Prof. Dr.
Betül Tuğcu
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Medical Unit: Eye Diseases
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Turkey, Istanbul
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25+ Years Experience
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Prof. Dr. Betül Tuğcu is an ophthalmologist at Liv Hospital Ulus in Istanbul. She graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English program) in 1996 and completed her ophthalmology residency at Bezmialem Valide Sultan Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital in 2001. She became an associate professor in 2014 and a full professor at Bezmialem Vakıf University in 2020. Her fields are pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology and cataract.
Professional Profile
+About
Prof. Dr. Betül Tuğcu is an ophthalmologist at Liv Hospital Ulus in Istanbul. She graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English program) in 1996 and completed her ophthalmology residency at Bezmialem Valide Sultan Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital in 2001. She became an associate professor in 2014 and a full professor at Bezmialem Vakıf University in 2020. Her fields are pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology and cataract.
+Education
- 1996 - Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English) - medical degree
- 2001 - Bezmialem Valide Sultan Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic - ophthalmology specialization
- 2014 - Associate Professor (Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic)
- 2020 - Professor (Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine)
+Experience
- Liv Hospital Ulus
- 2014-2025 - Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine
- 2001-2014 - Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic
+Memberships
- Turkish Ophthalmological Association
- International Strabismological Association
- European Strabismological Association
+Research
- h-index 13 (as stated on the profile)
- Specialty thesis: newest strategies in phacoemulsification surgery for advanced cataracts (2000)
- Book chapter: convergence-excess esotropia, Turkish Ophthalmological Association Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus unit book (2024)
- Book chapter: surgical treatment in Brown syndrome, in "Strabismus: Difficult Cases and Their Surgical Treatment" (2023)
- Course: Training of Trainers Program, Istanbul (2012)
+International Papers
Tugcu B, Helvacıoğlu F, Yüzbaşıoğlu E, Gürez C, Yiğit U. Amniotic membrane in the management of strabismus reoperations. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2013;57(2):239-44 Tugcu B, Araz-Ersan B, Kilic M, Erdogan ET, Yigit U, Karamursel S. The morpho-functional evaluation of retina in amblyopia....
- Tugcu B, Helvacıoğlu F, Yüzbaşıoğlu E, Gürez C, Yiğit U. Amniotic membrane in the management of strabismus reoperations. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2013;57(2):239-44
- Tugcu B, Araz-Ersan B, Kilic M, Erdogan ET, Yigit U, Karamursel S. The morpho-functional evaluation of retina in amblyopia. Curr Eye Res 2013;38(7):802-9
- Tugcu B, Araz-Ersan B, Erdogan ET, Tarakcioglu H, Coskun C, Yigit U, Karamursel S. Structural and functional comparison of the persistent and resolved amblyopia. Doc Ophthalmol 2014;128(2):101-9
- Sefi-Yurdakul N, Tuğcu B. Development of strabismus in children initially diagnosed with pseudostrabismus. Strabismus 2016;24(2)
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