Ophthalmology Residency Program Compendium Table of Contents (http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=5868016)

University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
930 Madison Avenue, Suite 470
Memphis, Tennessee 38163

http://www.eye.utmem.edu

This was an impressive residency program. The Hamilton Eye Institute was very nice, and it is amazing how the current leadership has grown this program to now have such a large and prominant faculty. The facilities were very well equipped, and the residents seemed happy and down to Earth. The surgical numbers were more than adequate. They have invested a lot of money into a fantastic wet lab! It must be the nicest practice surgery lab in the country. They have top notch equipment in the wetlab, and have TV's with live feeds into the OR's. There is also an eye surgery simulator in there, which seems to be very useful to those who use it. The residents gave a fantastic driving tour of the various nearby hospitals and drove us around Memphis. There is a nice area near some water where residents live, and it's affordable and closeby (Mud Island). There are your typical metropolitan culture offerings, and some really nice older nieghborhoods, but I don't think most people would say Memphis is a very nice city in general. The faculty seem to be friendly and to enjoy teaching, and it's hard to find anything negative to say about the program at all.

yeah, I didnt know about this program when I applied...and then I didnt apply to it...

when I talked to my advisor he asked me on a number of times if I had applied here because it's an outstanding program...I really wish I had applied...I heard GREAT things about it