Born in Aydın in 1963, Ali Vefa Yücetürk has graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1986. He specialized in Ear Nose Throat Diseases at Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty. He had worked as Lecturer at Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty from 1994 to 2013. He became associate professor in 1999 and professor in 2005. He published more than 100 articles in national and international journals. Additionally, he was a voice trainer and a conductor for university choirs for 20 years. He studied on throat cancers and vocal cord diseases at Italian Ferrara University Medical Faculty in 1996. He has participated in more than 100 international and national conferences and courses. He has studied on vocal training at Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory. His research interests are ear microsurgery, vocal diseases, throat and head-neck tumors surgery, esthetic nose operations, and snoring and sleep apnea treatments.