Dr İdil Göksel (Ophthalmic Surgeon)

Personal Details:

Place and Year of Birth: İskenderun / Hatay, 1983
Foreign Languages: English, German

Education:

• Graduated top of her class from a foreign-language-focused high school in İskenderun.
• 2001–2007: Graduated with distinction from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine).
• Worked for nine months as a fellowship observer at Heidelberg University in Germany.
• Completed her specialist training in 2013 and began compulsory service.

Professional Experience:

Has approximately 19 years of professional experience and experience with over 35,000 cases.

• 2023–Present: Works as an Ophthalmologist / Ophthalmic Surgeon at Private Vizyon Eye Hospital, Mersin.
• Since 2014: Worked as an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon in private hospitals in Mersin, Istanbul, Sakarya, Tarsus and Baku. Conducted surgical and clinical work in Türkiye and abroad in clinics equipped with advanced technology.
• Kars Kağızman State Hospital: Completed her compulsory service. As an ophthalmologist, she established a fully equipped eye clinic at the hospital and performed over 2,000 surgical procedures.

Areas of Interest, Treatments and Operations:

• Cataract and smart lens surgery
• Refractive surgery (excimer laser eye treatments)
• Keratoconus diagnosis and treatment
• Strabismus and nystagmus surgery
• Oculoplastic surgery and eyelid surgery
• DCR and probing (surgery for blocked tear ducts)
• Medical and surgical retina (macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, retinal vascular occlusions)
• Vitrectomy surgery
• Stem cell treatments
• Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy, gonioplasty, stents, GATT, etc.)
• Pterygium surgery
• Contact lens examination
• Medical aesthetics

Scientific Work:

Throughout her ophthalmology career, she has conducted numerous clinical studies in Türkiye and abroad and published scientific articles.

Memberships:

• Turkish Ophthalmological Association (TOD)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye (TEGV)
• UNICEF Türkiye

Awards:

• Mathematical Olympiad awards
• TÜBİTAK scientific project awards