Nur Cardakli, MD

Nur Cardakli, M.D., is a glaucoma specialist and the Stephen J. Ryan Co-Assistant Chief of Service for the 2026–27 academic year. Dr. Cardakli is a fellowship-trained glaucoma and cataract surgeon who specializes in the medical, laser and surgical treatment of glaucoma. She performs a broad range of glaucoma surgeries, including traditional incisional glaucoma surgery and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, as well as cataract surgery.

Dr. Cardakli grew up in central Pennsylvania and received her bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) in neuroscience from Duke University in 2013. She completed her medical training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2021, followed by her ophthalmology residency and glaucoma fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine.

nur@jhmi.edu

• Clinical and surgical outcomes in glaucoma
• Clinical trials
• Ophthalmic trauma
• Education

Dr. Cardakli’s research interests focus on the clinical and surgical outcomes of patients with glaucoma. Her prior work has studied reoperations of glaucoma surgeries, quality metrics in ophthalmic surgery, and the outcomes of pediatric patients suspected of having glaucoma. Her long-term interests are to gain further expertise in prospective outcomes-based research and clinical trial design, with a goal of designing and running high-quality clinical trials in the clinical and surgical management of glaucoma.

Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/nur.cardakli.1/bibliography/public/

1. Cardakli N, Weinreb S, Jefferys J, Quigley H. Long-term Functional Outcomes of Trabeculectomy Revision Surgery. Oph Glaucoma. 2019;2(4): 240-250. PMID: 32672545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogla.2019.04.003.
2. Cardakli N, Friedman DS, Boland MV. Unplanned Return to the Operating Room after Trabeculectomy. Am J of Ophthalmol. 2020;219:132-140. PMID: 32569737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2020.06.016
3. Cardakli N, Friedman DS, Boland MV. Unplanned Return to the Operating Room after Tube Shunt Surgery. Am J of Ophthalmol. 2021;229:242-252. PMID: 34048805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2021.05.010
4. Cardakli N, Gore R, Kraus C. Conversion to Glaucoma in Pediatric Glaucoma Suspects. J Glaucoma. 2023; 32(10): 900-908. PMID: 37327478. 
5. Cardakli N, Gore R, Kraus C. Conversion to Glaucoma after Ocular Trauma in Pediatric Patients. Vision (Basel). 2025 Jan 14;9(1):5. PMID: 39846621 doi: 10.3390/vision9010005.

Co-course designer of Multi-Modal Ophthalmic Anesthesia Curriculum for Ophthalmology Residents, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

• Morton and Myrna Goldberg Prize for Exemplary Citizenship in Intradepartmental Affairs and for Superlative Care of Wilmer Patients, Wilmer Eye Institute, 2025
• W. Richard Green Housestaff Teaching Award, Wilmer Eye Institute, 2025
• Iliff-Kress Excellence in Patient Care Award, Wilmer Eye Institute, 2024
• Johns Hopkins Emergency Department Off-Service Resident Educator Award 2022-2023, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2023
• Summa cum laude, Duke University, 2017
• Graduation with Distinction in Neuroscience, Duke University, 2017
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2016

1. Cardakli N, Gore R, Kraus C. Rates of Conversion to Glaucoma after Ocular Trauma in Pediatric Patients. American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma (ASOT). Virtual meeting. June, 2022.

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Glaucoma Society
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology