On 14 November 2019. Health Information Center "Medical Karaj" will have the pleasure to welcome back the Turkish top ophthalmologist - Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu. He will visit Sofia at the invitation of our manager - Zvezdelina Lutfi. The visit of Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu will take place within the framework of the initiative of Medical Karadži to provide Bulgarian patients with access to the most modern methods in medicine. It is on this occasion that he will hold completely free consultations for Bulgarian patients with eye diseases who need a consultation, second opinion or treatment abroad.
Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu is one of Turkey's top ophthalmology specialists in corneal transplantation, cataract and pediatric ophthalmology.
All patients with ophthalmic diseases wishing to visit free consultations of Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu should make an appointment in advance by calling the health center.
Who is Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu?
Born in Ankara in 1975, Prof. Dr. Müftüoğlu graduated from Ataturk Anadolu Secondary School in Ankara in 1993 and from Ankara Medical University in 1999. He completed his undergraduate degree at Ankara University. She then graduated from the Medical College of Houston in 2003 and from the University of Houston in 2006. He completed his residency in vitreoretinal surgery at Duke University. In 2007, he completed advanced refractive surgery at the Instituto Ophthalmologico Alicante. He won a Cataract-Cornea Fellowship with USMLE Texas Medical License at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center between 2007 and 2009.
In January 2009, Prof. Dr. Müftüoğlu became an associate professor and in April 2015 he became a professor. His interests include complex cataract surgery, advanced refractive surgery, keratoconus-corneal disease and surgery, combined glaucoma and artificial cornea surgery and vitreoretinal surgery.
Since October 2016, he has been working at the Faculty of Medicine, Koç University as an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon.
Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu has more than 50 international articles, more than 100 publications and more than 1000 international citations. He is the editor and reviewer of many foreign and international ophthalmology journals such as American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, European Journal of Ophthalmology, Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, International Journal of Ophthalmology, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Journal of Refractive Cataract Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery, etc.
He was awarded the best performance award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu is a member of the Turkish Association of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (Education and Young Ophthalmologists Committees).
In his practice, Prof. Dr. Müftüoğlu has over 10,000 cases of operated eyes. Many of these relate to cataract surgery in particularly complex cases:
- trifocal and toric intraocular lens implantation
- excimer laser surgeries, including LASIK, PRK
- treatment of keratoconus with advanced corneal transplants (intracellular ring segments, crosslinking)
- complex vitreoretinal surgery
You can read more here: https://www.medikara.bg/directions/ophthalmology/oftalmologiya-american-hospital
Those wishing to take advantage of the opportunity for a free consultation with Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu in Sofia on 14 November 2019 should make an appointment in advance by calling Medical Karadži on 0879 977 401 or 0879 977 402 or request their desired appointment online at www.medikara.bg.
Please note that no examinations will be performed during the consultation with Prof. Dr. Orkun Müftüoğlu. Free consultations are based on the medical records currently available to the patient.
