Hisar Hospital Intercontinental
Prof. Dr. M. Emre Üstündağ is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Anadolu Medical Center in Gebze. He has been a professor at Kocaeli University since 2006. He completed his MD and ENT residency at Istanbul University between 1983 and 1995. He has worked at Istanbul and Kocaeli universities and at Acıbadem hospitals. He has also maintained a private practice since 2006.
Clinical focus: head and neck oncology and surgery; rhinology and rhinoplasty; laryngology; septoplasty; sleep apnea surgery.
He completed international training in Ireland (Ardkeen). In Germany, he trained in Tübingen; Freiburg (otology, 4 months); and Regensburg (rhinology, 4 months). In the USA, he trained at Stanford in laryngology and sleep apnea (4 months). He has 47 international articles and 788 citations (Google Scholar, Jan 2026). He is a member of the Turkish ORL-HNS, the Istanbul University ENT Association, and the German ORL-HNS.
Dr. Yasar Cokkeser is an ENT specialist. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine (1983–1989). He completed his ENT residency at Ankara Numune Hospital (1989–1994). He held a Clinical Research Fellowship in Otology and Skull Base Surgery at Gruppo Otologico, Italy (1993–1994). He also completed observerships at GWU Neurosurgery, House Ear Institute, USC, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania.
He served at Inönü University as Assistant Professor (1994–1999) and Associate Professor (1999–2005). He was Chief of Clinic at Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital (2005–2007). His recent practice includes Medicana Ataköy (2024–2025).
He has more than 75 publications indexed in Index Medicus. His articles appear in Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, Am J Otol, J Laryngol Otol, and Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. His work covers revision stapes surgery, skull base approaches, vestibular schwannoma, and DCR outcomes in 115 patients (130 eyes).
Dr. Erkan Vuralkan is a specialist in Otorhinolaryngology (ENT). He has worked at top hospitals such as Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital and Trabzon Kanuni Education and Research Hospital. He now practices at I.A.U VM MedicalPark Florya.
Dr. Vuralkan is a member of the Turkish Association of Otorhinolaryngology and the Turkish Association of Rhinology. He also supports scientific research through his work with the Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine and the Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.