Overview
One-year clinical cataract fellowship covering phaco from routine to complex cases, secondary IOL (scleral/flanged intrascleral) and at least 2 operating lists a week.
The programme
- Focus
- Cataract & anterior segment
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- Standard programme 1 year
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- CUHK certificate (institutional)
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Under 45; completed general ophthalmology residency; preference for applicants with a completed subspecialty fellowship and research record; fluent English
- International applicants
- Yes - track of the CUHK-HKEH-PWH International Ophthalmology Fellowship Programme for overseas and mainland Chinese ophthalmologists (recent fellows from the Philippines, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and others)
- Visa support
- Training visa required; CUHK-HKEH-PWH assists with training visa and limited medical registration but cannot guarantee outcome (allow ~10 months)
- Licence requirement
- Limited medical registration (Medical Council of Hong Kong) for clinical fellowships; not required for laboratory fellowships
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Apply directly to the Programme Director (ofellowship@cuhk.edu.hk)
Funding
- Funding
- No tuition fees; fellow pays training visa and limited registration fees unless covered by a scholarship (subject to funding)