Overview
Two-year hands-on clinical/surgical glaucoma fellowship with research and teaching obligations at an Eye Institute performing about 15,000 eye surgeries per year.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- 1 July
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Institution policyUniversity of Ottawa clinical fellowship - does not lead to any Canadian (RCPSC/CFPC) certification
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Institution policymedical degree from a WDOMS-listed school recognised in Canada; completed specialty training; RCPSC/CFPC or recognised international certification (or exam-eligible); English proficiency (e.g. IELTS 7 each band); fellowship must be in the same discipline as specialist recognition
- International applicants
- American/foreign medical graduates must contact the Departmental Education Program Coordinator first; Foreign Trainee applications go through the uOttawa PGME office online fellowship application system
- Visa support
- Institution policyinternational trainees need an IRCC work permit (LMIA-exempt); the uOttawa PGME/immigration advisor provides the documents needed to apply (CPSO letter of eligibility and LMIA-exemption number)
- Licence requirement
- Educational licence from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (stated for uveitis; applies to trainees generally)
How to apply
- Deadline
- 31 August 2026 for 2027 positions (per Canadian Glaucoma Society listing)
- Application method
- SF Match
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyinternational fellows without Canadian status must be funded by an official home-country sponsor (government agency or health-related charity; private funds not accepted) unless fellowship funding is available through an Ottawa hospital
Official sources
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/ophthalmology/education-and-training/fellowshiphttps://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/sites/g/files/bhrskd401/files/2026-01/2026-2027%20New%20International%20Trainee%20Information%20Booklet.pdfhttps://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/postgraduate-medical-education/international-graduates-without-canadian-legal-status