Baylor Ophthalmology

[Eleazar82]

For those who are currently residents at Baylor College of Medicine, or have been accepted there:

How has the split between Baylor and Methodist Hospital affected the ophthalmology department/residency program, given that Cullen Eye Institute is part of Methodist? Do you think it will hurt resident training in any way in the future?

Thanks for the info! Baylor is definitely a program of interest to me, and I just wanted to get some extra insight.

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[ophth_not_opth]

This rift is a politically charged one and I would not pretend to know the all the ins and outs of the Baylor v. Methodist argument. That said, I am familiar with the residents, and by all accounts, the residency is quite stable. The department of ophthalmology has not taken center stage in this battle, and therefore has flown relatively under the radar.

On the residents' part, work at Methodist consists mainly of learning in the attending clinics. OR time there is typically of the class 3 variety. As far as I have heard, there have been no requests for the department to vacate their spaces in Smith or Scurlock towers.

The bulk of class I volume (like 99%) is obtained at the VA, Ben Taub, and Texas Children's. These relationships are completely stable and uninvolved in the Baylor/Methodist spat, so don't sweat your 150+ phacos.

The Department co-owns the Neurosensory center in which it is headquartered, so there is no concern about the administration having to move.

The faculty are stable; they will all remain with the program(as opposed to becoming Methodist-only faculty and stop serving as teaching faculty).

Please do not hesitate to ask any further questions here or by private mail.