Dr. Ece Dilege was born in 1973 in Istanbul. She graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine in 1996. In 2002 she completed her residency in General Surgery at Istanbul Medical Faculty. During her residency program, in year 2000 she worked at the UCLA Breast Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Dilege worked as a staff surgeon and chief fellow of surgery at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital between 2003-2010. In 2010 she started working as the deputy chief of Department of Surgery at Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital. In 2012 she became an Associate Professor of General Surgery and she was qualified as fellow of the European Board of Surgery. Since january 2013 she has been working at the American Hospital in the Breast Clinic, Department of General Surgery.