Retina fellowship 2011

[lemis26]

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In the past, people have posted when they've gotten interviews for retina fellowships. Has anybody heard anything yet?

 

[kakezai]

associated retina consultants (phoenix, az) by email 8/29 - interview 9/30
associates in ophthalmology (pittsburgh, pa) by mail 9/1 - interview 10/15

 

[lemis26]

University of Washington 10/1
Cleveland 10/10
Cincinnati 9/17
University of Chicago 10/28
University of Florida 10/7
Oregon 10/14

 

[Vitreoretinadoc]

Stanford Email: 8/23 Interview: 9/2
Doheny (USC) Email: 9/4 Interview: 9/30
Cole (Cleveland) Email: 9/7 Interview: 10/3
MEEI (Harvard) Email: 9/13 Interview: 10/14
NYEEI Email: 9/14 Interview: 10/14

 

[Member8765]

This thread seems a little slow to get off the ground but here are some more dates for interviews that have already been extended:

Emory: 10/3
Wash U: 10/4
UC Davis: 10/15
Vanderbilt: 10/17

 

[Vitreoretinadoc]

Emory: 10/3
Wash U: 10/4
UC Davis: 10/15
Vanderbilt: 10/17
Stanford Email: 8/23 Interview: 9/2
Doheny (USC) Email: 9/4 Interview: 9/30
Cole (Cleveland) Email: 9/7 Interview: 10/3
MEEI (Harvard) Email: 9/13 Interview: 10/14
NYEEI Email: 9/14 Interview: 10/14
University of Washington 10/1
Cleveland 10/10
Cincinnati 9/17
University of Chicago 10/28
University of Florida 10/7
Oregon 10/14
associated retina consultants (phoenix, az) by email 8/29 - interview 9/30
associates in ophthalmology (pittsburgh, pa) by mail 9/1 - interview 10/15
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Wills: 10/28 & 10/29
Tufts: 10/28
UCLA: 10/16
UCSF: 10/31 OR 11/7

 

[DoubleDown82]

1) National Retina Institute

2) Wake Forest

3) UTMB Galveston

 

[lemis26]

NRI email 9/23, interview 11/12.

Anybody heard from Bascom, Retina Group of Washington, or Beaumont?

 

[Visionary]

1) National Retina Institute

2) Wake Forest

3) UTMB Galveston

1) Scut central, from what I've heard.

2) Small program, but good faculty.

3) The area was devastated by Hurricane Ike. Don't know how well it's recovered.

 

[gsmurf]

Wash U 10/4
UC Irvine 10/6
UTSouthwestern 10/7
NY Eye & Ear 10/14
Associates in Ophthalmology (Pittsburgh) 10/15
Barnes Retina/Retina Consultants of St. Louis 10/15
Cincinnati Eye Institute 10/15 (they also had 9/17)
Univ of Florida Gainesville 10/28
Mayo clinic 10/31 and 11/7
Weill Cornell, UTMB (Galveston) 11/4
National Retina Institute, Kresge/Wayne State 11/12
Retina Vitreous of Texas 11/19

Also has anyone heard about Loma Linda, Bascom, or Beaumont?

 

[Visionary]

Does anyone know the difference between the Barnes Retina and the Washington University programs? They both list the same fellows on their websites.

They are the same.

 

[gsmurf]

I heard they split, because they each offered me an interview on different dates

 

[WhiteDots]

They are the same.

They are not the same starting this coming year. They are two separate programs.

 

[Visionary]

They are not the same starting this coming year. They are two separate programs.

Interesting. I stand corrected. I'll try and get the skinny on that.

 

[Visionary]

Well, here's what I found out. Basically, there was a disagreement between the Barnes docs and the Wash U med school. The Barnes docs got the boot from the dean. Wash U now has 3 full-time retina docs, one of which is Bill Harbour, who has an oncology focus. They will have 1 fellow. Barnes has 11 full-time retina docs and will still have 2 fellows. Sounds like Barnes will be the higher volume fellowship, for sure.

 

[Likar]

Anybody knows anything about Retina Institute of California? It's a brand new fellowship...any ideas.

 

[Visionary]

Anybody knows anything about Retina Institute of California? It's a brand new fellowship...any ideas.

Tom Chang is very well-known, but notoriously difficult to work with as a colleague, from what I've been told. Don't know how that would translate fellowship-wise. I suspect you would have limited exposure to him anyway. New guy in the practice is Mike Davis. Good guy. Know him from the Houston Chief Resident Forum. Don't know any of the others, but given the size of the practice, I imagine the volume would be good.

 

[Visionary]

Congrats to all of those who matched! Happy holidays, as well!

 

[039]

Only apply and look for university based fellowships

 

[Visionary]

Only apply and look for university based fellowships

Sounds like you have a beef here. Did you have a bad experience with a private practice fellowship> Too general a statement, IMO. I know of several solid private practice fellowships. I would agree that, as a percentage of the total available, university-based fellowships offer better training than private practice fellowships, though.

 

[MR1]

Agree, there are a handful of amazing private practice programs, or combo ones (univ and private practice).

 

[MstaKing10]

Agree, there are a handful of amazing private practice programs, or combo ones (univ and private practice).

Best of both worlds is to get a fellowship that has access to University and/or VA in addition to private practice. The patient populations are totally different and if you're interested in working in private practice when you are done, you will have a distinct advantage having trained in a part in a private setting.

 

[039]

I agree. I do not have anything against private practice fellowships. I advise applying to AUPO approved fellowships. They are bound by a set of rules. The important thing is to make the right decision for a two year commitment. ( anyway is your life what we are talking about). Be aware that some fellowships private or academic are really observerships with minimal hands on training. Also, most academic programs have a private component. The academic side of them assures you a source of primary cases (county hospital or VA) In full private practice fellowships you do not have "your own" patients, and for your surgical experience you are at the "mercy" of your attendings "letting you do cases".

Hopefully, after the fellowship certification issue is solved a full standardized program could be available.


Keep in mind that once your training is finished you would like that your training allows you to treat adequately all patients that you do surgery on.


When making your match list try contacting previous fellows and ask the current fellows about their experience. Do not decide based on big names. Decide based on the number of cases they do and the kind of teaching they get in surgery.