Umit Türsen graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine as Medical Doctor. He completed the residency period of Dermatology in Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Dermatology between 1995-1999. He has been working in Mersin University, School of Medicine, and Department of Dermatology since 2000. He is the Professor of Mersin University, School of Medicine, and Dermatology Department. He has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals, also books and serving as an editorial board member of repute. He won Behcet’s disease research award of “The scientific and technical research council of Turkey (TUBITAK)” in 1999. He is married and he has 2 children. He is president of INDERCOS Congress and also Mersin Dermatology and Cosmetology Association.
Prof Dr Ayse Serap Karadag graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 1999. She completed my specialization training in S.B.Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Dermatology and Venereal Diseases Clinic and worked as a specialist doctor in Kirsehir State Hospital, Keçiören Training and Research Hospitals for 5 years. She worked at Yüzüncü Yil University Faculty of Medicine between 2010-2012, and at Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine between 2012-2020 as an academician, lecturer and educator. She served as the Head of the Department between 2012-2013, the Head of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee in 2014-2015, and the Secretary of the Turkish Dermatology Association (TDD) Acne Study Group between 2012-2018. She is still a member of TDD Acne Study Group Presidency, TDD Accreditation Board, DUSEK Post-Specialist Training Commission and Dermatology Proficiency Exam Commission, which I was appointed in 2018. Between 2015-2016, she participated as an observer in the academic programs of Thomas Jefferson University, UPEN and Cooper Universities in the USA. In 2016, she was at the Benedetto Dermatosurgery clinic in Philadelphia for 3 months.