- Dr. Gurkan Celikkol is an eye specialist with over 30 years of experience in this profession.
- The doctor's services include laser surgery, and many more. Artificial intelligence is one of his areas of interest, and he utilises it to diagnose corneal abnormalities.
- He received his medical degree from Istanbul University Istanbul Medical School after graduating from Galatasaray High School and completed his residency at the Beyoglu Research Hospital.
- Dr. Celikkol then moved to the United States, where he worked as a biomedical researcher at Johns Hopkins University. After that, he headed to the University of California, San Diego, where he worked on a number of cornea and artificial intelligence studies as a researcher.
- Dr. Celikkol also researched refractive surgery and reputable eye laser centres in the United States and Europe during his tenure in the United States.
- Dr. Celikkol had a dream of opening a laser centre in Turkey dedicated solely to laser treatment, with the best system and cutting-edge technology, and with standards on par with or better than those found in the United States and around the world. In 1999, his ambition became a reality when the EyeSTAR LASIK Institute was founded, resulting in a surge in health tourism in Turkey, with 90 percent of EyeSTAR patients coming from outside the country.
- Dr. Celikkol is well-known around the world as the founder and director of EyeSTAR, as well as for a number of other achievements. For his success in establishing, developing, and promoting health tourism in Turkey, he was recognised in "Who's Who."
- Dr. Celikkol enjoys chess and has won two chess championships, placing seventh in Europe and second in Turkey.
- Dr. Celikkol is a MENSA member and is fluent in French and in English.
Eye diseases general
Excimer laser
Eye laser treatment- laser treatment for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism
Conjunctivitis