<p>• Present Position: Emeritus professor, Shimane University,</p> <p>• Professor and chairman (1994-2020)</p> <p>• at Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Izumo city, Japan</p> <p>• Chairman, The board of directors, The Japanese Rhinologic Society (2013~2019. Oct.)</p> <p>• Board member, International Rhinologic Society (2013~present),</p> <p>• Honorary member, European Rhinologic Society, Italian Rhinologic Society, Bulgarian Rhinologic Society</p> <p>• Yamaguchi University College of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan, MD, 1979</p> <p>• The Postgraduate course, Dept. of Immunology, Institute for Bioregulation Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, DMSc, 1983</p> <p>• Assistant professor, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan 1984-1994</p> <p>• Visiting research fellow, Ohio State University, Otological Research Laboratory, 1986–1988</p>

<p>After graduating from Hacettepe Medical Faculty in 1992, I started my specialization training in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Hacettepe University Medical Faculty in the same year. After completing my specialization training in 1996, I worked in both public and private sectors before retiring from the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Medicine. In 2022, I worked as a rhinology allergy fellow at the University of Chicago for one year under the mentorship of lovely Dr. Jacquellynne Corey. I also spent two months as an observer in anterior skull base surgery with Dr. Pete Batra at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.</p>