Director: Kevin
M. Miller, MD
Fellowship Coordinator: Terri Brown
The Comprehensive Ophthalmology Division
offers an unfunded one-year International Fellowship in Cataract Research. The
international fellowship prepares graduates for careers in academic
ophthalmology with an emphasis on state-of-the-art cataract evaluation, surgical management
and outcomes analysis. The international fellow is expected
to obtain a UCLA J-1 Visa and permission from the California
Medical Board to participate in clinical activities through its Section 2111 program. The international
fellow must speak English well enough to communicate independently with
patients and staff. The international fellow must maintain health and repatriation
insurance and have adequate funds to cover living expenses for the year.
Program Description: The International Fellowship
in Cataract Research is a research fellowship. Eighty percent of the fellow's
time is spent in cataract research. Subject areas for study are determined
by the combined interests of the fellowship preceptor and international
fellow. Twenty percent of the fellow's time is spent in incidental patient
care related to the research program. Applicants should be proficient in
the evaluation and surgical management of patients with cataract before
commencing the fellowship. One year of protected research time makes it
possible to start and complete one or several meaningful research projects
without the demands and distractions of patient care. Applicants must demonstrate
a commitment to academic ophthalmology and have plans for using the international
fellowship training upon returning home. At the completion of training,
the Jules Stein Eye Institute issues an International Fellowship certificate.
Research: The international fellow is expected
to undertake several clinical research projects during the year. The results
of these clinical investigations will be presented at local and national
scientific meetings, and at the Research and Alumni Day of the Jules Stein
Eye Institute. A Microsurgery Laboratory is available for animal surgery
experiments. Collaboration with members of the vision science faculty can
be arranged for projects of mutual interest. Excellent computer facilities,
graphics services, statistical consultation and other services are available.
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Facilities
» Education
Facilities
Clinical Experience: Incidental clinical
experience related to the research program is gained by working in the
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Suite and the Operating Rooms of the Jules
Stein Eye Institute. A Section 2111 appointment enables the international
fellow to participate in the evaluation and management of patients in the
examination suite, and allows the fellow to assist in surgery. In the examination
suite, the faculty preceptor sees all patients evaluated by the international
fellow. Surgical experience is gained by observing and assisting during
surgery, supplemented by experimental work in the Microsurgery Laboratory.
Cataract surgery accounts for the majority of surgery performed by the
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Division. The fellow is exposed to other areas
of anterior segment surgery as well, including laser refractive surgery.
» Patient
Care Facilities
» Comprehensive
Ophthalmology Division
Teaching: The educational experience of
the international fellow is augmented by participation in Jules Stein Eye
Institute Courses and Grand Rounds, and by interaction with other members
of the full-time and clinical faculty. Teaching is an integral part of
the international fellowship experience. The international fellow is expected
to participate as an instructor in the anterior segment surgery course
offering of the year, the Lens and Cataract section of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology Basic and Clinical Science course for residents, journal
club, and other courses offered by the Comprehensive Ophthalmology Division.
The international fellow is expected to interact with medical students
and other visitors in the operating room. The international fellow is expected
to present interesting cases at Grand Rounds and be an instructor or lecturer
at courses offered at the annual meetings of the American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Education Courses
» Grand
Rounds
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