Four months are spent at the new Mather VA facility where the resident will work one on one with the VA faculty. Residents will also rotate to satellite offices, obtaining additional experience in Pediatric ophthalmology as well as exposure to the practice of ophthalmology in private and HMO settings. Additional clinical and surgical exposure to Glaucoma is also provided. As Chief, the resident may select from a variety of academic and clinical faculty with whom to expand their operative skills. 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.