Education and Specialization

Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine

Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology

Experience

2010 - Muş Bulanık Şehit Hasan İrkoş Health Center

2010-2016 - Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology

2016-2018 - Artvin State Hospital

2018-2023 - Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital

2023-Present - Medical Park Karadeniz

Courses and Certifications

2012 - TOD 32nd April Course “Pediatric Ophthalmology”

2013 - 1st International Eye Health Advisor Symposium

2013 - Ophthalmology Education Meeting-8

2013 - TOD 26th Summer Symposium “Controversial Topics in Ophthalmology”

2014 - Practical Approaches in Ophthalmology

2015 - TOD 49th National Congress

2016 - TOD 50th National Congress “Medical Retina-Vitreoretinal Surgery BILEP Course”

2017 - TOD 51st National Congress “Refractive Surgery BILEP Course”

2017 - TOD 51st National Congress “Medical Retina BILEP Course”

2019 - TOD 3rd Live Surgery Symposium

2019 - Clinical Research Association Basic Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certificate

2019 - Clinical Applications Planning Training

2019 - TOD 53rd National Congress

2021 - TOD 55th National Congress

2021 - Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Diseases Clinic – Corneal Transplant Training (3 Months)

2021 - Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Diseases Clinic – Glaucoma Surgery Training (3 Months)

2022 - TOD 41st April Course “Optics, Refraction, and Refractive Surgery”

2022 - TOD 56th National Congress “Cornea and Ocular Surface BILEP Course”

2022 - TOD 56th National Congress “Glaucoma BILEP Course”

2023 - TOD 7th Live Surgery Symposium

Professional Memberships

Turkish Ophthalmology Society (TOD)

Irfan Akalin , Ahmet Kalkisim , Betul Onal Gunay , Cenap Mahmut Esenulku. Retinal Findings in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Is Routine Ophthalmological Examination Required after Discharge? Prospective Case-Control Study. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2023 Feb;240(2):169-179 doi: 10.1055/a-1964-7596. Epub 2023 Jan 12

Betul Onal Gunay , Irfan Akalin , Ahmet Kalkisim, et al. Effect of FFP2/N95 facemask wear on retinal and choroidal thickness profile in healthy subjects. Int J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov 18;15(11):1821-1828. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2022.11.13. eCollection 2022.

Karkucak M, Kola M, Kalkisim A, et al. Infliximab Therapy Provides Beneficial Effects for Choroidal Thickness Increase in Patients With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Possible Mechanism Mediating the Suppressing of Uveitis Attacks. Arch Rheumatol 2021;36(x):i-vii doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2021.7806

Akyol N, Kalkisim A, Turk A, Kola M, Imamoglu HI. Evaluation of the effects on choroidal thickness of bimatoprost 0.03% versus a brinzolamide 1.0%/timolol maleate 0.5% fixed combination. Cutan Ocul Toxicol. 2017 Dec;36(4):397-403

Karkucak M, Kalkısım A, Kola M, et al. SAT0408 Anti Tnf-α Therapy Provides Beneficial Effects on Choroidal Thickness Increase in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Possible Mechanism of Infliximab Effectiveness in Suppressing Uveitis Attacks Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2016;75:817.

Kola M, Kalkisim A, Karkucak M, et al. Regarding Comments by Yolcu et al. on "Evaluation of Choroidal Thickness in Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Optical Coherence Tomography". Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2015;23(6):465-6

Adem TÜRK, Süleyman MOLLAMEHMETOĞLU, Mehmet KOLA, Ahmet KALKIŞIM, Halil İbrahim İMAMOĞLU Farklı Kornea Kalınlıklarına Sahip Normal Bireylerde Non-kontakt Tonometre ve Pnömotonometre ile Ölçülen Göz İçi Basıncı Değerlerinin Karşılaştırılması Glo-Kat 2015;10:95-99.

Kola M, Duran H, Turk A, Mollamehmetoglu S, Kalkisim A, Erdol H. Evaluation of the Repeatability and the Reproducibility of AL-Scan Measurements Obtained by Residents. J Ophthalmol. 2014;2014:739652.

Kola M, Kalkisim A, Karkucak M, et al. Evaluation of choroidal thickness in ankylosing spondylitis using optical coherence tomography. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2014;22:434–438.