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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: |
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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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