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Ophthalmology Fellowship Training

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship

Director: Burton J. Kushner, M.D.
Parent Department or Academic Unit: University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Address: Pediatric Ophthalmology
2870 University Avenue, Suite 206
Madison, WI 53705-3611
Telephone: (608) 263-5339
Preceptor(s) Names(s): Yasmin Bradfield, MD
Thomas D. France, MD
David Gamm, MD, PhD
Burton J. Kushner, MD
Michael C. Struck, MD
James VerHoeve, PhD
Kristin Anderson, CO
Leslie France, CO
Gail Morton, CO
Jacque Shimko, CO
Primary Clinical Training Site: University Station Clinics
2880 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-3631
Length of Fellowship: 1 Year
Numbers of positions/year: 1
Starting Date: July 1
Application Deadline: October 1
Actively Involved in Resident Education: Yes
Research Required: Clinical Research
Block Time assigned to Research: No
Program Description:

We offer a one-year fellowship with comprehensive training in pediatric ophthalmology and pediatric and adult strabismus. Fellows will work closely with five pediatric ophthalmologists in the Pediatric Eye Clinic of the University of Wisconsin, which has a volume of over 7,000 subspecialty outpatient visits per year. Referrals and consultations from our large Pediatric Department (which includes all relevant subspecialties) provides for a wide variety of pediatric eye problems seen in our clinic. In addition, our clinic has a wide national and international referral base for treating complex strabismus in children and adults. Fellows will be involved in 400 or more surgical cases, many as primary surgeon. Surgical procedures include a wide variety of strabismus. In addition, fellows will participate in the evaluation and surgical management of ROP, cataract, glaucoma, ptosis and nasolacrimal procedures. The fellow's close interaction with residents, medical students, and orthoptic students includes both informal and didactic teaching. Fellows are expected to initiate and complete an independent clinical research project appropriate for presentation at a national meeting during their fellowship.

Foreign medical graduates can only be considered for our one-year clinical fellowship if they can qualify for an unrestricted Wisconsin Medical License.  This requires all three parts of the USMLE examination as well as one year of post-graduate clinical work in Ophthalmology in the United States or a commonwealth country.

For More Information, contact: Vicky Meyers, Department of Ophthalmology, Room 206, 2870 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-3611; telephone: (608) 263-5339.top

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