The remainder of the year is spent on subspecialty rotations participating in advanced Corneal and Vitreo-Retinal surgery. Residents complete the program with extensive surgical experience in all aspects of ophthalmology. The program is structured such that the fellow greatly benifit the residents education without taking away from the surgical volume. Throughout the three-year program, the residents participate in a wide variety of didactic programs and conferences provided by the department. Four months of the first year are spent in the Comprehensive Service acquiring diagnostic and therapeutic skills.
Residents participate in surgical evaluations while learning the basics of intraocular surgery.
There they participate in the diagnosis, as well as medical and surgical management, of a variety of anterior segment disorders. Residents assist in the Refractive Surgery Service with programs to provide for resident performed refractive surgery. Four months are spent in the Glaucoma Service during the first and second years. The resident will have primary responsibility to the Glaucoma Service participating in advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities. The resident will participate in the diagnosis and management of complex neuro-ophthalmic disorders as well as in strabismus surgery.