Dr. Rıfat

During his medical education and specialization in ophthalmology, he attended Lousiana State University School of Medicine in the United States, Stadtisches Klinikum Kemperhof Koblenz in Germany, and The Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College in England. In 2007, he received the equivalence for the Faculty of Medicine from the General Medical Council of England and became a doctor with full medical registration in England.

Along with his ophthalmology education, he completed a master's program at Bogazici University—Biomedical Engineering in 2009. Continuing its development in its branch without slowing down, Dr. Rıfat completed his specialization in Ophthalmology at Bilim University in 2010.

He completed his compulsory service at Kırklareli state hospital in 2012. Afterward received the title of ‘Associate Professor’ in the department of Ophthalmology in 2016. In 2017, he completed his Ph.D. at Bogazici University Biomedical Engineering department with an average of 4.0

Rıfat Rasier, as a result of his studies at the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory of Bogazici University, has developed a procedure that allows the incisions required in the transparent layer of the eye during the cataract surgery to be laser-welded at the end of the operation, and thus to close the operated incision. In today’s cataract operations, incisions are left open or sutured at the end of the operation. With laser tissue welding experiments, positive results were obtained in the laser closure procedure without any stitches in cataract surgery. Thanks to this system, it was ensured to be closed by welding of 2 millimeters of remote with a special wavelength without touching the tissue. Without suturing to the eye, the incision was closed with the help of a laser, and the risk of infection was reduced in the operation as well as the operation time was shortened. This work was published in an international book under the name ‘Infrared lasers for cornea tissue welding’