Prof. Murat Dogru

Dr.Murat Dogru, born in Turkey, is a current permanent resident of Japan and is the first academician from Turkey and the whole of continental Europe to acquire a Japanese Medical License to practice in the field of Ophthalmology. Dr. Dogru is also a Distinguished Talent Permanent Resident of Australia in Ophthalmology. Dr. Murat Dogru is an internationally recognized expert in ocular surface disorders, dry eyes, ocular allergy and ocular inflammation. He conducts both basic and translational research in the field of corneal and ocular surface inflammation and oxidative stress. He studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of ocular inflammation with applications to autoimmunity, dry eye disease, contact lens wear and ocular allergy. As an executive board member of the international Tear film and Ocular Surface Society, Asia Dry Eye Society and Japan Dry Eye Research Society, and a fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), he has authored more than 330 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His published work has been read and cited more than 8,200 times. Dr. Dogru is an EBM for IOVS, ECL and Turkish Ophthalmology journal and is serving as an associate editor for IJMS and Diagnostics journals. Dr. Dogru has trained several clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows and students in Turkey and in Japan over eight countries to date.