University of South Carolina Ophthalmology Residency

Program #:
2404521163

Sponson:
Palmetto Health

University Specialty Clinics Ophthalmology
Four Medical Park Road Suite 301
Columbia, SC 29203

Residency Coordinator/Contact:
Barbara J. Tandon - btandon@uscmed.sc.edu
Phone: 803-434-7063
Fax: 803-434-1575

Residency Director:
Edward W. Cheeseman Jr., MD, MBA Edward W. Cheeseman Jr., MD, MBA - Phone:
Fax:

Key Residency Information:

Residency Description:

Our three year ophthalmology training program is poised to meet the changing needs of today's health care. We select three residents annually and it is our goal to ensure that they receive comprehensive training in ophthalmology in order to prepare them to become excellent clinicians.

We offer resident rotations in subspecialty clinics, continuity clinics, and consultative ophthalmology. The residents work closely in these clinics with full-time faculty supervision and with local community based ophthalmologists, thereby complementing the educational experience provided by our university based attendings. Rotations are structured to provide graduated responsibility at each level of their training. Our third year residents are afforded a great number of ophthalmic surgical procedures in excess of 100 intraocular cases to assure competence and confidence in performing various types of ocular surgery.

Our clinical and basic science research department in collaboration with other departments within the medical school have continually developed and secured NIH funding for clinically relevant projects in the areas of cornea, diabetes, glaucoma, and retina.

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