at Turkish Society of ORL&HNS as the chairman of Head & Neck and Thyroid School during 2014-2016; and as the general coordinator of five ENT Schools consisting of Head & Neck and Thyroid, Laryngology, Otology & Neurotology, Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery Schools during 2016-2018.</p> <p>As an active member of different scientific societies; he undertakes various responsibilities in Turkish Society of ORL&HNS, Society of Head and Cancers of Turkiye, European Head and Neck Society, American Head and Neck Society, Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery, European Examination Board in Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Masterclass and International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies.</p> <p>He has more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters published; he is on the editorial board or international advisory board of various national and international journals.</p>

<p>Consultant, Full Professor and Clinical Head of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Section head of the section Head and Neck Oncology of the Department of Oncology of the faculty of Medicine at KU Leuven. Guest Professor in Head and Neck Oncology, University of Pisa, Italy. Adjunct Professor in Head and Neck Oncology and Salivary Gland Surgery, University of Southern Denmark at Odense, Denmark.</p> <p>Area of expertise is head and neck oncology and surgery, with a specific focus on salivary gland and thyroid surgery, transoral laser microendoscopic and robotic surgery, endoscopic and external approaches to the anterior skull base.</p> <p>Member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers in Surgery, B-ENT and Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española. President of the Royal Belgian Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the Multidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society (MSGS); Vice Chair, International Advisory Section, American Head and Neck Society (AHNS); Executive Board Member of the Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS) and Member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncological Societies (IFHNOS).</p> <p>Peer reviewed PubMed papers: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/cv?u=U0035358&allItems=true&layout=IEEE-style&link=true</p>