retina

Things change fast. A decade or two ago, residents were advised that only a smattering of 10 vitreoretinal surgery fellowship programs were considered worth going to. More recently, a more palatable truth seems to have emerged: there are so many amazing programs, each with their own advantages...

Which are the top medical retina fellowship programs? What are key considerations? I know believe some require medical retina fellows to take retina call along with the surgical fellows, while others do not. Any insight into which allow you to continue to operate during fellowship? I've heard...

Does anyone have a resource or link to a prior spreadsheet regarding medical retina fellowship match? I would love some insight on the programs and am currently applying. Thanks!

Hi all, are there any Canadian Retina fellows (past/present) who can shed some light and comparisons between the various retina fellowships in Canada for a UK IMG applying having done UK residency (including a year of surgical retina at fellowship level). Specifically looking at Vancouver and...

Hey all! Planning on applying ophtho in '21-'22, but I'm without a home program at a mid-to-low tier school in the southeast. It's been hard to spend much time outside of a few days shadowing here and there, especially with the pandemic. So I figured to bring a few questions to the table here...

Hello everyone, Another year’s match has come and gone. Everyone should be proud of your achievements so far, regardless of outcomes. For those who may not have a plan set up for next year, we would like you to know about a great opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

With the target date of SF Match approaching, let's start the surgical retina thread for the interview season. Here is a google document (click link) to keep track of interview dates and to share information during the trail. Feel free to add pages and/or edit the existing pages to make this a...

I am curious about the correlation between where you go for fellowship and the jobs offered when you start applying? I'm assuming its largely associated with connections (especially within academia), but what about in private practice? I ask because my residency is not exactly where I imagine...

Hey Everyone, Didn't see a retina fellowship thread for the 2017 application season. With a month until the wheels start turning, I thought I'd start the thread here! I've included information that I have found about various programs (Google, word of mouth, etc). Hope it's all accurate and...