Overview
Global ophthalmology fellowship with at least six months at UIC and the remainder on rotations at global sites in collaboration with Orbis, SEE International and Helen Keller International.
The programme
- Focus
- Global ophthalmology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- Not stated on official page
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on official page
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 Exchange Visitor via ECFMG sponsorship, facilitated by the UI Health GME office
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Not stated on official page
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyUI Health FY26 (2025-26) GME stipends: PGY-4 $79,683.24; PGY-5 $83,011.20; PGY-6 $88,003.08; PGY-7 $89,126.28 (PGY-1 $71,820.96), plus meal and education stipends
Official sources
https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/ophthalmology-visual-sciences/education/fellowship-programs/global-ophthalmology/https://ois.uic.edu/immigration/j-1-exchange-visitor/non-uic-sponsored-j-1-exchange-visitors/ecfmg-alien-physicians/https://hospital.uillinois.edu/documents/about/GME/FY%2026%20Stipends%20Memo.pdf