Prof. MD. Zehra Nese KAVAK graduated from Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine in 1986. During 1990 and 1991, she worked at St. Thomas’s Hospital / London, England towards her specialty training. She became an Associate Professor at Marmara University, School of Medicine in 1996. She worked at King’s College Hospital/London on Perinatology intermittently between 2000 and 2001. She acquired her Fetal Medicine Diploma at King’s College Hospital, London (2004). In 2001 she founded Perinatology Unit at Marmara University School of Medicine Hospital. The same year she became a professor and was appointed as the Head Physician of the Hospital. Between 2001 and 2005 she served as the Head Physician at Marmara University Hospital. In 2002, she was elected as the Chair of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Marmara University School of Medicine and served in this assignment for two terms. She continued to serve as the Chair of the Perinatology Department from 2001 to 2011. Prof. Kavak has 69 articles published in international refereed journals, 83 articles in national refereed journals, 152 articles in total and 1285 citations made to these publications, 11 assistant’s dissertation theses completed under her guidance and has 120 papers/presentations given in national and international scientific meetings and published in proceedings. She has been invited to speak at 112 international meetings in various countries around the world, additionally Prof. Kavak has 23 post-specialty overseas education certificates on Perinatology. She also holds seats on the editorial boards of numerous national and international scientific journals. She was elected as a member of the World Academy of Arts and Science, founded by Einstein and Oppenheimer in 2004, and in 2009, she was elected as a member of the Board of Trustees of the same academy. She is the first Turkish person elected to these positions. With her extensive works in Perinatology, Prof. Kavak is elected to the Board of World Association of Perinatology in September 2005. In October 2007, she was elected as a Member of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine. She is a Board Member of Fetus as a Patient Society (2006). Focusing her main field of research on the use of 3D-4D ultrasonography and invasive procedures during pregnancy, Prof. Kavak has co-authored 13 international titles, 8 of which are in English, 3 in Spanish and 1 in Turkish and has also published 2 books in English and Spanish and 1 in Turkish. In 2007, she was invited to teach as an adjunct professor at Cornell University in New York City and gave a lesson as a Lecturer Professor. On September 15, 2017 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, assigned Prof. M.D. Zehra Neşe Kavak to the Founding Rectorate of Istanbul Kent University. Prof Kavak has numerous awards such as; Health Award of the year (2002), 2006 Award of Excellence of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, 2006 Melvin Jones Award, 2007 Election of Honorary Member to Romanian Perinatology Society , 100 pioneer woman in Turkey award (2008), 2008 Excellence Award in Medicine, 2008 Excellence Award in Medicine by Lyons Clubs, 2013 Woman Scientist of the Year Award by Chamber of Commerce, 2013 Honorary Award by Istanbul Lyons Clubs and Samsun Chamber of Commerce, 2015 Woman Scientist of the Year Istanbul , 2016 Best Hospital and Best Hospital Manager Awards in London, 2017 European Quality Award in Switzerland

2017 Social Awareness Honor Award in Istanbul, 2017 Woman Super Achiever Award at 4th World Women Leadership Congress and Summit in India, 2017 Public Service Architecture and Public Service Interior Awards in London, 2018 Best Quality Leadership Award USA , 2019 Bravest Woman of the Year Award in Istanbul, 2019 Jury Special Award, TUMBIFED (All Bureaucrats and Businessmen Federation), 2019 Top 10 women of Turkey Award , 2019 Most Successful International Management of the Year Award in Cyprus.