Honorary Editor
Tuncalp Ozgen, MD
Founding Editors
M. Dogan Aksit , DVM-PhD	Ruhgun Basar, DDS-PhD
Editor-in-Chief / Publisher
M. Mustafa Aldur, MD-PhD
Co-Editor
Selcuk Tunali, MD-PhD
Associate Editors
Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD	Safiye Cavdar, PhD	Scott Lozanoff, PhD
Mustafa F. Sargon, MD-PhD	Erdogan Sendemir, MD	Selcuk Surucu, MD-PhD
A. Beliz Tascioglu, PhD	Ibrahim Tekdemir, MD	Engin Yilmaz, MD-PhD
M. Ibrahim Ziyal, MD	Mark A. Smith, PhD
Ethics Editors
Robert B. Daroff, MD	Sevket Ruacan, MD
Section Editors
Hakki Dalcik, PhD	Attila Dagdeviren, MD	Reha S. Erzurumlu, PhD
Uner Tan, MD-PhD	Turgay Dalkara, MD-PhD	Bulent Elibol, MD-PhD
O. Selcuk Palaoglu, MD	Isil Saatci, MD	Figen Soylemezoglu, MD
Selda Onderoglu, PhD	Recep Mesut, MD	Alaittin Elhan, PhD
Sezgin Ilgi, PhD	Orhan E. Arslan, DVM-PhD
Language Editors
Selma Yorukan, MD	Emine Ozkul, PhD	Ayberk Kurt, MD-PhD
A. Kagan Karabulut, MD-PhD	Muzaffer Seker, PhD	Dogan Tuncali, MD
Managing Editors
Mustafa Aktekin, MD-PhD	Alp Bayramoglu, MD-PhD	M. Deniz Demiryurek, MD-PhD
A. Hakan Ozturk, MD-PhD	Eray Tuccar, MD-PhD	Ilkan Tatar, MD
Scientific Advisory Board
Esat Adiguzel, MD	Salih Murat Akkin, MD	Mehmet Alikasifoglu, MD-PhD
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD	Kudret Aytemir, MD	Mustafa Berker, MD-PhD
Mehmet Bilgen, PhD	Jacques Brotchi, MD-PhD	Saruhan Cekirge, MD
George Chaldakov, MD-PhD	Meserret Cumhur, PhD	Michail S. Davidoff, MD-PhD
D. Ceri Davies, PhD	Aclan Dogan, MD	Barbaros Durgun, MD
Yaman Eksioglu, MD-PhD	Vedat Evren, MD	Ozhan Eyigor, MD-PhD
Branislav Filipovic, MD	Figen Govsa Gokmen, MD	M. Oguz Guc, MD-PhD
Erdem Gumusburun, PhD	Behnam Jameie, PhD	Gustav F. Jirikowski, PhD
Tetsuo Kanno, MD	Erkan Kaptanoglu, MD	S. Tuna Karahan, MD
Marios Loukas, MD-PhD	Jacques Morcos, MD	Akio Morita, MD-PhD
Aytekin Oto, MD	Wladimir Ovcharov, MD-PhD	Emin Oztas, MD
Hasan Ozan, MD	Levent Ozturk, MD	Tuncay Peker, MD
Reinhard Putz, MD	Kayihan Sahinoglu, MD	Madjid Samii, MD-PhD
Mustafa Sarsilmaz, MD	Gert Horst Schumacher, DDS-PhD	Laligam N. Sekhar, MD
Levent Sennaroglu, MD	Ahmet Sinav, MD	Robert F. Spetzler, MD
Ali Tascioglu, MD	Necati Tatarli, MD	Ertugrul Tatlisumak, MD
Ugur Ture, MD	Emel Ulupinar, MD-PhD	Ismail H. Ulus, MD
Ahmet Usta, MD	Mine Ergun, MD-PhD
Statistical Advisor
Ergun Karaagaoglu, PhD
Medical Illustrator
Fikret Sen, MD