Originally posted by GlaucomaMD
Most/all of the medical retina specialists I know are in academic centers. This is understandable if you consider why someone would do medical retina.
If you want to do cataract, trabs, etc. then aren't you really being a COMPREHENSIVE ophthalmolgogist? Once again, I would ask then, what is your motivation for wanting to do medical retina fellowship?
Medical retina specialists do retina lasers for the most part, for diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration and others. You will also be called to make diagnosis in difficult and unusual cases, including being expected to be knowledgeable about inherited retinal diseases.
I believe there are only handful of medical retina fellowships in the country. Most, if not all, do not participate in the SFMatch. There are 2 medical retina fellows this year at Bascom Palmer.
Hope this helps...