Koray GUMUS, MD, FEBOphth, received his Doctorate of Medicine with high honors from
Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey in 2000. He completed
an ophthalmology residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at Hacettepe
University School Of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey in 2004. Following residency
training, he joined the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at Erciyes
University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey in 2005. He worked with Prof.
Stephen C. Pflugfelder and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship program
in Ocular Surface Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas between
2009 and 2010 (13 months). He was promoted to Associate Professorship in 2011
and currently works in the Department of Ophthalmology at Erciyes University
School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
He is board certified by the
European Board of Ophthalmology, Turkish Board of Ophthalmology and
International Council of Ophthalmology.
He worked as a co-editor in the
Erciyes Medical Journal between 2007 and 2012. He currently serves as an
editorial board member of “World Journal of Clinical Cases” and “Journal of Ocular Diseases
and Therapeutics”.
Dr. Gumus is an appointed member of
several national and international committees. He serves as board member of the International
Ocular Surface Society (IOSS), founder and coordinator of the Young
Ophthalmologist (YO) Committee of Turkish Ophthalmology Society (TOS) and
TCOD-YO advisory board member of international examinations. He’s also been
working as a consultant, trainer and speaker for medical device
and pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Gumus is an active member of American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), The Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology (ARVO) International Ocular Surface Society (IOSS), Turkish
Ophthalmology Society (TOS), Turkish Ophthalmology
Society – Young Ophthalmologist Committee, Turkish
Republics Ophthalmology Society.
Academically, Dr. Gumus has
authored over 40
peer-reviewed
journal publications and book chapters primarily in the field of ocular surface diseases. Additionally, he is a
reviewer for several prestigious ophthalmology journals.
His main research interests
include corneal and ocular surface diseases (keratoconus, dry eye, blepharitis,
meibomian gland dysfunction, allergic conjunctivitis, corneal infections,
pterygium and etc.), contact lens applications, cataract and refractive surgery
(Excimer LASER, phacic IOL implantation, refractive lensectomy) and corneal
& limbal transplantation.
