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Areas of Interests

• Retinal Detachments (Rhegmatogenous and/or Tractional)
• Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
• Macular Hole
• Epiretinal Membrane
• Vitreomacular Surface Pathologies
• Vitreous Hemorrhages
• Traumatic Pathologies
• Intraocular Foreign Bodies
• Endophthalmitis Medical Retina
• Retinal Vascular Diseases
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Hypertensive Retinopathy
• Retinal Artery and Vein occlusions
• Macular (Yellow Dot) Diseases
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Yellow Dot Disease)
• Santra Serous Choroidoretinopathy
• Retinal Tears and Perforations, Peripheral Retinal Degenerations
• Retinal Dystrophies (Retinitis Pigmentosa)
• Posterior Vitreous Detachment (Floaters and Spots)
• Retinal Imaging Methods: USG, FFA, ICG (ISYA), FOF (FAF), OCT (OCT), OCTA
• Intravitreal injection, LASER Photocoagulation and Photodynamic Therapy Applications
• Cataract Surgery
• Trauma Surgery
• Medicolegal Ophthalmology

Education

• 1974 - 1981 TED Ankara College
• 1981 - 1987 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
• 1988 - 1991 Specialty training at SSK Istanbul EH Ophthalmology Clinic

Experience

• 1991 - 1992 KKK Ege Ordu Military Hospital Eye Clinic, İzmir.
• 1992 - 2012 SB Istanbul EAH Eye Clinic, Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit
• 2013 - 2019 TC Maltepe University Eye Clinic, Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit

The doctor specializes in removing eyelid tumors and treating tear canal diseases, chorioretinitis, and retinal rupture.

"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"

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

CURRICULUM VITAE

Place and Date of Birth

• Kavak, 1959

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• 1986 Ankara School of Medicine
• 1995, Ankara Hospital (specialization)

Case Experience

• Experience with more than 15,000 surgical cases during 19 years of active service as an ophthalmologist.

Memberships

• TOD (Turkish Society of Ophthalmology)

The doctor graduated from İstanbul University, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Bursa Uludag University School of Medicine. Further specialization was pursued in Pediatric Oncology at the same institution.

With extensive experience in pediatric oncology, the doctor has worked at several prestigious institutions, including GATA Pediatric Hematology-Oncology-Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre and İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Education and Research Hospital.

Currently, the doctor serves as a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Medicana Bursal Hospital, with a focus on pediatric oncology and hematology.

The doctor graduated from Istanbul University School of Medicine and furthered their education at University Eye Clinics in Cologne and Tuebingen, Germany. Specializing in ophthalmology, the doctor holds certifications in LASIK application, presbyopia correction with multifocal intraocular lenses, scleral fixation techniques, corneal collagen cross-linking, femtosecond applications for anterior segment surgery, and corneal topography analyzing.

As a member of several prestigious organizations, including the German Ophthalmological Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the doctor has contributed to numerous international seminars and publications, notably on immunomodulatory therapy of uveitis and at various European ophthalmological congresses.