Omur Ucakhan, MD

Omur Ucakhan, MD is the Director of the Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Surgery Service at the Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye. Her main interests are corneal and external eye diseases, contact lenses, myopia control, keratoconus, refractive surgery, cataract surgery, ocular surface reconstruction, and corneal transplantation surgery. She has published more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Uçakhan serves as an Associate Editor to the journals “Eye and Contact Lens,” “BMC Ophthalmology,” and “Cornea Open.” She is the Past President of the Contact Lens Division of Turkish Ophthalmology Association. She is a TFOS Ambassador since 2015, a Board Member of the European Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Society (ECLSO) since 2019 and a Board Member of European Dry Eye Society (EUDES) since 2025. Dr. Uçakhan currently serves as the President of the ECLSO.