SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Vitreoretinal surgery & medical retina
- Performing almost all types of vitreoretinal surgery (23-25G) for the past 21 years (700/year): Retinal detachment surgery, severe proliferative diabetic vitrectomies (bimanual), combined surgery in eyes with trauma and uveitis, macular surgeries (edema, hole and pucker).
- Performing intravitreal injections and laser applications in the field of medical retina 3 days/week.
- Pediatric VR surgery: ROP, Coats’ disease, FEVR, PFV, Pediatric Retinal Detachments (special interest)
- Premature Retinopathy: Laser and vitreoretinal surgery (special interest)
- Choroidal patch grafting for submacular hemorrhage
- Optic pit maculopathy, Nanophthalmos related RD
- Myopic Macula Hole surgery, macular buckle
- Hereditary retinal diseases: RP, Stargardt, Best disease…
- 8. Uveitis and Behçet’s Disease
- 9. Optic nerve diseases
- 10. Cataract surgery
- -Phacoemulsification
- -Pediatric cataract surgery
- 11. Endophthalmitis: Surgical and medical treatment
- *Past interest in corneal surgery including lamellar keratoplasty
- *Past interest in Glaucoma (early diagnosis) and glaucoma suspects (NFA-GDx, OCT studies)
- Current Research Activities
- FFA/OCT in pediatric retinal diseases
- OCTA and Anti-VEGF responses in Wet ARMD
- Advanced vitreoretinal surgical techniques for pediatric retinal diseases
- Genetics in hereditary retinal diseases