Koray Gumus, MD, FEBOphth

Koray GUMUS, MD, FEBOphth is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Erciyes University School of Medicine, in Turkey. He currently works as a visiting postdoctoral researcher in the Ocular Surface Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He is board certified by the European and Turkish Board of Ophthalmology, and International Council of Ophthalmology.  His clinical interests include corneal and ocular surface diseases (dry eye, pterygium, keratoconus), contact lens applications, cataract and refractive surgery, corneal & limbal transplantation. Currently, he mainly focuses on corneal cross-linking, genetics of keratoconus, new therapeutic agents for corneal healing (topical RGTA, coenzyme Q10 eye drops), new therapeutic approaches for dry eye (Oculeve Intranasal Lacrimal Neurostimulator), characterization of conjunctival dendritic cell phenotypes in dry eye and anterior segment OCT imaging of ocular surface diseases (dry eye, conjunctivochalasis).