Ophtho Residency at Cornell and Yale

[Descemet]

Hey everyone,

I'm a soon-to-be M4 currently considering away rotations at Cornell and Yale. I know both departments have recently appointed new chairs and PDs and are changing so I was trying to get any information you all might have on the programs. I am particularly interested in any info on:

-resident surgical numbers (not only cataracts but trabs, strabs, lasers, etc.)
-resident fellowship opportunities
-hours/week, call schedule
-future of department (I know Cornell has a new building; any info on new facilities/faculty at Yale?)


I'm thinking about private practice comprehensive or retina, if that matters...

Thanks!

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[Descemet]

Bump.

Anyone have ANY information on these programs?

 

[DOapplicant]

If you try searching this forum by institution name (or by NY/NYC programs for Cornell) you'll find some information regarding the two programs; moreso for cornell than yale.

I do remember from previous posts that past applicants were not impressed by surgical numbers for Cornell (cats < 80), nor by the location of Yale (New Haven).

Actually, I think the questions you asked are great ones and some could probably be answered by the program coordinators if you gave each program a call.

Good luck, fellow applicant.

PS Unfortunately, neither programs is discussed on scutwork.com in case you hadn't checked there yet

 

[Descemet]

I'm looking at a few more programs now for away rotations. Anyone with ANY information/thoughts on the following programs:

-Mt. Sinai
-NYU
-Cornell
-Yale

Thanks!

 

[rubensan]

i had a chance to meet with the department chair at yale recently (doheny alum). He's a great guy who is building a fantastic program. i encourage you to look into it more.

I'm looking at a few more programs now for away rotations. Anyone with ANY information/thoughts on the following programs:

-Mt. Sinai
-NYU
-Cornell
-Yale

Thanks!

 

[Pinkertinkle]

i had a chance to meet with the department chair at yale recently (doheny alum). He's a great guy who is building a fantastic program. i encourage you to look into it more.

Is it just me or does Cornell not have an ophthalmology residency website? But anyhow I heard Cornell has a new chairman too, from MEEI, and he's a good guy.

 

[SB2020]

NYU/MEETH is an upper tier program with some outstanding clinical faculty. You have the perfect set-up for getting broad clinical exposure and training in Ophthalmology - the largest public hospital in NYC (Bellevue), an active VA hospital, a busy eye hospital (MEETH), a diverse community clinic near Chinatown (Gouverneur), and two private hospitals for inpatient consults and some added OR time (Tisch & Lenox Hill). The program also allows for opportunities to connect with Ophthalmologists affiliated with other programs in New York via direct partnerships/observerships/research during the second year.

There are definitely stronger programs in terms of research (NYU has only two basic science labs dedicated to vision research), but some of the faculty are very well known for clinical research in their fields, especially Retina, Cornea, Glaucoma, and Oculoplastics. Moreover, nearly all of the residents present at either the Academy, ARVO, CLAO, ASCRS, or some other large conference (often presenting separate projects at more than one).

Clinical training at NYU/MEETH is top notch. Patient volume in each of the clinics allows for exposure to rare presentations of common diseases and unique presentations of eye pathology not always seen in the USA. Cataract surgery numbers are above average for NYC and residents often match to top fellowship programs - MEEI, UCLA, Duke, NYEEI, Cornell, etc. Furthermore, the interaction with the rest of the academic medical center allows for interesting interdisciplinary didactic sessions.

As a student, you'll rotate at a different site each week and have the opportunity to go to the OR as much as you desire. The week that you rotate at MEETH, you'll spend a day in the OR with the program director and another day with the chairman. A presentation before the residents and faculty of an interesting case encountered during the rotation is required during the final week.

The residents work very hard, but also work/party extremely well together. Those in charge even like to show off how much fun their residents are having amidst the at-times greuling clinics. Anyone who has rotated at NYU knows that this is not at all far from the truth. They even have an open-bar cocktail party at an upscale lounge in New York the same night as the interview! Fitting into this environment is paramount (as I'm sure is in many programs) because it seems that they would rather have a pleasant, hard-worker rather than a cutthroat know-it-all.