Professor Berna Akova, MD, FICO, MRCSEd is an ophthalmologist with the Department of Ophthalmology, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medical Science. Her main clinical practice centers on corneal and external diseases and anterior segment surgeries. She is specifically interested in ocular surface diseases and infections. Her work focuses mainly on ocular infections such as keratitis and demodicosis, as well as biofilms and probiotics.