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Director: Robert
A. Goldberg, MD
Fellowship Coordinator: Dia
Cervantes
The Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery
Division offers an unfunded one-year International Fellowship in the study
of eyelid and orbital disease. The international fellowship prepares graduates for
careers in academic ophthalmology with an emphasis on trauma,
eyelid and orbital tumors, Graves' disease, orbital decompression, blepharoptosis and facial
aesthetic surgery. 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 Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery is a research fellowship. Eighty
percent of the fellow's time is spent in oculoplastics research. The combined
interests of the fellowship preceptor and international fellow define specific
subject areas for study. 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
oculoplastics disorders before commencing the fellowship. One year of protected
research time permits the fellow to start and end 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 fellowship training after 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 are 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
and video editing 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
Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Suite, the Aesthetic Center and
the Operating Rooms of the Jules Stein Eye Institute. The Section 2111
appointment enables the international fellow to participate in the evaluation
and management of patients in the examination suite, and it permits the
fellow to assist during surgery. In the suite, the faculty preceptor examines
all patients seen by the international fellow. Surgical experience is gained
by observing and assisting during surgery, supplemented by experimental
work in the Microsurgery Laboratory. Eyelid and orbital surgery accounts
for the majority of surgery performed by the Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic
Surgery Division.
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Care Facilities
» Orbital
and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery 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 Institute's 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 oculoplastics course
offerings of the year; the Orbit, Eyelids and Lacrimal System section of
the American Academy of Ophthalmology Basic and Clinical Science course
for residents; journal club and other courses offered by the Orbital and
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery 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 Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Education Courses
» Grand
Rounds
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