Academic Qualifications: ( all at the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine )
• Professor: 1995 –
• Assoc. Professor: 1989 – 1995
• Residency: 1981 – 1986
• MD: 1973 – 1979
Current and Previous Relevant Positions:
• 2009 – 2011 Chairman of Ophthalmology, Ankara University
• 1995 – present: professor Ankara University Department of Ophthalmology – Retina & Vitreous Unit
• 1992: visiting doctor The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center
• 1986 – 1987: research fellowship The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center ( with Prof. Dr. Stanley Chang )
• The Project ORBIS – Member ( 1986 )
• Ophthalmology Alumni of the Cornell Medical Center (1987 )
• Turkish Ophthalmology Society Medical Retina – Active Member ( 1989 )
• ASRS membership ( 1991 )
• Turkish Ophthalmology Society – Surgical Retina Board Member ( 2000 )
• Turkish Ophthalmology Society – Board General Secretary ( 2001 – 2004 )
• EVRS membership ( 2004 )
• Turkish Ophthalmology Society – Board Member ( 2009 – 2011 )
• Harvard Medical School – Visiting Professor ( 2011, 2013)
• Coordinator of ESASO modules in Turkey: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ( European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology )
• ESASO Faculty member
• Surgical Proctor for Argus II implantation Surgery (Second –Sight-USA 2017)
Brief Summary of Relevant Clinical Research Experience:
1. 25 / 27 – G Vitreoretinal Surgery
2. Ophthalmic Microendoscope assisted Vitreoretinal Surgery
3. Diagnostic Endoscopy in Trauma and Uveitis Cases
4. Spectral OCT, En Face OCT, OCT-angiograpy
5. Fundus Autofluorescence
6. Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
7. Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation
8. Anti – VEGF theraphy
9. International multicenter Studies: Participated in Excite / Secure ( 2006 – 2009 )
Perspective ( 2007 – 2009 )
10. Micropulsed laser photositumulation in various macular edema
11. Endoscope –Assisted Argus II Implantation first time in the World (28 Dec 2015)