Irmak Karaca

Irmak Karaca, MD, FEBO, FICO, MRCSEd (Ophth)

Languages spoken: English, Turkish

  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
    European Board of Ophthalmology
    International Council of Ophthalmology

  • Education history

    Fellowship Uveitis & Medical Retina - Byers Eye Institute at Stanford Clinical Fellow
    Uveitis & Medical Retina - Byers Eye Institute at Stanford Visiting Scholar
    Residency Ophthalmology - Ege University School of Medicine Resident
    Hacettepe University Hospitals Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Hacettepe University School of Medicine M.D.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Uludag G, Karaca I, Akhavanrezayat A, Yasar C, Matsumiya W, Pham BH, Halim MS, Trong Tuong Than N, Sepah YJ, Do DV, Nguyen QD (2022). Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in the Management of Non-Infectious Uveitis Failed with Conventional Immunomodulatory and Anti-TNFα Therapies. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 1-7.
    2. Karaca I, Uludag G, Matsumiya W, Regenold J, Or C, Mobasserian A, Halim MS, Zaidi M, Lajevardi S, Dongchau A, Ghoraba H, Nguyen QD (2022). Six-month outcomes of infliximab and tocilizumab therapy in non-infectious retinal vasculitis. Eye (Lond).
    3. Ghoraba H, Hwang J, Karaca I, Khojasteh H, Or C, Regenold J, Zaidi M, Yavari N, Than NTT, Park SW, Yasar C, Akhavanrezayat A, Nguyen QD (2022). Multifocal electroretinographic findings in angiographic macular leakage in the setting of intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis. Can J Ophthalmol.
    4. Mobasserian A, Zaidi M, Halim S, Hwang JJ, Regenold J, Akhavanrezayat A, Karaca I, Khojasteh Jafari H, Yavari N, Matsumiya W, Yasar C, Than NTT, Uludag G, Do D, Ghoraba H, Nguyen QD (2022). Effect of Pupil Size on Fixed-Luminance Flicker Full-Field Electroretinogram Magnitude. Clin Ophthalmol, 16, 3733-3740.
    5. Ghoraba HH, Matsumiya W, Or C, Khojasteh H, Patel P, Karaca I, Regenold J, Zaidi M, Hwang J, Lajevardi S, Yavari N, Than NTT, Park SW, Akhavanrezayat A, Uludag G, Yasar C, Leung LB, Nguyen QD (2022). Electroretinographic findings in retinal vasculitis. Br J Ophthalmol.
    6. Ghoraba HH, Matsumiya W, Khojasteh H, Akhavanrezayat A, Karaca I, Or C, Yavari N, Lajevardi S, Hwang J, Yasar C, Do D, Nguyen QD (2022). Safety of Intravenous Methylprednisolone in Refractory and Severe Pediatric Uveitis. Clin Ophthalmol, 16, 1697-1706.
    7. Barut Selver O, Karaca I, Palamar M, Egrilmez S, Yagci A (2020). Graft Failure and Repeat Penetrating Keratoplasty. Exp Clin Transplant, 19(1), 72-76.
    8. Karaca I, Yac A, Palamar M, Tabakan MS, Baolu K (2021). Evaluation of Periorbital Tissues in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Turk J Ophthalmol, 50(6), 356-361.
    9. Karaca I, Gven Ylmaz S, Palamar M, Ate H (2019). Effect of Tropicamide on Laser Flare Meter Measurements in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 28(6), 947-951.
    10. Karaca I, Barut Selver O, Palamar M, Egrilmez S (2020). Chronically retained feathery chestnut-burr spine-related corneal injury: clinical features and outcome. Int Ophthalmol, 40(8), 1993-1997.
    11. Karaca I, Ylmaz SG, Afrashi F, Nalac S (2020). Assessment of macular capillary perfusion in patients with inactive Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: an optical coherence tomography angiography study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 258(6), 1181-1190.
    12. Karaca I, Demirkln Biler E, Palamar M, zbaran B, retmen (2020). Stereoacuity, Fusional Vergence Amplitudes, and Refractive Errors Prior to Treatment in Patients with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Turk J Ophthalmol, 50(1), 15-19.
    13. Karaca I, Barut Selver O, Palamar M, Egrilmez S, Aydemir S, Yagci A (2019). Contact Lens-Associated Microbial Keratitis in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Turkey. Eye Contact Lens, 46(2), 110-115.
    14. Karaca I, Yagci A, Palamar M, Tasbakan MS, Basoglu OK (2019). Ocular surface assessment and morphological alterations in meibomian glands with meibography in obstructive sleep apnea Syndrome. Ocul Surf, 17(4), 771-776.
    15. Karaca I, Palamar M, Guven Yilmaz S, Ates H (2018). Evaluation of Ocular Surface and Meibomian Glands Alterations with Meibography in Patients with Inactive Behçet's Uveitis. Curr Eye Res, 44(4), 356-359.
    16. Karaca I, Yilmaz SG, Palamar M, Onay H, Akgun B, Aytacoglu B, Aykut A, Ozkinay FF (2017). Evaluation of CNTNAP2 gene rs2107856 polymorphism in Turkish population with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Int Ophthalmol, 39(1), 167-173.
    17. Karaca I, Yilmaz SG, Palamar M, Ates H (2017). Comparison of central corneal thickness and endothelial cell measurements by Scheimpflug camera system and two noncontact specular microscopes. Int Ophthalmol, 38(4), 1601-1609.
    18. Palamar M, Karaca I, Onay H, Ertam I, Yagci A (2017). Dry eye and Meibomian gland dysfunction with meibography in patients with lamellar ichthyosis. Cont Lens Anterior Eye, 41(2), 154-156.

    Review

    1. Ghoraba HH, Akhavanrezayat A, Karaca I, Yavari N, Lajevardi S, Hwang J, Regenold J, Matsumiya W, Pham B, Zaidi M, Mobasserian A, DongChau AT, Or C, Yasar C, Mishra K, Do D, Nguyen QD (2022). Ocular Gene Therapy: A Literature Review with Special Focus on Immune and Inflammatory Responses. [Review]. Clin Ophthalmol, 16, 1753-1771.
    2. Hassan M, Agarwal A, Afridi R, daSilva MJ, Karaca I, Sadiq MA, Nguyen QD, Do DV (2016). The Role of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in the Management of Uveitis. [Review]. Int Ophthalmol Clin, 56(4), 1-24.

    Case Report

    1. Karaca I, Korot E, Ghoraba H, Regenold J, Mobasserian A, Khan Y, Zaidi MH, Or C, Nguyen QD (2022). Acute iridocyclitis and cystoid macular edema related to kinked Hydrus(®) Microstent in advanced glaucoma. Saudi J Ophthalmol, 36(4), 390-393.
    2. Karaca I, Yilmaz SG, Mentes J, Markov G, Tuncer S (2022). Multimodal Imaging Characteristics of Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma Accompanying with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: A Case Report. Beyoglu Eye J, 7(4), 329-333.
    3. Zaidi M, Mishra K, Nguyen HV, Miller PP, Ghoraba H, Karaca I, Matsumiya W, Nguyen QD, Leung LB (2022). C3 glomerulopathy associated with both hypertensive retinopathy and purtscher-like retinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 27, 101683.
    4. Ghoraba H, Or C, Karaca I, Mishra K, Akhavanrezayat A, Park S, Than N, Leung LS, Sanislo S, Dong Nguyen Q (2022). Immunotherapy-induced retinopathy mimicking cancer associated retinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 26, 101449.
    5. Regenold J, Ghoraba H, Akhavanrezayat A, Matsumiya W, Mobasserian A, Karaca I, Zaidi M, Pham B, Nguyen QD (2021). Unilateral acute anterior uveitis with macular edema following the use of sildenafil citrate in a patient with HLA-B27 positivity. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 24, 101228.
    6. Matsumiya W, Karaca I, Ghoraba H, Akhavanrezayat A, Mobasserian A, Hassan M, Regenold J, Yasar C, Liedtke M, Kitazawa K, Nguyen QD (2021). Structural changes of corneal epithelium in belantamab-associated superficial keratopathy using anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 23, 101133.
    7. Karaca I, Mente J, Nalac S (2018). Toxocara Neuroretinitis Associated with Raw Meat Consumption. Turk J Ophthalmol, 48(5), 258-261.
    8. Mentes J, Karaca I, Sermet F (2018). Multimodal imaging characteristics of quiescent type 1 neovascularization in an eye with angioid streaks. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 10, 132-136.

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