The CEI participates in the Ophthalmology Matching Program sponsored by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. They will distribute application packets beginning July 1. Other accredited programs in the Portland area are at Emanuel Hospital, Providence Medical Center, and St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center. They are required to submit their work in manuscript form to a peer review journal. The resident rotation schedule is divided into blocks.
Residents spend time in general clinic, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, and oculoplastics.
During the rotation at CEI, residents spend four months each in the Cornea Service and in the Retina Service. The four-month VA rotation is primarily surgical. Residents are responsible for inpatient and outpatient care at each institution. Their overall responsibilities increase as skills develop. Special clinics are held in contact lens, lacrimal disease, plastic surgery, glaucoma, retina, genetic disease, motility, neuro-ophthalmology, cornea and external disease.