Prof. Dr. Hakkı Zeki Büyükyıldız
Education
Pertevniyal High School
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Istanbul University, School of Press and Broadcasting (Faculty of Communication) – Department of Journalism and Public Relations
Istanbul University, Institute of Social Sciences – Department of Radio, Television and Cinema (Ph.D.)
Specialization: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – Department of Ophthalmology
Experience
Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine – Department of Ophthalmology
Haseki Training and Research Hospital – Ophthalmology Clinic
Istanbul Eye Hospital
Karabük University, Faculty of Medicine – Department of Ophthalmology
İstinye University, Bahçeşehir
Memberships
Turkish Ophthalmological Society (TOD)
TOD Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit
TOD Medical Retina Unit
TOD Optics, Refraction and Rehabilitation Unit
Ophthalmological Society of Turkic Republics
EURETINA (European Society of Retina Specialists)
Courses and Certificates
International Training Programs
Diabetic Retinopathy and Laser Photocoagulation
St. Mary’s Hospital – February–March 1986, Colchester, England
Vitreoretinal Surgery
Cambridge Health Authority, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology – 15–30 April 1986, Cambridge, England
Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery
Moorfields Eye Hospital – 13–27 October 1986, London, England
Extracapsular Cataract Surgery and Intraocular Lens Implantation
Royal Victoria Hospital – 1 October–10 December 1987, Bournemouth, England
Phacoemulsification Technique and YAG Laser Surgery
Shearing Eye Institute – 3–24 August 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Vitrectomy Surgery
Retina Consultants of Nevada – 8–29 August 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
National Congresses
Since 1977, he has participated in most of the national congresses and symposia held annually, presenting numerous papers.
International Congresses
Session des Journées Médicales Balkaniques – Istanbul, 25–27 May 1989
XXVI International Congress of Ophthalmology – Singapore, 18–24 March 1990
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology – San Francisco, USA, 26–29 October 1997
Turkish American Ophthalmic Society Meeting – San Francisco, USA, 27 October 1997
3rd ESCRS Winter Refractive Surgery Meeting – Athens, Greece, 29–31 January 1999
3rd International Conference on Cornea, Eye Banking and External Diseases – Istanbul, Turkey, 13–16 July 2000
XIII Afro-Asian Congress of Ophthalmology – Istanbul, Turkey, 18–22 June 2004
Mediterranean Retina Meeting – Antalya, Turkey, 25–27 June 2004
VIII Mediterranean Ophthalmology Society Congress – Antalya, Turkey, 13–16 October 2004
9th ESCRS Winter Refractive Surgery Meeting – Rome, Italy, 4–6 February 2005
III Black Sea Ophthalmology Congress – Istanbul, Turkey, 26–28 August 2005
XXIII ESCRS Congress – Lisbon, Portugal, 10–14 September 2005
10th ESCRS Winter Refractive Surgery Meeting – Monte Carlo, Monaco, 9–12 February 2006
VII International Symposium on Ocular Trauma – Rome, Italy, 28 June–1 July 2006
7th EURETINA Congress – Monte Carlo, Monaco, 17–20 May 2007
XXV ESCRS Congress – Stockholm, Sweden, 8–12 September 2007
8th EURETINA Congress – Vienna, Austria, 22–25 May 2008
3rd Mediterranean Retina Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey, 13–15 June 2010
15th ESCRS Winter Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey, 18–20 February 2011
8th SEEOS and 9th BSOS Congress – Istanbul, Turkey, 19–22 May 2011
11th EURETINA Congress – London, England, 25–29 May 2011
1st Congress of the Ophthalmological Society of Turkic Republics – Istanbul, Turkey, 30 June–2 May 2012
16th Afro–Asian Council of Ophthalmology Congress & 5th Mediterranean Retina Meeting – Istanbul, Turkey, 13–16 May 2012
9th Congress of the Slovenian Society of Ophthalmology, 32nd Symposium of Ophthalmology of Slovenia and Croatia, 9th SEEOS Congress, and 34th Congress of Ophthalmology of the Alpe Adria Region – Portoroz, Slovenia, 28–30 June 2012
XI Congress of the Black Sea Ophthalmological Society (BSOS) & ESCRS Academy Joint Meeting – Tbilisi, Georgia, 24–26 May 2013
10th Congress of the South-East European Society of Ophthalmology (SEEOS) & 3rd Congress of Macedonian Ophthalmologists – Ohrid, Macedonia, 20–23 June 2013
XXXIII ESCRS Congress – Barcelona, Spain, 5–9 September 2015
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) – Las Vegas, USA, 15–18 November 2015
XVI Congress of the Black Sea Ophthalmological Society (BSOS) – Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 30–31 March 2018
Scientific Publications
He has authored more than 60 research papers and publications, including several in international journals.
He is also the author of chapters in 4 books in the field of Ophtalmology, the translator of chapters in 1 book, and the author of two books in the field of Turkish Folk Music.
