Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!
I'm the current Advanced Anterior Segment fellow at Vold Vision in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
I wanted to spread the word about the incredible experience I am having this year at this 1 year fellowship covering the entire anterior segment. Vold Vision is accepting applications on SFMatch (find under "Anterior Segment".
(NOTE: Scroll down to see my surgical numbers, over 250 PRIMARY surgeries and procedures in under 2 months)
I am in the OR 3 days a week, with minimal call, including no trauma...period.
Leaving residency, I was torn between an academic and a private practice fellowship. I enjoyed the opportunities research provided, but wanted to learn how to run a private practice and operate in the world outside of academia. I also wanted a fellowship that would provide top-notch surgical training in as broad of an area as I could find in one year.
After interviewing at the top programs across the country in cornea, cataract, and refractive last year, I realized there was a huge range in the type of surgical experience you get as a fellow. Some places offered good volume for cornea, while others offered merely cataract and/or refractive. Few offered both, and none offered that plus glaucoma.
I stumbled upon the fellowship at Vold Vision, and realized I had found a goldmine. This being the inaugural year of the fellowship, there was not any talk about it. When I interviewed, I realized this could be a career-changing opportunity. Not only Does Dr. Steven Vold perform possibly the most MIGS in the country, but his associate, Dr. Laura Voicu, has completed two top-notch academic fellowships, one in cornea and one in glaucoma.
To top it off, Dr. Vold does over 100 eyes a month of refractive surgery. Two of those OR days I am operating in TruVision, a 3-D 4k heads up display. It's incredible.
In addition to an incredible surgical experience, the practice is involved in over 10 clinical trials currently, including new IOLs and MIGS devices, and has its own research department. This gives amazing opportunities to collaborate with industry. Every day there are people coming to observe surgery.
This fellowship is one of maybe two in the country that has the entire spectrum of anterior segment training. I mean EVERYTHING. Cornea, Glaucoma (including a TON of MIGS), Cataract, Refractive, and Dry Eye / Ocular Surface.
My PRIMARY surgical numbers in just under 2 months of fellowship:
Refractive Cataract
Phaco - 73
LenSX - 37
ORA - 10
Refractive Surgery (all flaps made on VISUMAX)
LASIK - 38
SMILE - 1
Cornea
DMEK - 3
PKP - 5
DSAEK - 1
MIGS+:
Cypass - 8
Xen - 13
Hydrus - 1
KDB - 1
GATT/OMNI - 2
Micropulse - 1
TRADITIONAL GLAUCOMA:
Valves - 5
Trabs - 1
Trab revisions - 1
d-CPC - 1
Procedures
YAG Cap - 43
YAG LPI - 3
SLT - 14
Dry Eye
IPL - 14
Lipiflow - 1
Punctal Cautery - 1
Grand Total: 274 PRIMARY surgeries and procedures!
Cataract/Femto/ORA 120
Cornea 8
Glaucoma 31
Refractive 38
Procedures 74
Please PM me with any questions!
I'm the current Advanced Anterior Segment fellow at Vold Vision in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
I wanted to spread the word about the incredible experience I am having this year at this 1 year fellowship covering the entire anterior segment. Vold Vision is accepting applications on SFMatch (find under "Anterior Segment".
(NOTE: Scroll down to see my surgical numbers, over 250 PRIMARY surgeries and procedures in under 2 months)
I am in the OR 3 days a week, with minimal call, including no trauma...period.
Leaving residency, I was torn between an academic and a private practice fellowship. I enjoyed the opportunities research provided, but wanted to learn how to run a private practice and operate in the world outside of academia. I also wanted a fellowship that would provide top-notch surgical training in as broad of an area as I could find in one year.
After interviewing at the top programs across the country in cornea, cataract, and refractive last year, I realized there was a huge range in the type of surgical experience you get as a fellow. Some places offered good volume for cornea, while others offered merely cataract and/or refractive. Few offered both, and none offered that plus glaucoma.
I stumbled upon the fellowship at Vold Vision, and realized I had found a goldmine. This being the inaugural year of the fellowship, there was not any talk about it. When I interviewed, I realized this could be a career-changing opportunity. Not only Does Dr. Steven Vold perform possibly the most MIGS in the country, but his associate, Dr. Laura Voicu, has completed two top-notch academic fellowships, one in cornea and one in glaucoma.
To top it off, Dr. Vold does over 100 eyes a month of refractive surgery. Two of those OR days I am operating in TruVision, a 3-D 4k heads up display. It's incredible.
In addition to an incredible surgical experience, the practice is involved in over 10 clinical trials currently, including new IOLs and MIGS devices, and has its own research department. This gives amazing opportunities to collaborate with industry. Every day there are people coming to observe surgery.
This fellowship is one of maybe two in the country that has the entire spectrum of anterior segment training. I mean EVERYTHING. Cornea, Glaucoma (including a TON of MIGS), Cataract, Refractive, and Dry Eye / Ocular Surface.
My PRIMARY surgical numbers in just under 2 months of fellowship:
Refractive Cataract
Phaco - 73
LenSX - 37
ORA - 10
Refractive Surgery (all flaps made on VISUMAX)
LASIK - 38
SMILE - 1
Cornea
DMEK - 3
PKP - 5
DSAEK - 1
MIGS+:
Cypass - 8
Xen - 13
Hydrus - 1
KDB - 1
GATT/OMNI - 2
Micropulse - 1
TRADITIONAL GLAUCOMA:
Valves - 5
Trabs - 1
Trab revisions - 1
d-CPC - 1
Procedures
YAG Cap - 43
YAG LPI - 3
SLT - 14
Dry Eye
IPL - 14
Lipiflow - 1
Punctal Cautery - 1
Grand Total: 274 PRIMARY surgeries and procedures!
Cataract/Femto/ORA 120
Cornea 8
Glaucoma 31
Refractive 38
Procedures 74
Please PM me with any questions!
