Professor Tarık Esen was born in Balıkesir in 1960. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1984. He completed his residency in Urology at the same university. He became associate professor in 1994,professor in 2000 at Istanbul University. Between 2006 -2008, he served as the Head of Turkish Urology Association. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the European Urological Association. Prof. Tarık Esen has been working at the Amerikan Hospital as a head of Urology Department. He has been working as a faculty member at Koç University Faculty of Medicine since 2011.

Tufan Tarcan, MD, PhD is Professor of Urology at Marmara University School of Medicine, and Visiting Professor of Urology at Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye. After finishing his medical education at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine and urology residency at Marmara University he completed his fellowships in Adult and Pediatric Neurourology in the United States (Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, respectively). He holds a PhD degree at “Histology and Embryology” and his main area of interest is “Functional and Female Urology” and “Paediatric Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction”. He is a member of the Urodynamics Committee at the International Continence Society (ICS), panel member at the International Consultation in Incontinence (ICI), member of ICI Research Society and EAU Section of Functional and Female Urology (ESFFU). Dr. Tarcan is currently the president of the Turkish Continence Society and associate editor to the journal Neuorourology&Urodynamics, the official journal of ICS.

Prof. Dr. Burak Koçak, 1972 yılında Ankara’da doğdu. 1996 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İngilizce Tıp Bölümü'nden mezun oldu. 2001 yılında Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi'nde Üroloji Uzmanlık Eğitimini tamamladı. 2002-2004 yıllarında ABD’de Northwestern Üniversitesi Feinberg Tıp Fakültesi'nde Transplantasyon Cerrahisi Üst İhtisas Eğitimini tamamladı. 2011 yılında Doçent, 2018 yılında Profesör oldu. 2001-2002 ve 2004-2005 yıllarında Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi'nde Üroloji Bölümü Başasistanı olarak, 2005-2007 yılları arasında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi'nde Böbrek Nakli Merkez Sorumlusu / Üroloji Anabilim Dalı Öğretim Üyesi, Yard. Doçent olarak görev yaptı. Prof. Dr. Burak Koçak 2007-2018 yılları arasında Memorial Şişli Hastanesi'nde Böbrek ve Pankreas Nakli Merkezi Sorumlusu, Üroloji ve Organ Nakli Cerrahisi Uzmanı olarak çalıştı. Temmuz 2018'den itibaren Koç Üniversitesi Hastanesi Organ Nakli Merkezinde Böbrek ve Pankreas Nakli Programı Sorumlusu olarak görev yapmaktadır.

He was graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine in English in 1996. He completed his urology residency at Gazi University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology in 2003. He worked as staff urology specialist at Uludag University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology between 2003 and 2008. He was a visiting fellow of Uro-oncology at Vanderbilt University; School of Medicine, Department of Urology (Nashville, Tenessee, USA) between 2008 and 2009. He was appointed as an assistant professor of urology in 2009 and associate professor of urology in 2011 at Uludag University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology. He worked as a member of the renal transplantation team and performed renal transplantations at Uludag University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology since 2003. He has been working in Koç University School of Medicine since April 2017.

He was graduated from Hacettepe University, School of Medicine in Ankara in 1997. In 2003, he completed his residency in the Department of Urology, Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine in Izmir, Türkiye. During his residency, he spent 2 months in the Department of Urology, Catholic University of Leuven for uro-oncological training in Leuven, Belgium. He had clinical and research fellowships in The University of Sheffield, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Department of Urology in Sheffield, UK and also in Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, UK for overall 1.5 years in 2004-2005. In 2008, he had 3 month fellowship on Laparoscopic Urology at The University of Heidelberg, SLK Kliniken Heilbronn, Department of Urology in Heilbronn, Germany. Between 2008 and 2018, he worked at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital and Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology in Ankara, Türkiye. Prof.Canda is board member of European Association of Urology (EAU) Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) and has been performing robotic urology since 2009. Prof.Canda has particular expertise on robotic prostate cancer surgery, robotic kidney cancer surgery and robotic bladder cancer surgery. He is also interested in training in robotic surgery and has taken part as a robotic urology trainer in many courses at international and national training centres, congresses and meetings. He has many international scientific publications on robotic urology and also has various awards on robotic urology received at international and national meetings including ERUS congresses. Since July 2018, he has been working at Koç University Hospital in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Dr. Ömer Acar was born in 1980. He graduated from TED Ankara College in 1996. He completed his medical training in the School of Medicine, Marmara University in the year of 2003. He worked as a resident in Urology at the Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University between 2003 and 2008. In 2009, he worked in the transplantation unit of the Turkish Kidney Foundation Hospital. During the same year, he completed a short-term visiting fellowship programme in the Division of Urology, Albany Medical Center, NY, USA. In 2010, he worked for the Turkish Armed Forces. Then, he completed his obligatory service for the Ministry of Health which took 1.5 years and ended up in 2012. Between April 2012 and August 2014, he worked in the Urology Department of VKV American Hospital. Since September 2014, he has been working as a Urology Specialist in the Urology Department of Koç University Hospital.

Dr. Tayfun Oktar, 1974 yılında İstanbul'da doğdu. 1992 yılında Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi'nden, 1999 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi İngilizce Tıp Bölümü'nden mezun oldu. Üroloji uzmanlık eğitimini 2005 yılında İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Üroloji Anabilim Dalı'nda tamamladıktan sonra 2005-2006 yılları Çocuk Ürolojisi Bilim Dalı'nda uzman olarak çalıştı. Askerlik görevini 2006-2007 yılları arasında Siirt Askeri Hastanesi'nde yerinde getirdikten sonra, 2008-2009 yılları arasında V.K.V. Amerikan Hastanesi Üroloji Bölümü'nde çalıştı. 2009 yılında İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Üroloji Anabilim Dalı'na öğretim görevlisi olarak atandı. 2011 yılında 'Children's Hospital of Philadelphia'da Çocuk Ürolojisi Bölümünde gözlemci olarak bulundu. 2013 yılında Doçent ünvanı aldı ve halen İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Üroloji Anabilim Dalı'nda öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmaktadır. 2013 yılından itibaren Türk Çocuk Ürolojisi Derneği'nde yönetim kurulu üyesi olarak görev almaktadır. 2012 yılında Avrupa Üroloji (FEBU) ve 2013 yılında Avrupa Çocuk Ürolojisi (FEAPU) yeterlilik sertifikalarını almaya hak kazanmıştır.

Dr. Emre Arpalı graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 2001. In 2008, he completed his training expertise in Türkiye Training and Research Hospital. He worked as a urology specialist at Ankara Mevki Hospital in 2009. Between 2010 and 2011 he completed his compulsory service at Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital. From 2011 to 2018, he served as a specialist in Memorial Şişli Hospital, Urology and Transplantation Surgery. Since July 2018, he has been working at Koç University Hospital, Organ Transplantation Center.

Murat Can Kiremit was born in 1977 in Istanbul. After finishing Cağaloğlu Anatolian High School, he graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2000. He completed his residency in Şişli Etfal Education and Research Hospital in 2006. During this period he worked as a visiting fellow in the Charité University Hospital of Berlin focusing on laparoscopic surgery. He completed his military duty in Golcuk Military Hospital and he worked in Erzurum Palandöken State Hospital for the obligatory service of the Ministry of Health. Thereafter, he started to work in Istanbul Medipol University Hospital in 2012 and became an Assistant Professor in 2014. He worked in Heidelberg University Heilbronn Clinic as a fellow in robotic surgery in 2014. Urinary tract stone disease, male infertility, and endourology are his main fields of interest. He is working in Koç University Hospital since November 2015.

I was born in 1985 in Antalya. I graduated from Antalya Anatolian High School in 2003. I was a medical student at Adnan Menderes University Medicine Faculty between 2003 and 2009. I completed my Urology Residency in Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. I have been to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Minimally Invasive and Endourology Department as a Research Fellow for 10 months. I worked as a urology specialist in Mus State Hospital between June 2016 and December 2017.