Prof. Dr. ORKUN MÜFTÜOĞLU

ORKUN MÜFTÜOĞLU

Prof. Dr. ORKUN MÜFTÜOĞLU

Ophthalmology

Amerikan Hospital

  • Obtained the USMLE-ECFMG American Medical License in 2003.
  • Completed subspecialty training: in 2003 at Baylor College in Houston in Cataract & Refractive Laser Surgery; in 2006 at Duke University in Vitreoretinal Surgery; in 2007 at Instituto Alicante in advanced Refractive Laser Surgery; and between 2007 and 2009 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in cataract, cornea and refractive surgery, performing one-on-one patient surgeries under the American Medical License.
  • Received first-place awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons).
  • Attained the title of Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2015.
  • Has experience in more than 20000 surgical cases.
  • Member of the Turkish Ophthalmological Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (Education and Young Ophthalmologist Committees).
  • Main clinical areas of interest:
    • Complicated (challenging, problematic) cataract surgery,
    • Advanced refractive surgery (treatment of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism),
    • Keratoconus and corneal disease surgery and corneal transplantation,
    • Glaucoma and artificial cornea surgery,
    • Macular (yellow spot) and vitreoretinal surgery.