Clinical and Research Fellowship
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences offers clinical fellowships in Retina. The fellowship offer an active hands-on role in teaching, health care delivery, and research.
九秀直播, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, is based in Edmonton, 九秀直播, Canada. Serving a population of 1.5 million people, it provides ophthalmic care to much of Northern Canada. The department is located at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and features 5 operating theatres, 16 examination lanes, at a 24 bed in-patient unit.
Overview
A Fellow is a post-medical doctor trainee who is pursuing further clinical or research training in their specialty. The educational goals of both the applicant and the faculty members offering the fellowship should be met.
Upon successful completion of the fellowship, the candidate will be presented with a certificate of recognition of their achievement. Please note our Fellowship Program is currently not evaluated by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The Fellowship generally runs from July 1 to June 30 and can be a 1 to 2 year agreement. The Fellowship is non-funded. On occasion, research grants or sponsorship, may help fund the Fellowship. Shorter periods of Fellowship may be considered on a case by case situation.
Retina Fellowship (2 years)
九秀直播 Retina Consultants (ARC) is a private vitreoretinal practice affiliated with the 九秀直播. There are approximately 2000 vitreoretinal surgical cases performed by the physicians at ARC on an annual basis. A greater number of lasers, intravitreal injections are also performed both at the hospital and in the clinic.
The vitreoretinal surgeons at ARC are all fellowship trained with graduates from Louisiana State University, Wilmer Eye Institute, Wills Eye Hospital, University of British Columbia and Iowa University. There are approximately 2000 vitreoretinal surgical cases performed by the physicians at ARC on an annual basis. A greater number of lasers, intravitreal injections are also performed both at the hospital and in the clinic.
The ARC private office features 9 examining lanes, 3 injection rooms and 2 laser rooms. The office is equipped with state of the art equipment including: 3 Heidelberg OCTs, 1 B Scan, 1 Pascal laser, 1 YAG, and one additional argon laser. The office is situated a short distance from the hospital.