Dr. Atilla Alptekin was born in 1950 in Çorum. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1975. In 1980 he completed residency in Anesthesiology and Reanimation at the Biberach Hospital in Germany . At the same hospital he began his career as a specialist in anesthesia in 1980. Between 1984-1989 he worked as an anesthesiologist at Corlu Vatan Hospital. Between 1989-1991 he worked as a specialist in hand surgery, anesthesia team at the French Pasteur Hospital. Since 1991, he has been working at the American Hospital, in the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation.