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PINAR AYDIN O’DWYER

Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuro-ophthalmologist

Prof. Aydin O’Dwyer, completed her ophthalmology training (Medical doctor, Ophthalmologist and PhD degree in neuro-ophthalmology) in Turkey and founded the Başkent University Ophthalmology Department, Ankara. She serves as: member of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI, chair LVI), member of the Board of Trustees, Founder of the Ethics Committee, member of the Examinations Committee and member of the Fellowships Committee of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and currently practices in her private office in Ankara, Turkey.

She has served as the past treasurer and Neuro-ophthalmology section program officer of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) , and the past treasurer of the European Neuro-ophthalmology Society (EUNOS). Author of some 200 scientific publications and editor of 28 books on ophthalmology in Turkish, she has been managing editor and editorial board member on several ophthalmic journals and has given and organized many conferences and courses internationally.

Her main interests include neuro-ophthalmology which is the combination of two medical fields, and coaching young academicians, particularly integrating local perspectives into an international approach recognizing cultural distinctiveness. She likewise aims to promote consensus through painting art, music and science by her presentations on ‘Ophthalmology in Art’, and the pursuit of her hobbies of playing flute and cello, dancing ballet and writing opera and ballet critics. She has two published books on arts: The Book of Ballet (2012) and The Book of Opera (2015).