Op. MD. Ahmet Kalkışım

Education and Specialization

• Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine
  
• Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology

Professional Experience

• 2010 – Muş Bulanık Şehit Hasan Irkoş Health Center
  
• 2010–2016 – Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Ophthalmology Clinic
  
• 2016–2018 – Artvin State Hospital
  
• 2018–2023 – Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital
  
• 2023–Present – Medical Park Karadeniz Hospital

Courses and Certificates

• 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 Workshop”
  
• 2017 – TOD 51st National Congress “Refractive Surgery Workshop”
  
• 2017 – TOD 51st National Congress “Medical Retina Workshop”
  
• 2019 – TOD 3rd Live Surgery Symposium
  
• 2019 – Basic Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certificate, Clinical Research Association
  
• 2019 – Training on Planning in Clinical Practice
  
• 2019 – TOD 53rd National Congress
  
• 2021 – TOD 55th National Congress
  
• 2021 – Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Hospital, Corneal Transplantation Training (3 months)
  
• 2021 – Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Hospital, Glaucoma Surgery Training (3 months)
  
• 2022 – TOD 41st April Course “Optics, Refraction, and Refractive Surgery”
  
• 2022 – TOD 56th National Congress “Cornea and Ocular Surface Workshop”
  
• 2022 – TOD 56th National Congress “Glaucoma Workshop”
  
• 2023 – TOD 7th Live Surgery Symposium

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Ophthalmological Association (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.