CURRICULUM VITAE

• 1992 Master's Degree - Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine
• 1996 Specialization in Medicine - Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
• 2011 Associate Professorship - Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
• 2013 Education Officer - University of Health Sciences T.R. Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital
• 2017 Professorship - University of Health Sciences T.R. Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Health Application Research Center

• 1992 – 1996 Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology. Research Assistant
• 1996 – 1997 T.R. Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 1997 – 1999 Naval Forces Command 200-Bed Iskenderun Naval Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 1999 – 1999 T.R. Ministry of Health Yozgat Akdağmadeni State Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 1999 – 2011 T.R. Ministry of Health Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Specialist Doctor
• 2011 – 2013 T.R. Ministry of Health Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Associate Professor
• 2013 – 2017 T.R. Ministry of Health Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Education Officer
• 2017 – 2020 Health Sciences University Ankara Numune Health Application and Research Center, Professor
• 2020 – 2023 Health Sciences University Ankara City Health Application and Research Center, Professor

31 published articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 38 published articles in national peer-reviewed journals
6 Book chapters (translation/author)
25 oral or poster presentations at international scientific meetings and 52 at national scientific meetings

• Turkish Ophthalmology Association Ankara Branch Member and General Assembly Delegate (1992 – Present), Branch Board Member and Treasurer (2016 – 2018), Branch Board Member and Secretary (2018 – 2021), Branch Board Member and President (2021 – 2022)
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association Electrodiagnostic Unit Active Member (2005 – Present), Unit Executive Board Member (2007 – 2010), (2010 – 2013), (2013 – 2016), (2020 – 2022), (2022 – 2024), (2022 – Currently), Unit Education Representative (2008), Unit Web Manager (2010), Unit Head (2020 – 2022)
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit Active Member (2009 – Present)
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association – Economic Enterprise (TODİŞ) Board Member (2019 – 2021), (2021 – Present)
• Turkish Ophthalmology Association – Turkish Ophthalmology Qualification Board (TOYK) General Assembly Member (2017 – Present), Board Member (2022 – Present), Accreditation and TTB-UYEK Working Group Member (2017 – Present), Applied Exam Working Group Member (2018 – Present)
• ICO 2018 Standard Exam (Basic Sciences, Optics-Refraction-Instrument Use, Clinical Sciences) Practitioner Member
• Medical Network Ophthalmology Journal Editorial Board Member (1999 – Present), Deputy Editor (2021 – Present)
• Turkish Medical Association (1992 – Present)
• Turkish Eye Bank Association Board Member (1992 – Present) and Treasurer (2016 – 2017)

Ankara City Hospital No. 1 Clinic, Research Ethics Committee member, (2019 – 2023)

European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO), 8th Medical and Surgical Retina” module “Wet-lab” instructor, (2013, 2014, 2015) Certificate 2003 and 2011

T.O.D. 39th National Ophthalmology Congress, Antalya, 2005, First Prize in the Best Poster Field. Arıkan, Ö., Yarangümeli, A., Akyürek, N., Işıkgönül, İ., Alp, MN., Gürbüz Köz, Ö. and G. Kural, “The effect of sodium hyaluronate injection into the anterior chamber before laser iridotomy on corneal endothelial damage in rabbits”.