Dr. M. Sertaç Çiçek completed his medical education at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and GATA Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, graduating summa cum laude in 1985. He then completed a five-year residency in Cardiovascular Surgery at GATA, followed by fellowships in cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary transplantation at the Texas Heart Institute and the Mayo Clinic. He also had an extended pediatric cardiac surgery and transplantation fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Çiçek eventually returned to his home country, Turkey, to establish adult and pediatric cardiac surgery programs at many hospitals including Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training Hospital, which is one of the largest heart centers in Europe and where he also served as the Physician-in-Chief. He served as Director of Heart and Vascular Care Center at Anadolu Medical Center, an affiliation of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Istanbul. He has recently served as professor and senior associate consultant at Mayo Clinic and chief of pediatric cardiac surgery at WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Children’s Hospital in US and has recently returned to Turkey to establish the heart program at Istinye University-Liv Vadistanbul Hospital. In addition to pediatric and congenital heart surgery, Dr. Çiçek has extensive experience as an adult cardiac surgeon as well. He serves on multiple Editorial Boards and is an Associate Editor of World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.