Meet the editors

Dr. Selim Sözen is an expert in general surgery who received his medical degree from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey, in 1998. From 1999 to 2004, he was an assistant doctor at Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Turkey. From 2004 to 2013, he worked as a specialist at different government hospitals in Turkey. He joined the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Namık Kemal University, Turkey, as an

associate professor in 2013. He completed liver transplantation surgery at İnönü University, Turkey, in 2014–2015. Since 2016, Dr. Sözen has run his own surgery clinic in İstanbul, Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association and a review board member for several journals. He has published 105 articles in scientific journals and presented 64 poster papers at scientific congresses. His research interests include general, gastrointestinal, emergency, and trauma surgery, bacterial translocation, liver disease, and hernia surgery.

Dr. Seyfi Emir received his medical degree from Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey, in 2000. He worked as an assistant doctor at Haydarpaşa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Turkey, from 2002 to 2008. He then worked at Elazığ Education and Research Hospital, Turkey, from 2009 to 2013. He became an assistant professor in the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Namık Kemal University, Turkey, in 2013. Since

2016, Dr. Emir has worked at Reyap Hospital, in Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association. His research interests include general, gastrointestinal, colorectal, obesity, and endocrine surgery.
