1Dr. Tülay Türksoy Akvardar was born in 1962. She graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1985. She completed her residency at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology in 1995 and became a specialist. While she was working at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Infectious Diseases Clinic, Dr. Tülay T. Akvardar started to serve as the partner and manager of OTA Medical Center and OTA Polyclinic in 1994. She completed her master’s degree in Health Management at Fatih University in 2010 and has been working as the Hospital Director of Ota & Jinemed Hospital since April 2013.