Dr. Erbil Ulus Duman

As a 72-year-old retired cartographer, my world was literally fading due to advanced cataracts that distorted colors and details. Dr. Duman didn't just restore my vision; he restored my ability to see the subtle gradients in maps that I'd spent a lifetime studying. During surgery at Acibadem Altunizade, he explained each step as if narrating a journey, and now I can distinguish between cerulean and cobalt blue again.

My 8-year-old daughter, a competitive junior archer, developed sudden double vision that threatened her passion. Dr. Duman diagnosed a rare accommodative spasm and created a non-surgical vision therapy program involving specialized prism lenses and exercises. Within six weeks, her aim returned, and she won her first regional tournament last month—seeing a single, clear target where there had been two.

During a high-altitude photography expedition in the Himalayas, I suffered a corneal flash burn. Rushed back to Istanbul, I reached Dr. Duman as an emergency at midnight. He met me at the hospital himself, performed an innovative amniotic membrane transplant to save my cornea, and preserved my career's defining asset: my precise vision for capturing minute details in landscape photography.

My 45-year-old twin brother and I both needed LASIK, but with dramatically different corneal thicknesses. Dr. Duman designed two completely customized procedures—SMILE for him, PRK for me—scheduling them consecutively so we could recover together. His precision was such that our previously identical prescription differences are now gone, and we see with equal, perfect clarity for the first time in our lives.