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Hello everyone,
I am a PGY3 resident and having a hard time deciding what subspeciality to go into. Your feedback would be appreciated.
Retina:
I started my residency with an interest in retina. Its a great field with awesome surgeries and advancing technology BUT after i did cataracts, i think its a lot of fun and is not boring (looks like that when you watch it) and also I like CE more than retina surgery plus i liked the outcome of CE....vs retina (same vision or slightly better). The new IV injections are cool but they got monotonous even in residency after doing 20 of them.
Glaucoma:
I started my residency hating glaucoma because everyone said its dry. It is dry at times but i think it is an interesting subspeciality. Plus, most glaucoma guys can go cataracts and general stuff which you cannot do as retina specialist.
Cornea: i dont like weird K infections and dont plan to do refractive (even though my nick is LASIKguy )
My Take:
I like cataract surgery, trabs/tubes and retina surgery but if i do retina I have to give up everything else while if i do glaucoma i only give up retina i.e PPVx
I am now thinking of going into glaucoma.
Glaucoma guys -> how is the job market? job security? reimbursement? Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks
I am a PGY3 resident and having a hard time deciding what subspeciality to go into. Your feedback would be appreciated.
Retina:
I started my residency with an interest in retina. Its a great field with awesome surgeries and advancing technology BUT after i did cataracts, i think its a lot of fun and is not boring (looks like that when you watch it) and also I like CE more than retina surgery plus i liked the outcome of CE....vs retina (same vision or slightly better). The new IV injections are cool but they got monotonous even in residency after doing 20 of them.
Glaucoma:
I started my residency hating glaucoma because everyone said its dry. It is dry at times but i think it is an interesting subspeciality. Plus, most glaucoma guys can go cataracts and general stuff which you cannot do as retina specialist.
Cornea: i dont like weird K infections and dont plan to do refractive (even though my nick is LASIKguy )
My Take:
I like cataract surgery, trabs/tubes and retina surgery but if i do retina I have to give up everything else while if i do glaucoma i only give up retina i.e PPVx
I am now thinking of going into glaucoma.
Glaucoma guys -> how is the job market? job security? reimbursement? Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks