ACADEMIC POSITIONS: • Professor of Ophthalmology • Head, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS: • 1996-2001 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology • 9/1984-2/1987 Practicing Physician, Bursa Social Security Hospital, Turkey • 3/1987-10/1991 Resident in Ophthalmology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Turkey • 8/1990-10/1990 Research Fellow, Tufts University, New England Medical Center Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Service • 10/1991-6/1993 Clinical Fellow, General Eye Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine • 7/1993-6/1994 Clinical Fellow, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine • 7/1994-7/1995 Clinical and Research Fellow in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School EDUCATION: • 1974-1978 American Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey • 1978-1984 Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine MEMBERSHIPS: • Turkish Medical Association • Turkish Society of Ophthalmology (General Secretary, the Uveitis-Behçet Division) • Turkish Society for Behçet’s Disease (General Secretary) • International Society for Behçet’s Disease (Executive Board Member) • American Uveitis Society • International Ocular Inflammation Society (International Council Member) • International Uveitis Study Group • Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (Vice-President)