Dr. Emrah Alper graduated from Uludag University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital in 1999. He worked as a research assistant at the same hospital between 1995 and 2000. Between 2000 and 2005, he worked as a specialist doctor at Izmir Bornova State Hospital. Between 2005 and 2007, he worked as a specialist at İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital and became an associate professor at the same hospital in 2007. Between 2011 and 2012, he worked as a specialist at the same hospital.