UIC Department of Ophthalmology Cornea Fellowship

1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-996-8937
Fax: 312-996-7770

Coordinator:
Elmer Tu, MD - etu@uic.edu
Fellowship Director:

Compliance: AUPO FCC
# Fellows Accepted Anually: 2
Program Length: 1 Year
Salary: $
Starts:

Fellowship Description:

The fellows serve as junior faculty members and are responsible for running the Cornea Clinic as well as seeing and examining patients in the Cornea suite under the supervision of the Cornea faculty. The fellows also run a cornea clinic at the West Side Veterans Administration Hospital one morning every other week and take trauma calls as a faculty member in rotation with the fellows from the other clinical services. The fellows also spend time on the Refractive Service at the Millennium Park Eye Center on Michigan Avenue .

Surgical opportunities are derived from the patients seen in the clinic as well as the West Side Veterans Hospital. Typically the fellows do 30 - 50 penetrating and lamellar keratoplasties, 20 - 30 cataract extractions and 6-8 LASIK procedures during the fellowship year. Additional surgical experiences are gained with ocular surface surgeries and trauma surgeries. Educational opportunities in addition to those gained directly with the Cornea Service include participation in Grand Rounds and Cornea Teaching Rounds weekly, and lectures which are available for the residents on weekday mornings as well as Saturday mornings.

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