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| Ophthalmology (ACGME Accreditation # 240-48-21-151) | ||||||
This integrative three-year residency offers: comprehensive training
that prepares you for a career in clinical practice or academic medicine;
extensive didactic training; numerous clinical and laboratory research
opportunities; thorough preparation for certification by the American
Board of Ophthalmology Throughout the program, there are dedicated formal lectures and seminars, which continue through the academic year. A journal club is held as part of our organized lecture series. The curriculum, encompassing three years of training, includes electives and in-depth exposure to subspecialties. Your progress will be monitored in the clinics, operating room and teaching sessions.. You will be eligible to take the American Board of Ophthalmology’s examination for certification in ophthalmology upon completion of the residency. Details of training program and application procedures may be found on the Program's web site. |
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| Fellowship Training Programs | ||||||
| Vitreo-Retinal (Texas Medical Board Approved Fellowship # 503-48-14-11) | ||||||
During the fellowship, the trainee will be exposed to and learn tumor
diagnosis and management, evaluation and management of ocular inflammatory
and vascular chorioretinal diseases, and management of age related macular
degeneration among other conditions. The trainee will acquire skills
in scleral buckling and vitreous surgery, photocoagulation, cryotherapy,
and interpretation of fluorescein angiograms, ocular coherence tomography
(OCT), ultrasonography and retinal electrodiagnostic studies. |
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| Glaucoma (Texas Medical Board Approved Fellowship # 503-48-14-34) | ||||||
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For further information on any of
these programs, please email: Phyllis
Rhodes |
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This program,
which was founded in 1957, covers years PGY-2 through PGY-4 of postgraduate
medical training and gives
you a solid foundation for further subspecialty
training or a career in clinical practice, research or academic medicine.
The training includes inpatient and outpatient ophthalmology, ophthalmic
pathology, ophthalmic surgery, a didactic lecture series and research. 
The Glaucoma Fellowship Program emphasizes
the diagnosis, medical and surgical management of both the routine glaucoma
patient as well as the complicated glaucoma
problems. The fellow actively participates in very busy clinics with
both faculty and perform both laser and incisional surgery directly staffed
by the senior faculty. Clinical fellows also work side-by-side with ophthalmology
residents and are involved in both clinical and surgical supervision
of resident clinical activities and educational programs, including glaucoma
conferences. Fellows also see routine ophthalmology patients independently
one half-day each week and share consult/trauma call in the faculty rotation.