Overview
Two-year clinical and research cornea programme (SF Match programme 4274) with hands-on surgical training in phaco, PKP, DSAEK, PRK and LASIK and funded laboratory research.
The programme
- Focus
- Cornea & external disease
- Training type
- Clinical and Research Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Permanent residents or candidates eligible for an ECFMG-sponsored J-1 training visa; must be eligible for a Texas Physician in Training (PIT) permit
- International applicants
- Designed for international candidates; those training on a visa must plan to return to their home country after the fellowship
- Visa support
- ECFMG-sponsored J-1 training visa
- Licence requirement
- Texas Physician in Training (PIT) permit before starting
How to apply
- Deadline
- 31 August
- Application method
- SF Match; interviews by invitation only
Funding
- Funding
- Stipend PGY5, no less than $86,343