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Name: Esen K. Akpek, MD Date: */*/****
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Current Appointments:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center.
Personal Data:
Business address: The Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
600 N. Wolfe Street, Maumenee #317
Baltimore, MD 21287
Telephone: 410-***-****
Fax: 410-***-****
e-mail: abox46@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
1990-1991 BS, Ankara Girls Lycee, Ankara, Turkey
1984-1985 English Preparatory School at Hacettepe
University Medical School, Ankara
1985-1990 MD, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara
Postdoctoral Training:
1990-1992Intern in medicine, Hacettepe University
Medical School Hospital and Children s
Hospital, Ankara
1992-1995 Residency in ophthalmology, Ankara Numune
Hospital,
Ankara
2/1996-6/1996Research fellow, Hilles Immunology Laboratory, Department
of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Harvard Medical School, Boston
7/1996-6/1998Clinical fellow, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service,
Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston
7/1998-6/1999Clinical fellow, Cornea and External Disease Service,
Wilmer Eye InstituteDepartment of Ophthalmology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
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Professional Experience:
1991-1992General practitioner, Social Security Hospital, Ankara,
Turkey
1994-1995Chief Resident in ophthalmology, Ankara Numune Hospital,
Ankara
1999-2000Instructor in ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns
Hopkins University Medical School,
Baltimore
2000-2005Assistant Professor in ophthalmology, Cornea and External
Disease Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins
University Medical School, Baltimore
2004-presentDirector, Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic,
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical
School, Baltimore
2005-presentAssociate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cornea and External
Disease Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins
University Medical School, Baltimore
2009-presentAssociate Director of Sjogrens Syndrome Center, Johns
Hopkins at Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
2010-presentDirector, Cornea and External Disease Clinical Fellowship,
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical
School, Baltimore, Maryland
2011-presentAssociate Professor
of Rheumatology,
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Publications:
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Akpek EK, Liu SH, Gottsch JD. Induction of experimental autoimmune
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keratitis by adoptive transfer of human corneal antigen-specific T cell line.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000; 41:4182-8.
43. Gottsch JD, Akpek EK. Topical cyclosporin stimulates neovascularization in
resolving sterile rheumatoid central corneal ulcers. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc
2000;98:59-69.
44. Akpek EK, Gottsch JD. Herpes zoster sine herpete presenting with hyphema.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2000;8:115-8.
45. Akpek EK, Demetriades AM, Gottsch JD. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis
following clear corneal cataract extraction. J Cataract Refract Surg
2000;26:1424-7.
Nguyen QD, Uy HS, Akpek EK, Harper S, Zacks D, Foster CS. Choroidopathy
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of systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2000;9:288-98.
47. Akpek EK, Haddad RS, Winkelstein JA, Gottsch JD. Bilateral consecutive
central corneal perforations associated with hypogammaglobulinemia.
Ophthalmology 2000;107:123-6.
48. Akpek EK, Hasiripi H, Christen WG, Kalayci D. A randomized trial of low-
dose, topical mitomycin-C in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis.
Ophthalmology 2000;107:263-9.
49. Akpek EK, Maca SM, Foster CS. Elevated vitreous interleukin-10 level is not
diagnostic of intraocular-central nervous system lymphoma. Ophthalmology
keratoprosthesis associated corneal melt. Acta.
63. Utine CA, Swamy R, Thorne JE, Baer AN, Akpek EK. Diagnosis of Sjogren s
syndrome in patients presenting with dry eye. Ophthalmology.
64. Swamy R, Utine CA, Thorne JE, Baer AN, Akpek EK. Predictors of Sjogren s
syndrome in patients presenting with dry eye. Ophthalmology.
65. Dokey A, Akpek EK. Chronic hypotony associated with Boston type 1
keratoprosthesis. Cornea.
66. Kpro aphakic vs pseudophakic Ophthalmology
Non-peer-reviewed articles:
1. Akpek EK. Evaluation of Patients With Dry Eye for Presence of Underlying Sjogren
Syndrome: author s reply. Cornea. 2010 Jun 23.
2. Akpek EK, Kalayci D. Mitomycin-C and vernal conjunctivitis: authors reply.
Ophthalmology 2000;107:2126.
Akpek EK, Kalayci D. Mitomycin-C and vernal conjunctivitis: authors reply.
3.
Ophthalmology 2000;107:2126-7.
4. Akpek EK, Foster CS. Elevated vitreous interleukin-10 level is not diagnostic of
intraocular-central nervous system lymphoma: authors reply. Ophthalmology
2001;108:426-7.
5. Foster CS, Akpek EK. Elevated vitreous interleukin-10 level is not diagnostic of
intraocular-central nervous system lymphoma: authors reply. Ophthalmology
2001;108:428.
6. Akpek EK, Foster CS. Primary intraocular lymphoma with a low interleukin 10 to
interleukin 6 ratio and heterogeneous IgH gene arrangement: letter to the editor. Arch
Ophthalmol 2000;118:731-2.
7. Akpek EK, Karadayi K. Ketorolac tromethamine 0.5% ophthalmic solution in the
treatment of moderate to severe ocular inflammation after cataract surgery: a
randomized, vehicle-controlled clinical trial: letter to the editor. Am J Ophthalmol
1999;128:662-3.
Book chapters:
1. Akpek EK, Gottsch JD. Mooren s ulcer, in Current Ocular Therapy, 5th edition. Eds
Fraunfelder and Roy. WB Saunders Publishers, New York, 1999;367-9.
Volume 3 Number 1.
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijovs/vol3n1/peter.xml
9. Wu I, Akpek EK. Blepharitis.
https://online.epocrates.com/u/2911574/Blepharitis/Summary/Highlights
Extramural Sponsorship:
Grants:
1999-2002 Unrestricted clinical research grant from Allergan, Inc; Co-
Principal Investigator (75% effort); Topical Cyclosporin in
the Treatment of Anterior Segment Inflammatory Diseases
(total cost $142,400)
2004 Research to Prevent Blindness, William and Mary Greve
special scholar, for Immunopathology of Atopic
Keratoconjunctivitis ($ 60,000)
2004-2011 Principal Investigator (20% effort); Effects of Topical
Cyclosporin Therapy in the Immunopathology of Atopic
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Keratoconjunctivitis from Allergan, Inc., ($90,000/ current
year, total direct cost $422,000)
2004 Director s Discovery Fund, The Wilmer Eye Institute,
Principle Investigator (1% effort) Keratoprosthesis in
Children with Congenital Anterior Segment Anomalies ($
10,000)
2006-2007 Principle Investigator; Keratoprosthesis, from WL Gore
Assoc., ($78,000) (40% effort)
2009 Principal Investigator (1% effort) A Phase I/II Prospective,
Randomized, Double Masked, Vehicle And Comparator
Controlled, Dose Ranging Study Of Cp-690,550 In Subjects
With Dry Eye Disease ($78,117), sponsored by Pfizer Inc.
2009 Principal Investigator (1% effort) A Multi-Center,
Prospective, Observational Study of the Progression of
Ocular Findings in Patients with Dry Eye Disease ($78,
330), sponsored by Allergan Inc.
2009 Principal Investigator (1% effort) A Randomized, Multi-
Center, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group
Safety and Efficacy Study of Azithromycin Ophthalmic
Solution 1% versus Placebo for Two Weeks in Subjects with
Blepharitis ($42,300), sponsored by Inspire
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (National Chair of the Study
Committee)
2009 Principal Investigator (1% effort) A Multi-Center,
Randomized, Double-Masked, Parallel-Group Study
Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Cyclosporin
Ophthalmic Solution 0.010% Compared with Its Vehicle
Administered QID for 3 Months Followed by a 9 Month
Open-Label Phase in Patients with Atopic
Keratoconjunctivitis ($117, 046), sponsored by Allergan
Inc. (National Chair of the Study Committee)
2009-2013 Co-Principle Investigator (10% effort) International
Sjogren's Syndrome Registry, (total cost $825,352),
sponsored by NIH
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Teaching:
Classroom instruction:
1996-1998 Corneal Wound Healing, Immunology Seminars (one-hour
lecture, given once a year to the basic scientists and
students), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard
Medical School.
1996-1998 Clinical Immunology Series (five half-hour lectures)
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical
School, (see www.uveitis.org for the titles and texts).
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2002-2004 Eye and Systemic Disease (one-hour lecture); part of one-
week required clerkship for Johns Hopkins medical students.
2002-2005 Clinicopathologic Correlations (two-hour review on
conjunctivitis, keratitis, sarcoid and angle closure glaucoma),
Eye section of the Year 2 curriculum, Johns Hopkins medical
students.
2003-2010 Cataract, Refractive Surgery and Red Eye (Year 2 and 3
Johns Hopkins Medical Students)
2003-present Residency core lectures (four one-hour lectures per year):
Immune-Mediated Disorders of the Eyelid & Conjunctiva,
Ocular Surface Disorders: Dermatoses, Structural &
Exogenous Disorders, Ocular Surface Disorders: Dry Eye,
Nutritional & Physiologic Disorders, Ocular Herpetic
Infections for Wilmer Eye Institute resident
ophthalmologists.
2006-present Cornea, Cataract, External Diseases, Refractive Surgery Bi-
Monthly Journal Clubs (for Wilmer Eye Institute residents as
well as Cornea Fellows)
2007-2009 Ocular Allergy (one hour lecture as part of required
classroom lecture series for Allergy Immunology Clinical
Fellows at Bayview Allergy Immunology Center)
Clinical instruction:
2002-present Clinical preceptorship (eight half-days per year), part of the
required one-week clerkship of 3rd and 4th year Johns
Hopkins medical students.
2002-present Clinical skills sessions (two-hour hands-on course on
ophthalmology examination techniques), 2nd year Johns
Hopkins medical student education.
2004-present Clinical Patient Practicum. A two hour practical course on
ophthalmology examination techniques, part of required
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Ophthalmology Clerkship curriculum, 3 and 4 year Johns
Hopkins medical student education.
2002-present Clinical preceptorship (one full day per week at the Wilmer
Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical School), 2nd year
ophthalmology residents.
2002-present Surgical preceptorship (one full day per week with second
year residents, and two full days per month with the 3rd year
ophthalmology residents), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns
Hopkins Medical School.
2002-present Surgical and clinical preceptorship, as part of Cornea and
External Diseases Fellowship Program (One full day per
week in the operating room and one full day per week in the
clinic).
Research instruction:
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2002-present Research preceptorship, Clinical/basic research in cornea
and external eye disease, a six-week medical student
elective, for Johns Hopkins medical students and foreign
medical students (typically one or two medical students
during the spring-summer).
2000-present Research preceptorship (research related to allergic and
immunologic ocular surface diseases), postdoctoral Fellows,
mainly from outside the USA (typically one or two fellows
per year).
CME instruction:
2000 Course Instructor, Cornea Day, Wilmer Eye Institute,
Baltimore, Maryland
2000-2006 Course Instructor, annual Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Clinical Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
2001-present Course Instructor in annual Current Concepts in
Ophthalmology course, Baltimore, Maryland.
2002-2007Course Instructor in annual Ophthalmology for the Medical
Practitioner, Baltimore, Maryland.
2002-present Course Instructor, International Ocular Inflammation Society
Meeting, held every other year in various European
countries.
2003-present Course Instructor in Biannual Uveitis 2003 Subspecialty
Day, in conjunction with the American Academy of
Ophthalmology.
2004-2009 Participant in International Ocular Inflammation Society
Continuous Medical Education Program.
2005-present Course Instructor (with Dr. Parekh), Joint Commission on
Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology, in conjunction
with the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Infiltrates and inflammatory ulcers of the cornea (05SA5)
2007 Course Instructor, Managing Concomitant Eye Diseases: An
Experts View on Glaucoma and Dry Eye Epidemiology of
Dry Eye and Glaucoma, November, 2007
2006-present Course Instructor, Wilmer Annual Ophthalmic Technician
Course, Herpetic Keratoconjunctivitis .
2008-present Course Instructor, The Boston Keratoprosthesis: What You
Don t Know Will Surprise You, at the Annual Academy of
Ophthalmology Meeting
2008-present Course Instructor, Wilmer Annual Ophthalmic Nurses
Course, Dry Eye Syndrome .
Mentoring (Advisees):
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2002-2003Ozge Ilhan-Sarac, MD, former research fellow and currently
an academician ophthalmologist in Ankara, Turkey. Awarded
Turkish Scientific Council Clinician Scientist Scholarship for
Keratoprothesis; Artificial Cornea project.
2003-2004John Kim, MD. Currently employed as the Ophthalmology
Residency Program Director at Albert Einstein Medical
Center
.
2000-presentHatice Nida Sen, MD. Former medical student at the
Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara-Turkey.
Currently The Fellowship Director of the Uveitis Clinical and
Research Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.
2000-2001Rana Altan-Yaycioglu, former Research and Clinical Fellow
.
Currently an
Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Baskent
University, Adana-Turkey
2002-2002 Ama Doubrofi, Medical Student from Ghana, went into
ophthalmology residency in Ghana.
2003-2003 Justin Anderson, Medical Student in Texas, went into
ophthalmology residency at New York Eye and Ear
Infirmary, New York. Currently in private practice in TX.
2003 Dong Choe, Undergrad student. Johns Hopkins University.
2004-presentCarly Benner, Undergrad student. Johns Hopkins University.
Accepted to Harvard Medical School.
2004-presentParag Parekh, MD, Resident at The Wilmer Eye Institute,
2005- A. E. Maumenee Reseach Grant Award for
Subluxation of Suture Fixated Intraocular Lenses
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2007-Mitchell Prize 3 place.
2006- Richard Green Research Grant Award for Unilateral
Pseudoexfoliation . Both papers are in print.
2005-2006Paul Botelho, Postdoctoral Fellow. Published Botelho PJ,
Congdon NG, Handa JT, Akpek EK. Kertatoprosthesis in high-risk
pediatric corneal transplantation: first 2 cases. Arch Ophthalmol.
2006 Sep;124(9):1356-7
2006-presentAnita Gupta,
Resident at
The Wilmer Eye Institute, 20072007-Julia Haller Research Award for Occult Thyroid Eye
Disease in Patients Presenting with Dry Eye Symptoms .
Paper is in print.
2005-presentAlena Klimava, Medical student, Johns Hopkins University
Currently a resident in ophthalmology, UCSF. Published
Akpek EK, Klimava A, Thorne JE, et al. Evaluation dry eye
patients for associated medical conditions. Cornea.
2009;28:493-7.
2006-2007 Marco Coassin, postdoctoral fellow. Worked on etiology of
artificial cornea failure. Published Coassin M, Zhang C, Green
WR, Aquavella JV, Akpek EK. Histopathologic and immunologic
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aspects of aplhacor corneal failure. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007
Nov;144(5):699-704
2008-2010 Rohit Adyanthaya, Postdoctoral Fellow. Published Medical
management of acutely recurring pterygium with topical
mitomycin-C.
2008-present Shannon Shan, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins University
Published Shan SJ, Wu EI, Akpek EK. Sterile corneal melt
after descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty in patients
with previously undiagnosed Sjogren syndrome. Arch
Ophthalmol 2009; 127: 219-20. Will be a resident at
Wilmer Eye Institute in July 2011.
2008-presentJonathan Tzu, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins University.
Currently a resident in ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute. Worked on establishing a database for all patients
who underwent an artificial and donor corneal trnaplantation.
Published multiple papers, and also more are in press, see
CV.
2009-2010Canan Asli Utine, MD, Assistant Professor
of
Ophthalmology,
Yeditepe University Eye Hospital, Istanbul,
Turkey. Published multiple papers and more are in press
currently. She is now in the process of being promoted to
Associate Professor at her institution.
2009-presentFerhina Ali, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins University.
Published Ali FS, Akpek EK.Glaucoma and dry eye.
Ophthalmology. 2009 Jun;116(6):1232.
2010 Evelyn Tay, Medical Student, Singapore. Published Tay E, Utine
CA, Akpek EK. Cresenteric amniotic membrane grafting in
keratoporsthesis-assoicated Corneal Melt. Arch Ophthalmol. 2010
Jun;128(6):779-82.
2009-present Ramya Swamy, MD, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins
University. Worked on Sjogren s Syndrome related dry eye
trials. Has several papers in press, see CV. Will be an
ophthalmology resident at Doheny Eye Institute, CA in July
2011.
2010-present Adrian Dokey, BS, currently Medical Student, Johns
Hopkins University. Worked on establishing a database for
all dry eye patients with Sjogren s Syndrome. Several papers
as well as a book chapter are in press currently, see CV. Will
be an ophthalmology resident at Wilmer in July 2012.
Editorial Activities:
1998-present Scientific Reviewers Board, Ophthalmology
2001-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Ophthalmology
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2001-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Ophthalmology
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Current Eye Research
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Ophthalmic Epidemiology
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, BMC Ophthalmology
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Investigative Ophthalmology and
Visual Sciences
2003-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
2004-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Ocular Inflammation and
Immunology
2004-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cornea
2005-present Editorial Board Member, Current Drug Therapy
2006-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
2006-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Neuro-ophthalmology
2007-present Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Ophthalmology
2007-present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Drugs & Aging Journal
2008-present Editorial Board Member, Advances in Therapy
2009-present Editorial Board Member, Turkiye Klinikleri Dergisi
2009-present Reviewing Editor, Journal Ocular Immunology and
Inflammation
2009-present Editorial Board Member, Journal of European Medical
Students Association
2009-present Editorial Board Member, Advanced Ocular Care
2010-present Editorial Board Member, Marmara Medical Journal
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Certification:
1991-present Medical License, Turkey (91AB064)
1995-present Diplomat of the Turkish Board of Ophthalmology
1997-present Visex PRK-PTK Certificate
1998-present Chiron Vision LASIK Certification
2002-present Medical License, Maryland (00D58519)
2003-presentArgusConnect (Alphacorkeratoprosthesis) Accreditation
Certificate
Service Responsibilities:
Holds clinics, two full days per week, at the Cornea Service of the Wilmer Eye Institute.
One day per week is devoted to the Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic where
patients with allergic and immunologic diseases of the ocular surface (scleritis,
keratitis,
cicatrizing conjunctivitis, dry eye and ocular surface diseases associated with
autoimmune and collagen vascular disorders) are managed. Dr. Akpek is the Director of
the Ocular Surface Clinic. The other day id devoted to surgical patients. Dr. Akpek
performs various surgeries, one day per week, to reconstruct the ocular surface in
patients
with destructive anterior segment problems including lamellar and penetrating
keratoplasty, amniotic membrane and scleral grafting, limbal stem cell transplantation
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and artificial cornea surgery. Dr. Akpek is the only faculty member who performs
artificial corneal surgeries. Dr. Akpek receives numerous patient referrals from within
as
well as outside the United States who need these surgeries.
Dr. Akpek spends two days per week doing laboratory and clinical research as well as
teaching.
Dr. Akpek also participates in the Sjogren s Syndrome Center at the Bayview Medical
Center and holds clinics one day per month. Dr. Akpek is the Associate Director of the
Center.
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Societies:
1996-present American Academy of Ophthalmology
1997-2009 Turkish-American Ophthalmologic Society
1996-1999 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
1996-1999 Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
1997-2000 Massachusetts Medical Society
1997-present Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
1997-2000 American Medical Association
1997-present International Ocular Inflammation Society
1998-present The Cornea Society (formerly Castroviejo Society)
1998-present American Uveitis Society
2001-2005 Pan American Association of Ophthalmology
2003- present International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye
2003-present Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society
2006- present Keratoprosthesis Study Group
2006-2009 President, Turkish American Ophthalmological Society
Session Chair:
2000 Moderator; session title Genetics, 3rd International
Conference on Cornea, Eye Banking and External
Diseases, International Federation of Eye Banks, Istanbul,
Turkey, July 2000.
2003 Moderator; session title Regulatory Mechanisms of Ocular
Surface Inflammation, ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May
2003.
2004 Moderator, session title Advances in Keratoplasty,
AfroAsian Ophthalmological Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
2004.
2004 Co-Moderator, session title Paper Presentations in
Anterior Segment Diseases, AfroAsian Ophthalmological
Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey 2004.
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2007 Session Chair; poster session on tear film. 5 International
Conference on the Tear Film and Ocular Surface: Basic
Science and Clinical Relevance. September, 2007, Italy.
2006-present Chair, Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Grandrounds,
held in the month of May every year, Baltimore, Maryland.
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2010 Moderator, session title Ocular Surface Disease: Clinical
Aspects, International Ocular Surface Society Meeting,
Fort Lauderdale, May 1, 2010
2010 Session Chair; Sjogrens Syndrome. 6th International
Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic
Science and Clinical Relevance. Florence, Italy
Consultantship:
2005-2006Consultant s Agreement, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.,
Keratoprosthesis: Artificial Cornea.
2007-2010 Consultant s Agreement, Lux Biosciences, Voclosporin
Treatment of Sjogren s Syndrome Associated Dry Eye .
2008-presentConsultant s Agreement, Pfizer, Topical
Immunosuppression in the Treatment of Dry Eye
Syndrome .
Patents:
2008 Novel Keratoprosthesis. Co-Inventor. US Patent
Application No. 2008/0255,663. Title: Artificial Cornea
and Method of Making Same.
Administrative Responsibilities
2003-2006 Delegate, Uveitis Self Assessment Committee, American
Academy of Ophthalmology.
2003-2008Wilmer Eye Institute, Cornea and External Diseases
Fellowship program description and curricular activities
(created and responsible for updating as needed) and
Fellows Advocate
2004-2010Co-Director, Ophthalmology Clerkship Program, Johns
Hopkins Medical School
2005 Mind/Brain Content Committee, Johns Hopkins University,
Medical School
2005-present Member, Mitchell Prize Committee, a selection committee to
fund outstanding Wilmer resident research
2005-presentAssociate Professor Promotion Committee, The Wilmer Eye
Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical School
2005-present Clinical Practice Association Committee, The Wilmer Eye
Institute
.
2007-2009President, Turkish-American Ophthalmologists Society.
2009-present Member of Medical & Scientific Advisory Board, Tear Film
& Ocular Surface Society
2010-presentDirector, Cornea and External Disease Clinical Fellowship
Program, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins
University Medical School
.
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2010-presentRepresentative, Medical School Council, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
.
RECOGNITION
Honors and Awards:
1998 Immunology Award, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis
Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard
Medical School
2000 Cora Verhagen Immunology Prize, Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2000, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, for Induction of Peripheral Ulcerative
Keratitis by Adoptive Transfer of Human Corneal Antigen-
Synthesized T Lymphocytes
2001 Honored by Turkish-American Ophthalmologists Society,
November 2001, New Orleans
2003 Recipient of Daughters of Ataturk Award, for
outstanding international Turkish woman.
2004 Achievement Award, America Academy of
Ophthalmology.
2004 Selected to be included in Guide to America s Top
Ophthalmologists by Consumers Research Council of
America.
2005 Resident Advocate Award, The Wilmer Eye Institute
Residency Training Program
2007 Selected to be included in Guide to America s Top
Ophthalmologists by Consumers Research Council of
America.
2008 Neil R. Miller Full Time Faculty Medical Student Teaching
Award, Johns Hopkins Medical School.
2009 Selected to be included in Best Doctors in America by
Consumers Research Council of America.
2010 Selected to be included in Best Doctors in America by
Consumers Research Council of America.
Invited Talks:
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38. Akpek EK. Visiting Professor, Diseases of the Ocular Surface Session, Refractory
Dry Eye, Yale Cornea Cataract Symposium, New Heaven, CT, October 2009
39. Akpek EK. Visiting Professor. New York Eye and Ear, Keratoproshesis: History,
Current Techniques and Future Devices November 2009.
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40. Akpek EK. Visiting Professor. 55 Annual Rochester Ophthalmology Conference.
Dry Eye and Systemic Disease Association. March 2010.
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41. Akpek EK. Predictors of Sjogren s syndrome in patients with dry eye. 6
International Conference on the Tear Film and Ocular Surface: Basic Science and
Clinical Relevance, Italy September 2007.
42. Akpek EK. Tear Film & Ocular Surface Societ
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