Overview
One-year cornea fellowship at CHUM (adults) and CHU Sainte-Justine (children) covering keratoplasty (DMEK, DSAEK, DALK), keratoprosthesis and ocular surface reconstruction.
The programme
- Focus
- Cornea & external disease
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 July
- Positions
- 2 per year
- Accreditation
- Université de Montréal postdoctoral clinical fellowship (moniteur clinique)
- Department
- CHUM and CHU Sainte-Justine
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Ophthalmologists who have completed residency; functional French required (French exam on admission)
- International applicants
- Yes - page states a foreign candidate may be granted a departmental training bursary; French proficiency required
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Quebec training registration via Collège des médecins du Québec (implied by university postdoctoral enrolment)
How to apply
- Deadline
- 1 May of the preceding year
- Application method
- Email application (diplomas, CV, two recommendation letters, motivation letter) to the programme contact listed on the page
Funding
- Funding
- Some bursaries reserved for Quebec residents and for Canadian/US trainees; foreign candidates may be granted one of the department's training bursaries