Are there any ophtho subspecialties that require no OR time - like uveitis or neuro-ophtho? If you are a general ophtho do you have to go into the OR and if so, does this put a huge dent into your salary? Just curious. Thanks

Are there any ophtho subspecialties that require no OR time - like uveitis or neuro-ophtho? If you are a general ophtho do you have to go into the OR and if so, does this put a huge dent into your salary? Just curious. Thanks

Dude....ophtho is a surgical specialty......

My advice is if you like surg but like some medicine aspects.....then check out ENT or urology.....it seems that in those practices that you can practice med much easier than in ophtho.

Are there any ophtho subspecialties that require no OR time - like uveitis or neuro-ophtho? If you are a general ophtho do you have to go into the OR and if so, does this put a huge dent into your salary? Just curious. Thanks

Uveitis, medical retina, ocular pathology, and neuro-ophthalmology are some non-surgical sub-specialties IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO DO SURGERY. There are neuro-ophthalmologists and ocular pathologists who practice clinical and surgical ophthalmology too.

Not doing surgery will always decrease your salary. Most who don't do surgery are academics.

A lot of seemingly non-surgical subspecialists, like neuro-ophthalmologists, still need to practice general ophtho and do surgery to fill out their practices. That being said, it is possible to be even a general ophthalmologist and refer out all your surgery. I have known a few general ophthos who have done this after stopping in the OR for one reason or another. The catch is that you have to get through your residency training, and demonstrating surgical competence is certainly part of that. You will need to perform surgery as a resident, and if you don't think you can/don't think you want to, then ophtho is not the field for you.