Prof. Bahadir M. Gulluoglu works at Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery since 1991 and currently is a full-time professor (tenured) at the same institution since 2009. He formerly served as the Vice-Coordinator and Head-Coordinator for clinical graduate medical education at Marmara University (2006-2012). Prof. Gulluoglu is also a member of Institutional Review Board at his university since 2011. He also serves at University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania as faculty member for doctorate studies. Prof. Gulluoglu is the co-founder of Marmara University Hospital, Breast Center (2001) which is a member of Breast Centres Network. Prof. Gulluoglu also works as the core faculty member at European Academy of Senology (EAoS), International Breast Ultrasonography School (IBUS), European School of Oncology (ESO), Norwegian Breast & Endocrine Surgery Board and MANOSMED Mediterranean University of Mastology. He is also the deputy secretary of UEMS European Board of Surgery, Division of Breast Surgery and holds honorary fellowships of both European Board of General Surgery and Breast Surgery. Prof. Gulluoglu currently serves at BRESO (European Breast Surgical Oncology Certification) Structure Working Group as theoretical knowledge committee member. Prof. Gulluoglu is currently the president of SENATURK (Senology Academy-Turkey), executive committee member of Breast Surgery International (BSI) and country coordinator of Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC) in Basel, Switzerland. He formerly served at Senologic International Society (SIS) as deputy secretary and Committee for National Breast Cancer Screening at Turkish Ministry of Health as chairman. Besides, Prof. Gulluoglu is an honorary member of both Bulgarian Surgical Society and Romanian Society for Breast Surgery and Oncology. He is the founding executive member of Turkish Society of Breast Surgery. Prof. Gulluoglu is the institutional research coordinator of EORTC Breast Cancer Group and member of ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline Advisory Group in Alexandria, USA. Prof. Gulluoglu is the co-chair of International Istanbul Breast Cancer Conference (Breastanbul) and (Turkish) National Health Quality Forum. He is the convenor of Istanbul Reconstructive Breast Cancer Surgery (IREBS) Workshops and currently serves as the associate editor at Breast Care (Karger).

Mr Hamed is Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon; Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer; King’s College London. Mr Hamed graduated from Cairo University, Egypt and received his post graduate surgical training in UK. He has been a fellow of the RCS since 1983 and obtained his doctorate degree from the univesity of London.
Mr Hamed is a Breast surgeon with over 30 years’ experience in treating all aspects of breast diseases both in women and men. He is also the surgical lead for south East London Breast Cancer Screening Program and held the position of Surgical Clinical Lead at Guy’s & St Thomas’ hospital and University hospital Lewisham. He is a teacher and examiner at King’s College London as well as surgical tutor for London Breast trainees and also Breast Audit lead
Mr Hamed is a member of number of learnt societies. He is the breast surgical lead for a unique genetic clinic at Guy’s hospital providing expert MDT management for women carriers of breast cancer genes. He sets on several steering committees for Breast cancer prevention, Breast Cancer Risk Prediction and cancer genetics and Young Onset Breast Cancer and is a PI for number of Breast cancer trials. He has a large number of publications in the field of Beast Diseases, contributed to published books and presented in international Breast conferences

He has special interest in familial and inheritable breast cancer, benign breast disease, breast cancer prevention, oncoplastic breast surgery and reconstruction.

Dr Mark Harries is a Consultant in Medical Oncology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and an honorary senior lecturer at King’s College London. He specialises in the treatment of Melanoma and Breast Cancer.

He graduated from Cambridge University and underwent clinical training at the Royal London Hospital.  He trained in Medical Oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital and completed a PhD and post-doctoral work in the Department of Immunology at University College, London.

His research interests include immunotherapy for melanoma and breast cancer as well as clinical trials of new biological agents for these diseases. He is lead investigator on a number of clinical trials and has published over 50 papers.

He is Chairman of the charity Melanomas Focus.