Ferhat Evliyaoglu, MD, FACS, FEBO has been a pediatric ophthalmologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida since 2021. He is also a Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Evliyaoglu graduated from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey and completed residency at Okmeydani Research and Training Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. He completed fellowships at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, OH and Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Education
9/2003-6/2009: B.A. & M.D., Hacettepe University, School of Medicine (English Section)
6/2008-06/2009: Internship, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Post Graduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
8/2010-11/2014: Ophthalmology Residency, Okmeydani Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
10/2013-12/2013: Observership, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
07/2019-07/2020: Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship, Northeast Ohio Medical College, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
07/2020-07/2021: Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Faculty Appointments:
11/2017-06/2019: Assistant Professor, Health Science University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
07/2020 - 07/2021 Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
10/2021- Present: Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, FL

Professional Appointments
Current Institutions:
08/2021- Present: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL
10/2021- Present: University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, FL
11/2017-06/2019: Health Science University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
11/ 2014- 11/2017: Mus State Hospital, Mus, Turkey (Obligatory Service)
08/ 2010 – 11/2014: Residency, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 04/ 2012 – 12/ 2012: Chief Resident
10/ 2009 - 07/ 2010: General practitioner at Palu Community Hospital, Elazig, Turkey

Research Appointments
June–August 2006: Human Genetics, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Park Lab).
June–August 2007: Genitourinary Center and Department of Cancer Genetics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (Matin Lab).
April 2011—June 2013: Incidence of Hereditary Retinal Degenerations in the Turkish Population (Population-based clinical study and graduation project)

Certification -Licenses
Georgia Composite Medical Board (6/3/2020) # 85920 Florida Medical Board (12/22/2020) #ME148271
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (3/6/2012), # 07562077
Fellow of European Board of Ophthalmology (09/26/2022)
Associate Fellow of American College of Surgeons (01/16/2023)

Memberships
05/2020: American Medical Association 07/2013: American Academy of Ophthalmology
07/2019: American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 06/2015: International Society of Ocular Oncology
11/2011: International Council of Ophthalmology 09/2010: Turkish Ophthalmology Society
09/2022: European Board of Ophthalmology
01/2023: American College of Surgeons