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Journal Editorships, Editorial and Scientific Advisory Board Memberships
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Dr. Erkancakir is a specialist in pediatric chest diseases. He has experience with acute and chronic respiratory problems, respiratory tract infections, and bronchoscopic procedures. His areas of focus include asthma, sleep-related breathing disorders, cystic fibrosis, and tuberculosis.
He completed his medical degree at Istanbul University. He continued his specialty training at Göztepe Training and Research Hospital and Marmara University. Dr. Erkancakir has worked at leading institutions, such as Bezmialem Vakıf University and Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases Training and Research Hospital.
He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Turkish Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. Dr. Erkancakir has received more than 20 national and international awards for his research and presentations, especially in pediatric pulmonology and cystic fibrosis.
Sema Yılmaz was born on July 30, 1965. She received her undergraduate degree from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty and completed her medical residency training at the Department of Pediatrics at Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Health and Diseases Hospital. She also completed her medical subspecialty training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Cukurova University. Her medical residency thesis was titled "The Relationship Between Morning First Urine Density and Nocturnal Enuresis in Children Aged 3-6 Years", and her medical subspecialty thesis was titled "Comparison of Sphingosine 1-phosphate Receptor 4 Gene Expression in Healthy Children and Neuroblastoma Patients". She started her medical career as a general practitioner. After working as a general practitioner for 4 years, she worked as a doctor researcher at Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital for 5 years. She then served as a specialist doctor, assistant professor, and associate professor at various institutions. She worked at Houston MD Anderson, North Carolina-UNC, Boston-Harvard University in the USA. Additionally, she conducted research on cell therapies. She received the title of professor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Usak Medical Faculty. She is a member of the Turkish Pediatric Oncology Group, European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), Turkish Medical Association, Turkish National Pediatrics Association, Turkish Pediatrics Association, Pediatrics Specialty Academy Association (PUADER), Turkish Immunology Association, Turkish Hematology Association, and Molecular Oncology Association (MOKAD). She currently serves her patients at Koru Hospital. Her medical interests include:
Cell therapies in childhood cancers
Cancer immunology
Investigation of genetic pathways responsible for cancer and metastasis
Pulmonary microbiota
BAL transplantation
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Education
Experience
"He has experience of over 10,000 surgical cases. He has published 48 scientific articles that are included in international and national scientific indexes, and these articles have been cited more than 250 times. He has also presented 28 papers in international and national scientific meetings. His professional interests are Cataract surgery (Femtosecond laser, Trifocal, EDOF, Multifocal, Toric intraocular lenses) Refractive surgery (Femtosecond laser, Excimer laser, LASIK, LASEK, PRK, SMILE) Oculoplastic surgery (Eyelid aesthetics, ptosis, entropion, ectropion, pterygium) Medical Retina (Macular degeneration) , Diabetic retinopathy, Retinal vascular occlusion, SSR) Glaucoma (Medical and surgical treatment) Strabismus and Amblyopia Filling and Botulinum toxin applications"
Education:
1995-1998 High School Kayseri Science High School
1998 Mehmet Akif Ersoy High School
1998-2004 Faculty of Medicine Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (Eng.)
2004- 2009 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Eye Diseases (specialization)
Work Experience:
2009 - 2011 Yozgat State Hospital
2011 - 2019 Private Ankara Maya Eye Center
2020 - 2021 Private Eryaman Hospital Eye Clinic
Head of the Center, Ophthalmic Surgeon, Specialist in cataract treatment
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Specialist in refractive surgery
Current representative Doctor of Bright Eye Clinic Gangnam
Former Bright Eye Clinic Busan representative doctor
Department of Ophthalmology, Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital
Ophthalmology specialist doctor in Korea
SMILE LASIK, ICL certified
12 years of SMILE surgery experience (starting in 2012), performed over 30,000 eyes
ICL Ophtec Expert Surgeon Certification
Cataract Physiol Certification
Full member of the Korean Ophthalmological Society (KOS)
Full member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Full member of the Korean Cataract and Refractive Society (KSCRS)
Full member of the American Cataract and Refractive Society (ASCRS)
Full member of the European Cataract and Refractive Society (ESCRS)
Full member of the Korean Contact Lens Society (KCLS)
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Specialist in retinology and laser microsurgery
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Specialist in retina laser treatment, aesthetic medicine, ozone therapy
Dr. Serdar Sürmeli specializes in removing eyelid tumors, tear canal diseases, chorioretinitis, retinal rupture and others.