Residency Program

Ophthalmology Residency Training

• How to Apply
• Residency Fact Sheet
• Emory Medical School information: general house staff rules, regulations, benefits, leave time, etc.
• Resident Positions Available:
  First-year 6
  Second-year 6
  Third-year 6
• Interviews: December 5 and 6, 2009

Deadline for receipt of residency applications for 2011:
October 9, 2009

The Emory Eye Center Residency Program Office must receive the applications from the San Francisco Matching Program no later than October 9, 2009 or they will not be accepted for this interview cycle.

The SF Match website is sfmatch.org

About the Program

The Department of Ophthalmology at Emory University School of Medicine provides a three-year ACGME approved residency program that meets requirements for certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology. The program trains residents at Emory University Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Eye Center and Emory Vision.

Thirty-two full-time clinical faculty provide supervision and training of residents in a complete array of services, which include cornea/external disease, refractive surgery, glaucoma, retina/vitreous, oculoplastics, pediatric ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, contact lenses, low vision, ocular pathology, and ophthalmic research. Altogether, the clinical facilities in Emory’s ophthalmology program generate more than 80,000 outpatient visits per year.

Residents have the opportunity to be involved in a full range of research activities. The department is active in multiple and diverse projects. Henry F. Edelhauser, Ph.D., directs the Research Division, which is housed in the Eye Center (with 17 laboratories) and at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. The faculty’s current research projects include studies on corneal edema, light toxicity on pigment epithelium, biochemical studies on lens and corneal protein, retinal cell transplantation, gene therapy, and molecular biology of the lens and retina.

Residents rotate through one of the nation’s few full-time eye pathology laboratories. The laboratory is involved with diagnostic and experimental eye pathology, in particular ocular melanoma and age-related macular degeneration.

An integrated program of didactics, including multiple rounds, teaching conferences, and subspecialty conferences, centered on the Basic and Clinical Science Published by the AAO, course, is structured within the training experience. Due to the size of the full-time faculty, a supportive outside associate faculty, and a full-time training director, Emory is considered one of the nation’s top clinical training programs. Strong fellowship programs in Emory’s Ophthalmology Department, with fellows drawn from outstanding residency programs from across the nation, also enhance the teaching capabilities. An ongoing system of evaluation monitors the residents’ progress, and there is strong emphasis on communication.

The program provides one of the nation’s most rigorous experiences in ophthalmology, with the potential to care for thousands of patients in an autonomy-supported enviroment. The surgical experience is consequently outstanding and diverse. The ability to manage and follow ocular trauma is superior at Emory due to the size of the patient population and variety of cases seen at our large inner-city hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital. Many of our graduates land top subspecialty fellowships. In addition to providing our trainees with excellent practice opportunities, a number of our recent graduates are now faculty in prominent academic medical centers, including the Emory Eye Center. The goal of our residency is to train competent clinical and surgical ophthalmologists.

The American Board of Ophthalmology requires four years of training to be eligible for board examination.

Address residency inquiries
and applications to:

Maria M. Aaron, M.D.
Director of Residency Education
Emory Eye Center
1365B Clifton Road NE,
Suite B2400
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
404-778-4530
www.sfmatch.org

Miss Terri Trotter
Coordinator of Residency Education
Emory Eye Center
1365B Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-778-4530

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