Prof. Dr. Emine Elif Altuntaş was born in Ankara in 1973. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1997 and completed her residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine between 1998 and 2003. From 2014 to 2019, she pursued a PhD in Audiology and Speech-Language Disorders at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences.

She began her academic career in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013 and Full Professor in 2019. Since 2024, she has been serving as a faculty member in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Lokman Hekim University Faculty of Medicine.

Her research interests include otorhinolaryngologic diseases, ototoxicity, hearing loss, genetic and experimental studies, audiology, and vestibular disorders. She has supervised numerous medical specialty theses and served as a researcher or principal investigator in several scientific research projects. She is the author of over 60 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to more than 30 national and international book chapters.

Prof. Dr. Altuntaş has participated in numerous scientific meetings and training courses, and has taken active roles as chair, panelist, and instructor in national events such as the Sivas Otology Meetings, Nasal School Workshops, and clinical research training programs. She has also served on the Abstract Review Committee and as a faculty member in scientific courses at the Turkish National Congresses of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.

She has presented numerous oral and poster presentations at both national and international congresses. Her awards include: – 2nd Place in Audiology Oral Presentation at the 9th Cochlear Implantation Otology-Neurotology Congress (2017), – Best Poster Presentation Award at the Turkish Sports Injuries Congress (2012), – 1st Place in General ENT Oral Presentation at the 44th Turkish National ENT and Head & Neck Surgery Congress (2023). In 2022, she was recognized as “Reviewer of the Year” by the journal Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology.

She currently serves on the advisory boards of KBB Forum and ENT Cases, and is an editorial board member of Lokman Hekim Health Sciences Journal. Between 2019 and 2021, she was an associate editor for ENT Updates.

Prof. Dr. Altuntaş is an active member of several professional societies including the Turkish Society of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Phoniatrics Society, SEBAD, the International Vertigo Society, and the Firat-Dicle Basin ENT Society. She is currently the Chair of the Accreditation Committee of the Turkish Board of Otorhinolaryngology.

She also holds several academic and administrative positions at Lokman Hekim University, including Head of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Coordinator of the International Visibility and University Ranking Unit, and Board Member of the Center for Professional Skills and Simulation.

Ali Bayram, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Health Sciences, Kayseri Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye. He completed his medical education and residency training at Erciyes University.

Dr. Bayram has extensive clinical experience in head and neck surgery and has participated in several national and international observerships. His academic interests include head and neck oncology, otology, and scientific publishing.

He has authored numerous national and international publications and book chapters, contributing actively to the scientific literature in otorhinolaryngology. Dr. Bayram also serves as an Associate Editor of the Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology and has been a reviewer for multiple international journals.

In addition to his academic and editorial roles, he is actively involved in professional organizations and currently serves as the Vice President of the Turkish School of Head-Neck and Thyroid Surgery.

Dr. Tuba Doğan Karataş is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her medical education at Fırat University Faculty of Medicine and received her specialty training in Otorhinolaryngology at Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine between 2012 and 2016. In her residency thesis, she investigated the audiological and electrophysiological evaluation of hearing levels in patients with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever.

Following her residency training, she worked as an otorhinolaryngology specialist at Sivas Numune Hospital and later at Malatya Training and Research Hospital. She currently continues her academic and clinical practice at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. Her main areas of interest include otology, rhinology, phoniatrics, hearing disorders, voice diseases, tinnitus, and head and neck surgery.

Dr. Doğan Karataş has authored numerous publications in national and international scientific journals. Her studies published in SCI-E and other internationally indexed journals have focused on topics such as the role of the triglyceride-glucose index in sudden hearing loss and quality-of-life assessments in patients who will use hearing devices. She has also presented many oral presentations at important scientific meetings, including IFHNOS, Rhinocamp Congress, Pan-European Voice Conference (PEVOC), and the Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology. Her study entitled “Postoperative Hemorrhage in Pediatric Tonsillectomy: The Role of Tonsil Size and Suturation” received the second-place award in the general ENT category at the 46th Turkish National Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.

In addition to her scientific research, she has contributed as an author to book chapters on salivary gland diseases, facial nerve disorders, and cosmetic upper eyelid surgery. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Turkish Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Association, the Phoniatrics Association, the Voice-Speech-Swallowing Disorders Association, and the Union of European Phoniatricians. She also holds the national proficiency certificate granted by the Turkish Board of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery and continues her postgraduate education in phoniatrics.