Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Residency in Hospital-Based/Primary Care Optometry

Category:
Primary Care

School Affiliation:
UAB School of Optometry

Residency Location:
Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Optometry Clinic (679/123)
3701 Loop Road East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205-554-2847
Fax: 205-554-4628

Coordinator:
Nathan Whitaker, O.D., F.A.A.O - Nathan.Whitaker@va.gov
Residency Director:
Lisa Schifanella, O.D., M.S. -

Key Residency Information:

Residency Description:

The mission of the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center Optometry Clinic and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry is to provide a unique post-doctoral experience in a multidisciplinary setting with the intent of nurturing the resident's development into exceptional optometric clinicians by broadening general skills, and mastering additional specialized skills through independent patient care while adhering to supervision guidelines.

Residents will perform routine eye examinations as well as be responsible for evaluating walk-in and emergency patients. Based on our patient demographics, residents will encounter a high percentage of patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory eye disease, vascular occlusive disease and varied ocular manifestations of systemic diseases. Residents have an opportunity to rotate through external clinical sites including a private retinal specialist and a regional optometry/ophthalmology referral center. This affords them the opportunity to observe and be involved in the delivery of pre and post operative surgical care, as well as exposes them to more complicated cases and procedures.

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