Dr. Ayse Zekiye Kural was born in Ankara in 1959. In 1982 she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine. She completed her residency in Neurology at the same university in 1991. Between 1992-1995 she started working at the Balıklı Rum Hospital. Since 1995, Dr. Kural has been working in the Department of Neurology, the American Hospital.