Safak Hatirnaz is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and graduated from Istanbul University,Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine at 1995.He had his residency at one of the well known hospitals,Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital Istanbul between 1995 and 1999.He has been working as IVF specialist since 2005 .From 2007 on ,Dr Hatirnaz has been specially interested in in vitro maturation(IVM) and dedicated to expand the clinical and laboratory use of IVM in routine ART practice.Currently ,his team has been focused on the treatment modalities of oocyte maturation abnormalities(OMAS).

He has more than 100 national and international publications  ,several congress presentations and he is editor of 3 books and section editor of several books.He is in the editorial board of CEOG and TJOD journals.Dr Hatirnaz has been directing Turkish Ob&Gyn and Reproductive Biology Research Group for production of valuable scientific manuscripts.