Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut Karaca

Place and Date of Birth

• Ankara, 1980

Language Skills

• English

Education and Experience

• 1998 – 2004 Gülhane Military Medical Academy Faculty of Medicine
• 2005 – 2007 Şırnak 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade Infirmary Chief Physician (General Practitioner)
• 2007 – 2011 Gülhane Military Medical Academy Eye Diseases Department. (Specialization)
• 2011 – 2018 Isparta Military Hospital / Isparta Yunus Emre State Hospital (Specialist Doctor)
• 2018 – 2022 Süleyman Demirel University Eye Diseases AD. (Assistant Professor)
• 2019 -2019 Gülhane Military Medical Academy Eye Diseases Department. Vitreoretinal Surgery Course
• 2022 – 2024 Lara Anatolia Hospital (Associate Professor Doctor)

Number of Scientific Publications

• More than 50 scientific publications

Case Experience

• Duration of active duty as an Ophthalmologist: 13 years of experience with over 10,000 cases

Memberships

• Turkish Ophthalmology Association (TOD)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Certificates

• International Council of Ophthalmology, ICO Optics Refraction & Instruments (2019)
• International Council of Ophthalmology, Basic Sciences (2019)
• International Council of Ophthalmology, Clinical Examination (2020)
• International Council of Ophthalmology, Fellowship of International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO) (2021)
• European Board of Ophthalmology, Fellowship of European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO) (2021)

Awards

• TOD 43rd National Congress Best Research Third Prize, Turkish Ophthalmology Association, 2009

books

• Umut Karaca, Healthy Generation, Solid Future Growth, Development and Nutrition Guide for School-Age Children for Families and Teachers, Section name: (Vision Problems) (2021)
• Umut Karaca, Current Approaches to COVID - 19 Pandemic, Section name: (Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Ophthalmology Clinical Practice (2021)
• Umut Karaca, Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine Physical Examination Book, Section name: (Strabismus Examination) (2019)
• Umut Karaca, Murat Küçükevcilioğlu, Ali Hakan Durukan. Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery, Department name:(Closed Globe Injuries) (2023)