Just to create a thread for us applying to surgical retina fellowship this year. Below is the link created in previous years but updated with information from this year. Good luck everyone.
Surgical Retina Fellowships 2021-2022 (Applying 2020)
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Hello everyone!
The retina fellows and attendings at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary wanted to highlight some of the things about our vitreoretinal fellowship program that we feel make NYEEI an outstanding place to train.
-Setting: NYEEI is a busy tertiary referral center in lower Manhattan and the only eye hospital in the tri-state area. There is no travel for the fellowship as everything is seen in-house. The retina center occupies the entire 8th floor, is very nice, and has the most up-to-date imaging you could want. Our surgeries all take place a few floors below with excellent staff who only do eye/ear cases. We are pending arrival of NGENUITY, and are soon to start clinical trials for the PRECEYES robot-assisted VR surgery platform (first in US). The Mount Sinai system is the largest GME system in the country, and therefore has a lot of opportunities to push the limit academically, with some of the drawbacks of a massive health system when compared to a private practice fellowship. We take 2 fellows per year for a total of 4 fellows.
-Location: NYC is a cultural, culinary, and economic hub for the country. Training here is amazing. The patients are more diverse than you will likely see anywhere else in the country. Easy transit in and out if you're not from the area. Arguably the best local public transportation in the country. Lots of fun stuff to do in general. The salary is on the Sinai PGY scale and above $80k/year, and most people live close to the hospital.
-Clinics: very busy, all are fellow clinics with no "attending" patients booked for you to see, though of course some patients want to see the attending with whom they're familiar. Many rare pathologies come in, with a decent mix of autonomy and supervision by attendings. Surgical cases seen in clinic are split by 1st/2nd year fellows according to the case level (see below). We also cover a half day of ocular oncology and half day uveitis, and can place plaques for choroidal melanomas if desired (as well as secondary detachment procedures), and do all the vitreoretinal procedures (and some combined anterior/posterior) for our uveitis patients.
-Surgery: 350-400 cases (~100 first year, ~250-300 second year) as primary. Generally ~40 buckles (some vit-buckle) depending what comes in on call for you. Attendings are very "buckle friendly." Another handful of assists with an attending who generally does only the most complex referral cases. First years do all the oil outs and NCVH, and also book any secondary IOLs and complex cataract/PPVs they see in clinic, on top of any primary RRD, dropped lenses, or endophthalmitis that comes on their call. First years also book the cases from oncology and uveitis clinic. The cases for 2nd year fellows are generally complex, including innumerable end-stage diabetic TRDs, RDs with PVR, secondary uveitic detachments, sub-retinal tPA for submacular hemorrhage, vitrectomy/IZH in malignant glaucoma, and frequent combined glaucoma/cornea/retina procedures including PPV through temporary KPro, among others. Of course, 2nd years also do the primary RRDs and such that come in on call. Surgery is all in-house on the 2nd floor of the infirmary. The ORs have everything you need, all attendings use RESIGHT viewing systems (no AVI lens holding), 23-27g vitrectomy platforms, Alcon Constellation, etc. We are given a drive to record our cases directly onto and present these cases at our monthly online surgical conference.
-Research: A lot of opportunity for imaging research with a top notch imaging lab run by Dr. Richard Rosen. The clinical volume and rare cases provide plenty of fuel for projects, though the EMR used is not as efficient for research purposes as may be desired (and is supposed to change over the next few years). There are a lot of medical students and residents (largest residency in the country) who are motivated to help with projects. Mount Sinai helps fund publications and travel to conferences. We are also connected with industry and you can participate in studies with them if desired.
-Call: q4 call is split evenly both years. This is much better than many smaller programs with frequent call. It's taken as week-long blocks which are very busy during the day (until 6pm or later if you have add-on emergencies) but generally pretty quiet overnight. Rarely ever go in overnight as the residents on call will see patients in the ED and dispo them and only call you if it needs to be seen urgently or to get your permission to send them to clinic the next day. Whatever surgical cases come in on call go to the fellow to do, and there are usually several primary RRDs and other cases that come in each call week. You will do more pneumatics than you can log. The fellows serve as "transfer" attendings, which means we accept transfers from the Mount Sinai Health System overnight if needed.
-Miscellaneous: There are teaching opportunities if you like. Two residents (a 2nd and 3rd year) are in clinic doing lasers or seeing patients alongside you. The residents are very good here and do help in clinic. You also can staff cataracts with them for combined cases, many of which are complex. We also have the opportunity to "moonlight" for pay in the eye urgent care clinic after hours or on weekends if desired. There are currently cornea, glaucoma, and pediatric fellows as well, who are all excellent. Our attendings are excellent and the environment within our department is collegial. We also help run weekly FA rounds with Dr. Rosen Tuesday mornings for the residents and our alumni who phone in from a distance.
There are many great programs nationwide, including our neighboring programs in NYC, but we feel strongly that ours is one of the best in the country. Our setting in a large eye hospital, fellow-run clinics with rare pathology, excellent surgical volume and complexity, and very tolerable call/academic schedules make NYEEI a great place to train. Feel free to reach out to us through here, or through our program coordinator Joanna Tomai [email protected]. Good luck everyone, and hope to see you soon!!
The retina fellows and attendings at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary wanted to highlight some of the things about our vitreoretinal fellowship program that we feel make NYEEI an outstanding place to train.
-Setting: NYEEI is a busy tertiary referral center in lower Manhattan and the only eye hospital in the tri-state area. There is no travel for the fellowship as everything is seen in-house. The retina center occupies the entire 8th floor, is very nice, and has the most up-to-date imaging you could want. Our surgeries all take place a few floors below with excellent staff who only do eye/ear cases. We are pending arrival of NGENUITY, and are soon to start clinical trials for the PRECEYES robot-assisted VR surgery platform (first in US). The Mount Sinai system is the largest GME system in the country, and therefore has a lot of opportunities to push the limit academically, with some of the drawbacks of a massive health system when compared to a private practice fellowship. We take 2 fellows per year for a total of 4 fellows.
-Location: NYC is a cultural, culinary, and economic hub for the country. Training here is amazing. The patients are more diverse than you will likely see anywhere else in the country. Easy transit in and out if you're not from the area. Arguably the best local public transportation in the country. Lots of fun stuff to do in general. The salary is on the Sinai PGY scale and above $80k/year, and most people live close to the hospital.
-Clinics: very busy, all are fellow clinics with no "attending" patients booked for you to see, though of course some patients want to see the attending with whom they're familiar. Many rare pathologies come in, with a decent mix of autonomy and supervision by attendings. Surgical cases seen in clinic are split by 1st/2nd year fellows according to the case level (see below). We also cover a half day of ocular oncology and half day uveitis, and can place plaques for choroidal melanomas if desired (as well as secondary detachment procedures), and do all the vitreoretinal procedures (and some combined anterior/posterior) for our uveitis patients.
-Surgery: 350-400 cases (~100 first year, ~250-300 second year) as primary. Generally ~40 buckles (some vit-buckle) depending what comes in on call for you. Attendings are very "buckle friendly." Another handful of assists with an attending who generally does only the most complex referral cases. First years do all the oil outs and NCVH, and also book any secondary IOLs and complex cataract/PPVs they see in clinic, on top of any primary RRD, dropped lenses, or endophthalmitis that comes on their call. First years also book the cases from oncology and uveitis clinic. The cases for 2nd year fellows are generally complex, including innumerable end-stage diabetic TRDs, RDs with PVR, secondary uveitic detachments, sub-retinal tPA for submacular hemorrhage, vitrectomy/IZH in malignant glaucoma, and frequent combined glaucoma/cornea/retina procedures including PPV through temporary KPro, among others. Of course, 2nd years also do the primary RRDs and such that come in on call. Surgery is all in-house on the 2nd floor of the infirmary. The ORs have everything you need, all attendings use RESIGHT viewing systems (no AVI lens holding), 23-27g vitrectomy platforms, Alcon Constellation, etc. We are given a drive to record our cases directly onto and present these cases at our monthly online surgical conference.
-Research: A lot of opportunity for imaging research with a top notch imaging lab run by Dr. Richard Rosen. The clinical volume and rare cases provide plenty of fuel for projects, though the EMR used is not as efficient for research purposes as may be desired (and is supposed to change over the next few years). There are a lot of medical students and residents (largest residency in the country) who are motivated to help with projects. Mount Sinai helps fund publications and travel to conferences. We are also connected with industry and you can participate in studies with them if desired.
-Call: q4 call is split evenly both years. This is much better than many smaller programs with frequent call. It's taken as week-long blocks which are very busy during the day (until 6pm or later if you have add-on emergencies) but generally pretty quiet overnight. Rarely ever go in overnight as the residents on call will see patients in the ED and dispo them and only call you if it needs to be seen urgently or to get your permission to send them to clinic the next day. Whatever surgical cases come in on call go to the fellow to do, and there are usually several primary RRDs and other cases that come in each call week. You will do more pneumatics than you can log. The fellows serve as "transfer" attendings, which means we accept transfers from the Mount Sinai Health System overnight if needed.
-Miscellaneous: There are teaching opportunities if you like. Two residents (a 2nd and 3rd year) are in clinic doing lasers or seeing patients alongside you. The residents are very good here and do help in clinic. You also can staff cataracts with them for combined cases, many of which are complex. We also have the opportunity to "moonlight" for pay in the eye urgent care clinic after hours or on weekends if desired. There are currently cornea, glaucoma, and pediatric fellows as well, who are all excellent. Our attendings are excellent and the environment within our department is collegial. We also help run weekly FA rounds with Dr. Rosen Tuesday mornings for the residents and our alumni who phone in from a distance.
There are many great programs nationwide, including our neighboring programs in NYC, but we feel strongly that ours is one of the best in the country. Our setting in a large eye hospital, fellow-run clinics with rare pathology, excellent surgical volume and complexity, and very tolerable call/academic schedules make NYEEI a great place to train. Feel free to reach out to us through here, or through our program coordinator Joanna Tomai [email protected]. Good luck everyone, and hope to see you soon!!
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Hi all! We’re doing this survey to get an idea of how everyone perceives the virtual ophthalmology fellowship match! Hopefully it’ll give fellowship directors an idea of what we prefer for future classes of residents. If you could please complete the following 5-10 min survey before 12/17! Thank you!
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I see a 2021-2022 cycle tab so I guess will be using this sheet for this match cycle? How do we access this on google sheets?
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Does Rush just send promotional materials to everyone who applies? I got an envelope in the mail and its just a brochure 
