All applications will be reviewed and evaluated. Selected applicants are invited for a half-day in October, November, or December of personal interviews with faculty members, informal meetings and lunch with current residents, and a tour of the medical center's facilities. Invitations for interviews will be mailed to candidates beginning in early September. Applicants will be invited for interviews only after their completed applications, including letters of recommendation, have been received and reviewed. Those not selected for an interview will be notified by mail.
Residents proceed through an experience of graded responsibility.
The first year begins with a two week introductory course covering ophthalmic terminology, management of common ocular diseases and emergencies, use of instruments, and examination techniques particular to each subspecialty. A faculty-supervised surgical skills course is conducted on Monday afternoons during July and August of each year. The first-year resident spends time in Cornea and External Disease , Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus , Retina, Contact Lenses and Low Vision . The resident will also assist in intraocular surgeries and gain primary surgical experience in minor oculoplastic procedures and enucleations. Call responsibilities allow the resident to become comfortable with the management of ocular trauma and other emergencies.