Hidayet Şafak Çine, MD, is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital in Istanbul, Türkiye. He earned his medical degree from Ondokuz Mayıs University and completed his neurosurgical residency at Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital. He undertook clinical fellowships in advanced spine surgery at the University of Minnesota and Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute in Milan. His clinical interests include complex spine surgery, scoliosis and spinal deformities, spinal tumors, trauma, and minimally invasive techniques. He has authored peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, with research focusing on spinal biomechanics, deformity correction, and surgical outcomes.