Dr. Burak Ulkumen, MD, FTBORLHNS (Fellow of the Turkish Board of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery), is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, an institution accredited by the Turkish Board of ORL-HNS. He currently serves as the Unit Manager of the Speech and Voice Disorders Division.

Dr. Ulkumen earned his medical degree from Marmara University School of Medicine (1994–2000) and completed his residency in Otorhinolaryngology at Istanbul Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital (2000–2005). His early career included positions at Batman State Hospital (2005–2007), Batman Dunya Hospital (2007–2012), and Izmir Deniz Hospital (2012–2014). Since 2014, he has been serving at Manisa Celal Bayar University.

His primary clinical and academic interests include rhinology (particularly endoscopic sinus surgery and rhinoplasty), laryngology and phoniatrics, voice and speech therapy, endoscopic ear surgery, and animal-based experimental research.

Dr. Ulkumen has been serving as an examiner for the European Board Examination in Otorhinolaryngology (EBEORL) for the past five years, actively contributing to the assessment and development of ENT specialists across Europe.

In addition to his clinical and academic duties, Dr. Ulkumen has been a member of the editorial board of Forum KBB and ENTCase journals for the past five years, and has served as an editor for both journals for the last two years.

He has published extensively in both national and international journals. According to Google Scholar, he has 183 citations, with an h-index of 8 and an i10-index of 7. On the Web of Science, he has 55 citations and an h-index of 4.

Dr. Ulkumen continues to advance the field of otolaryngology through his clinical expertise, research contributions, and commitment to academic excellence and education.

Dr. Abdülkadir Göksel is a board-certified ENT and facial plastic surgeon based in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and completed his residency in Ear, Nose and Throat and Head & Neck Surgery at Göztepe Training and Research Hospital. From the early years of his career, he has focused on facial plastic surgery, with particular expertise in aesthetic, functional, and revision rhinoplasty.

He passed the European Board Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2015. He is a former General Secretary of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS) and currently serves as a board member of both EAFPS and the Turkish Facial Plastic Surgery Association.

Dr. Göksel is the Co-President of the biennial Structure Preservation Rhinoplasty Meeting. He is frequently invited to international congresses across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States to lecture on structure preservation rhinoplasty, nasal tip surgery, and complex revision cases. In addition, he regularly hosts surgeons from around the world in Istanbul for live surgery training and advanced educational programs.

He is a founding member of the International Rhinoplasty Research Society (IRRS) and an honorary member of the Russian Society of Plastic Surgeons.