Overview
One-year medical retina fellowship providing broad clinical and research training for academic or practice careers in medical retina.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- July
- Positions
- 1 per year
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Board eligible in ophthalmology; ACGME-accredited ophthalmology residency or equivalent; USMLE Steps I-III passed; full medical licence
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - IMGs need a standard ECFMG certificate for J-1 clinical sponsorship, completed base residency training and a Statement of Need from their home country
- Visa support
- Institution policyclinical J-1 (Alien Physician) sponsored by ECFMG, coordinated by the MGB Office for Global Professionals and Scholars (Training Program Liaison for MGH/BWH); GPS also processes H-1B, TN, O-1 and other visas - availability is programme-specific
- Licence requirement
- Must be eligible for a full medical licence from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- SF Match #4845; CV and three letters (one from a retina specialist)
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyhousestaff salary scale effective 1 July 2026: PGY-4 $97,728, PGY-5 $102,466, PGY-6 $106,612, PGY-7 $112,535, PGY-8 $118,458 (PGY-1 $84,579), plus benefits
Official sources
https://research.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/ophthalmology/mee-medical-retina-fellowshiphttps://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/for-employees/global-professionals-scholars/visas/j1-clinical-visahttps://research.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/current-trainees