Specialization:
Laser treatment of fundus pathology
Competencies
2002 — Graduated from the H. A. Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Faculty of General Medicine.
2003–2008 — Residency training in Ophthalmology at the research institute of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
2008–2020 — Worked as an ophthalmologist in clinics in Istanbul, Turkey.
Since 2022 — Works at the Eye Microsurgery Ophthalmology Centre, Chișinău, Moldova.
Languages: Kazakh, Russian, Turkish, Romanian.
Member of ophthalmological associations:
Association of Ophthalmologists of Moldova;
SGIO — Glaucoma and Ocular Inflammation Society of the Republic of Moldova;
Turkish Medical Association;
Turkish Ophthalmological Association.
Scientific publications:
Unsuccessful lacrimal surgery: causative factors and results of surgical management in a tertiary referral center. Ophthalmologica, 2010; 224(6): 361–366. DOI: 10.1159/000313818. Authors: Onur Konuk, Mine Kurtulmuşoğlu, Zaure Knatova, Mehmet Ünal.
Topical use of olopatadine and cyclosporine A in treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 2016. DOI: 10.4328/jcam.4261. Authors: Zaure Knatova, Feride Aylin Kantarci, Eugeniu Vieru, Fikret Akata (selected as the journal's best article of the year).
Scientific conferences:
2005 — Oculoplastic Surgery course, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
2005 — Clinical Ophthalmology course, Ankara, Turkey.
2005 — 39th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
2006 — Course "Fundamentals of Glaucoma," Ankara, Turkey.
2006 — Course "Fundamentals of Ophthalmic Surgery," Ankara, Turkey.
2007 — Course "Basic Principles of Corneal Diagnosis and Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2007 — 41st National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
2008 — Symposium "Fundamentals and Principles of Glaucoma Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2008 — Symposium "Clinical Ophthalmology," Cappadocia, Turkey.
2009 — Course "Fundamentals of Retinal Diagnosis and Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2015 — 49th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
2022 — Seminar "Specifics of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management," Chișinău, Moldova.
2025 — 59th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
2002 — Graduated from the H. A. Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Faculty of General Medicine.
2003–2008 — Residency training in Ophthalmology at the research institute of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
2008–2020 — Worked as an ophthalmologist in clinics in Istanbul, Turkey.
Since 2022 — Works at the Eye Microsurgery Ophthalmology Centre, Chișinău, Moldova.
Languages: Kazakh, Russian, Turkish, Romanian.
Member of ophthalmological associations:
Association of Ophthalmologists of Moldova;
SGIO — Glaucoma and Ocular Inflammation Society of the Republic of Moldova;
Turkish Medical Association;
Turkish Ophthalmological Association.
Scientific publications:
Unsuccessful lacrimal surgery: causative factors and results of surgical management in a tertiary referral center. Ophthalmologica, 2010; 224(6): 361–366. DOI: 10.1159/000313818. Authors: Onur Konuk, Mine Kurtulmuşoğlu, Zaure Knatova, Mehmet Ünal.
Topical use of olopatadine and cyclosporine A in treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 2016. DOI: 10.4328/jcam.4261. Authors: Zaure Knatova, Feride Aylin Kantarci, Eugeniu Vieru, Fikret Akata (selected as the journal's best article of the year).
Scientific conferences:
2005 — Oculoplastic Surgery course, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
2005 — Clinical Ophthalmology course, Ankara, Turkey.
2005 — 39th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
2006 — Course "Fundamentals of Glaucoma," Ankara, Turkey.
2006 — Course "Fundamentals of Ophthalmic Surgery," Ankara, Turkey.
2007 — Course "Basic Principles of Corneal Diagnosis and Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2007 — 41st National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
2008 — Symposium "Fundamentals and Principles of Glaucoma Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2008 — Symposium "Clinical Ophthalmology," Cappadocia, Turkey.
2009 — Course "Fundamentals of Retinal Diagnosis and Treatment," Ankara, Turkey.
2015 — 49th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
2022 — Seminar "Specifics of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management," Chișinău, Moldova.
2025 — 59th National Congress of the Turkish Ophthalmological Association, Antalya, Turkey.
