Overview
Surgical retina fellowship with class-of-2025 averages of about 500 primary vitrectomies and 120 scleral buckles.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- 1 July (orientation); runs 1 July-30 June
- Positions
- 2 per year
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on official page
- International applicants
- Institution policyGraduates of non-US/Canadian schools eligible with a valid ECFMG certificate (or full unrestricted US licence, or Fifth Pathway); visa trainees accepted at programme discretion
- Visa support
- Institution policyAcceptable visas: J-1 (ECFMG), J-2 with EAD, H-1B, H-4 with EAD, E-3 (Australian citizens), F-1 OPT (first residency year only); no department is required to accept visa trainees; J-1 requires USMLE Steps 1-2 passed, H-1B requires Steps 1-3 passed before offer
- Licence requirement
- Must be licensed in Iowa by 30 June before start
How to apply
- Deadline
- 1 September
- Application method
- SF Match CAS (personal statement and 3 letters)
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policySalaried on UI Health Care GME stipend scale 2026-27: PGY-4 $80,800; PGY-5 $84,100; PGY-6 $87,300; PGY-7 $92,100 (PGY-1 $71,100)
Official sources
https://eye.medicine.uiowa.edu/education/fellowships/retinahttps://eye.medicine.uiowa.edu/education/fellowships/retina/how-applyhttps://gme.uihealthcare.org/sites/gme.uihealthcare.org/files/2025-07/Eligibility%2C%20Selection%2C%20and%20Transfer%20-%20Resident%20Eligibility%20Selection%20and%20Transfer%202024.pdfhttps://gme.uihealthcare.org/sites/gme.uihealthcare.org/files/2025-07/Visas%20Policy%20for%20GME%20Trainees%202024.pdfhttps://gme.uihealthcare.org/stipends