**Meet the editor**

Dr. Cuneyt Narin is currently Associate Professor and director of Cardiovascular Surgery Department at Universal Ege Saglik Hospital in Izmir, Turkey. He graduated from Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey in 1994. He completed his surgical training in the field of cardiovascular surgery at Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey in 2000. After becoming

a Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon, he gained his surgical skills at Universal Ege Saglik Hospital in Izmir until 2004. He continued his surgical career in an academic position at Selcuk University Meram Medical School in Konya, Turkey between 2004 and 2011. He worked as a Research Fellow and Surgical Assistant at Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratory and Department of Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Houston, Texas between 2008 and 2009. He has been working in his current position since August 2011. He has 140 scientific publications including book chapters. His major interests are minimal invasive cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery and experimental researches.
