Current Appointments:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Personal Data:
Business address: The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
600 N. Wolfe Street, Maumenee #321
Baltimore, MD 21287
Telephone: (410) 955 7928
Fax: (410) 614 2816
e-mail: esakpek@jhmi.edu
Education:
1981-1984 BS, Ankara Girls' Lycee, Ankara, Turkey
1984-1985 English Preparatory School at Hacettepe
University Medical School, Ankara
1985-1990 MD, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara
Postdoctoral Training:
1990-1991 Intern in medicine, Hacettepe University
Medical School Hospital and Children's
Hospital, Ankara
1992-1995 Residency in ophthalmology, Ankara Numune
Hospital, Ankara
2/1996-6/1996 Research fellow, Hilles Immunology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston
7/1996-6/1998 Clinical fellow, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston
7/1998-6/1999 Clinical fellow, Cornea and External Disease Service,
Wilmer Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Professional Experience:
1991-1992 General practitioner, Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
1994-1995 Chief Resident in ophthalmology, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara
1999-2000 Instructor in ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore
2000-2005 Assistant Professor in ophthalmology, Cornea and External Disease Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore
2004-present Director, Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore
2005-present Associate Professor in ophthalmology, Cornea and External Disease Service, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore
Esen Karamursel Akpek, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and the Co-Director of Ophthalmology Clerkship Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Akpek has been on the faculty since 1999 and is the Director of the Ocular Surface Diseases and Dry Eye Clinic of the Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Akpek specializes in external diseases of the eye and corneal surgery. Her clinical expertise includes inflammatory eye disorders, allergic and immunologic diseases of the cornea and the conjunctiva, scleritis, uveitis, cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, limbal stem cell transplantation and keratoprosthesis.
Dr. Akpek´s current research focuses on the new treatments for allergic conjunctivitis and dry eye condition. She is the recipient of several national and international awards and honors including Cora Verhagen Immunology Prize, American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, Daughters of Ataturk Award and others. She has published and co-authored over 50 scientific articles, as well as many book chapters.
Dr. Akpek received her medical training at the Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Following her internship and residency training at Ankara Numune Hospital, she completed ophthalmology subspecialty training at The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service of The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. Thereafter, she also completed a fellowship program in Cornea, Cataract, and external Disease at the Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital.