Dr. Alperen Vural is a professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty. With specialized expertise in head and neck surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery, he contributes to both clinical practice and academic research.

Dr. Vural serves as an editor for several scientific journals, including the Journal of Clinical Practice and Research and the Balkan Medical Journal, and is actively involved in peer review for numerous international publications. He has presented extensively at global conferences and has particapated as a faculty in various instructional courses on skull base surgery.

Currently, Dr. Vural is the Secretary General of the Turkish Skull Base Society. He also serves as the Co-Chair of Young–IFOS/IFOS Istanbul Congress.

Marco Ferrari serves as Associate Professor at the University of Padova (Padova, Italy) and Consultant at the Padova University Hospital (“Azienda Ospedale Università Padova”; Padova, Italy). He trained in Brescia, Italy, and complete research fellowship in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and Padova. His main interests are head and neck oncological surgery and ventral skull base surgery, with special interest for sinonasal, salivary, and mesenchymal cancers management. He authored a number of book chapters and peer-reviewed publications, and serves as reviewer and member of the editorial board for several journals. He also authored the book entitled Endoscopic Transnasal Anatomy of the Skull Base and Adjacent Areas, published by Thieme.