Prof Reha Kisnisci is currently the chair and Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lokman Hekim University; Ankara – Turkey, and also the director of Cleft lip & palate and related anomalies center. He is the founding President of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society of Turkey, and also the founding Member / Past President of Balkan Association of Maxillofacial Surgery. Prof Kisnisci is and honorary Fellow of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Sroeons, and an honorary / elected Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Dental Surgery of England. He has aurhored and co-authored over 150 papers, book chapters and has lectured/presented at over 300 conferences.

Prof Kisnisci is also the cleft/craniofacial section editor – International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and an editorial Board Member of Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has been an avowed volunteer for overseas cleft missions, including Pakistan.