Professor Ö. Faruk Ünal MD was born in Yerköy in 1966. He graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in 1991. He completed his residency training in Department of Otolaryngology of Hacettepe University in 1996. He worked as an instructor between 1996 to 1998, assistant professor between 1998-2000, associate professor between 2000 to 2006 and professor between 2006 to 2009. He was a visiting scholar in University of Cincinnati, Pediatric Otolaryngology Department, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital between 2003 to 2004. He served as the chair of the Department of Otolaryngology of Acıbadem University School of Medicine between 2009 to 2014. He has been working as department chief in American Hospital since 2015.