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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)

Medical Intrests

• Medical retina
• Cataract surgery
• Smart lens surgeries
• Yellow spot disease
• Retinal disorders due to diabetes
• Retinal vascular occlusions
• Intraocular needle treatments
• Hereditary retinal diseases
• Chicken black
• PRP treatment
• Retinal laser treatments
• Retinal tear
• Retinal detachment
• Epiretinal membrane
• Macular hole
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Glaucoma (medical treatment)
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Education

Istanbul Retina Institute
Retinal Diseases and Vitreoretinal Surgery Training
2016, Istanbul / Turkey

Health Sciences University Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Ophthalmology Residency
2014, Izmir / Turkey

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine Education
2009, Ankara / Turkey

Experience

Koç University Hospital
2020-2021, Istanbul / Turkey

Istanbul Retina Institute
2016-2020, Istanbul / Turkey

Mardin Kızıltepe State Hospital
2015-2016, Mardin / Turkey

Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
2010-2015, Izmir / Turkey

Awards

2010 April Medical Specialty Examination (TUS) Turkey ranked first.
In July 2016, he was selected for the "Retina - Macula - Vitreous Diseases & Surgery Clinical Researcher" program of Istanbul Retina Institute.
He has conducted more than 50 scientific studies on retinal diseases, most of which were published in international top class journals.
With his scientific studies on retinal diseases, he was entitled to become an active member of the Medical Retina Unit and Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit of the Turkish Ophthalmology Association (TOD).
TOD National Congress, 2016 Best Surgical Video Second Prize.
TOD Retina Research Awards, 2019 Third Prize.
2019 In 2020, he passed the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) exam and became a FEBO (Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology).
2020 He was entitled to receive the title of Associate Professor in the same year and received the Second Prize in the Best Article Awards of the Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology.
His instagram account @retina.review, which he established to share information with ophthalmologists about retinal diseases, is followed by over 57 thousand ophthalmologists, mostly from the United States. In addition, this account has been recognized as one of the best accounts sharing information about ophthalmology education by Eyenews.uk.com, a website that publishes on ophthalmology in the UK.

Education

• Uludag Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Residency, 1980, Bursa/Turkey
• Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Ophthalmology Residency, 1978, Istanbul/Turkey
• Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine Education, 1974, Istanbul/Turkey
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Experience

• Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, 1990-2019, Istanbul/Turkey
• Koç Foundation American Hospital, 2002-2006, Istanbul/Turkey
• Pittsburgh Children Hospital Ophtalmology Department, 1997, United States of America
• New York Eye and Ear Hospital, 1995, United States of America
• King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1984-1990, Saudi Arabia
• Glasgow Tennent Eye Institute, 1983, United Kingdom
• Uludağ University, 1978-1984, Bursa/Turkey
• Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, 1976-1978, Istanbul/Turkey

Medical Intrests

• Seventh Nerve Palsy (Lagophthalmos) Treatment, Gold Plate and Hyaluronic Acid Injection Applications
• Double Vision (Diplopia) Treatment
• Botox Applications Around the Eyes (Botulinum Toxin)
• Eyelid Plastic, Aesthetic Surgeries
• Treatment of Tear Duct Blockages in Children
• Eyelid drooping - Ptosis (in children and adults)
• Treatment of lazy eye (amblyopia)
• Botox (Botulinum Toxin) Treatment in Nystagmus
• Nystagmus Treatment
• Botox (Botulinum Toxin Application) for Eye Movement Paralysis in Diabetic Patients
• Botox (Botulinum Toxin) Treatment in Strabismus (Children and Adults)
• Transposition Surgery in Strabismus (Children and Adults)
• Strabismus Surgery - Strabismus in Vertical Plane (Children and Adults)
• Strabismus Surgery - Horizontal Strabismus (Children and Adults)
• Strabismus

Dr. Hilmi Apak is a respected pediatric hematology-oncology specialist with more than 21 years of experience. He is trained in pediatric oncology. Dr. Apak has led advanced treatments, including bone marrow transplantation, leukemia chemotherapy, and CAR T-cell therapy.

He has published 75 international medical articles, showing his strong contribution to pediatric oncology research. Dr. Apak has worked as assistant editor for the Turkish Pediatrics Archives Periodical. He has also held important academic and leadership positions, such as Head of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa.

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