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Damla Culha

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Liv Hospital Ulus
Interests

Medical Fields of Interest:

  1.  Child Eye Health
  2. Child and Adult General Eye Examination
  3. Amblyopia (lazy eye)
  4. Strabismus And Strabismus Surgery
  5. Contact Lens Examination
  6. Cataract Surgery
  7. Nystagmus (Eye Tremor) Cornea and Ocular Surface Diseases

Education:
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara/2007
Cumhuriyet University Department of Ophthalmology, Sivas/ 2011-2015
Experience:
  • 12/2022-Liv Hospital Ulus
  • 08/2021-11/2022 Ophthalmologist, Lotus Eye Aesthetics and Strabismus Clinic (Private Practice), Istanbul, Turkey
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  • 2019-2021 Ophthalmology Specialist, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • 2017-2019 Ophthalmology Specialist, Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • 2015-2017 Ophthalmology Specialist,, Tirebolu State Hospital, Tirebolu/Giresun, Turkey
Research: (9)
  1. Mehmet Sait Çoban, Damla Culha, Halil Hüseyin Çağatay. A case report of a patient with Parry Romberg Syndrome with strabismus and ptosis. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 56. National Congress. Antalya 2022. PS-532.
  2. Damla Culha, Halil Hüseyin Çağatay. Mehmet Sait Çoban. Evaluation of Reoperations under Topical Anesthesia in Patients with Sensory Exotropia. XV ISA Meeting 2022, Cancun, Mexico(Oral presentation).
  3. Damla Culha, Halil Hüseyin Çağatay. Mehmet Sait Çoban. Outcomes of Single-Stage Adjustable Suture Strabismus Surgery under Topical Anesthesia in Sensory Exotropia XV ISA Meeting 2022, Cancun, Mexico(Oral presentation).
  4. Dursun T, Biner E, Culha D, Üke Uzun S. Development of internuclear ophthalmoplegia secondary to brain stem infarction in a patient with GI bleeding. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 43. Spring Symposium. İstanbul, 2021.POS-30.
  5. Damla Çulha, Ayhan Dursun, Öznur Doğan, Ayşe Vural Özeç, Mustafa İlker Toker, Haydar Erdoğan, Mustafa Kemal Arıcı, Ayşen Topalkara. Early Term Results of Ex-PRESS Mini Glaucoma Implant Applied in Our Clinic. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 48. National Congress. Antalya 2014. PS-121.
  6. Ayşe Vural Özeç, Ayhan Dursun, Damla Çulha, Ömer Tamer Doğan, Mustafa İlker Toker, Haydar Erdoğan, Mustafa Kemal Arıcı, Ayşen Topalkara. Retinal Nerve Fiber Thickness in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 48. National Congress. Antalya 2014. PS-69.
  7. Haydar Erdoğan, Özlem Kayım Yıldız, Damla Çulha, Ayhan Dursun, Ayşe Vural Özeç, Mustafa İlker Toker, Mustafa Kemal Arıcı. Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Thickness in Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Optical Coherence Tomography. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 48. National Congress. Antalya 2014. PS-978.
  8. Damla Culha, Mustafa Kemal Arıcı, Ayhan Dursun, Ayşe Vural Özeç, Mustafa İlker Toker, Haydar Erdoğan. Evaluation of central foveal and choroidal thicknesses by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in amblyopic patients. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 49. National Congress. Istanbul (2015) SS-TR-100.
  9. Damla Culha, Erman Bozali, Sultan Öztürk, Ayhan Dursun, Ayşe Vural Özeç, Mustafa İlker Toker, Haydar Erdoğan, Mustafa KemalArıcı. One Year Premature Retinopathy Rates of Our Clinic. Turkish Ophthalmology Association 49. National Congress. Istanbul (2015) PS-943.
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Publications: (2)
  1. Uslu Dogan C, Culha D. Subfoveal choroidal thickness and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in young obese males. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Nov;31(6):3190-3195. doi: 10.1177/1120672120982899. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33334163.
  2. Culha, D. & Arıcı, M. (2021). Evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and macular thickness in amblyopic children . Cumhuriyet Medical Journal , 43 (3) , 232-240 . DOI: 10.7197/cmj.821209
Book Chapter Authorship: (1)
1. APPROACH AND MANAGEMENT FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT IN EYE EMERGENCIES.  Chapter 7 Corneal Emergencies. Ed: Yaşar Küçüksümer, Serkan Özen. Academician Bookstore 2019. 75-99.
 
Memberships:
1. Turkish Ophthalmology Association
2. International Strabismological Association-ISA
 
Awards:
Fellowship of European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO-2021-13308244)
 

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