Mehmet Turgut, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neurosurgery at Ayd?n Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Ayd?n, Turkey. He graduated from the Ege University School of Medicine, ?zmir, Turkey and later specialized in neurosurgery in Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey. In 2004, he received the PhD degree from the Department of Embryology and Histology, Ege University Health Sciences Institute, ?zmir, Turkey. His fields of expertise and research interests are broad and include developmental neuroscience, pediatric neurosurgery, infectious diseases of the central nervous system, and peripheral nerve surgery. Dr. Turgut is an editorial board member for 25 international journals including European Spine Journal, Surgical Neurology International, Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Journal of Spine, Journal of Pediatric Neurology, Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, Journal ofSpine & Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice and
