Penulis: Ayşe Engin Arısoy

Ayşe Engin Arısoy MD is currently working as the Head of Division of Neonatology at the Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, in Kocaeli, Turkey. She graduated from the Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, in 1979 and completed her pediatry residency at the same University in 1983. She became an associate professor in 1994 and a professor in pediatrics in 1999. In addition, she worked at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital (1992-1993, 1997-1998) as a visiting neonatology fellow. She is the author of several medical and non-medical books.  Emin Sami Arısoy MD is currently working as the Head of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, in Kocaeli, Turkey. He graduated from the Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, in 1979 and completed her pediatry residency at the same University in 1983. He became an associate professor in 1994 and a professor in pediatrics in 1999. In addition, he worked at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital (1992-1993, 1997-1998) as a visiting pediatric infectious diseases fellow. He is the author of several medical and non-medical books. He is also the chief co-editor of the Journal of Pediatric Infection. Nuray Bayar Muluk, MD, has been working at the Otolaryngology Department at Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey since 1997, and has been a Professor at the same University since 2008. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1990 and completed her ENT residency at the same University in 1994. Her interests include basic research, projects, and rhinology. She has published 220 international and 70 national papers and she is a co-editor of 3 international books, 6 national books and 2 translated books. She has written 17 international book chapters, 47 national book-chapters, and 11 translated book chapters. Cemal Cingi, MD, is a Professor in the Otorhinolaryngology Department at Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir, Turkey. He graduated from the School of Medicine, Istanbul University in 1984 and then entered the Otorhinolaryngology Residency Programme at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, becoming a Specialist in ORL & HNS in 1990. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 1995 and as a Professor in 2001. In 2013 he became an accredited Specialist in Mouth, Face, and Chin Surgery. Dr. Cingi served as the Chair of the ENT Section of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and President of the Asian Facial Plastic Surgery Society (AFPSS). He is an editorial board member for several journals. Armando G. Correa MD is currently an assistant professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. He received his medical degree from the Medical School of Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, México. He trained at the Children’s Hospital of Austin, Austin, Texas, USA and subsequently at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA for his pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship. He was an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine between 1993 – 2002, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota between 2002 – 2005.