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Director: Arthur
L. Rosenbaum, MD
Fellowship Coordinator: Grace
Galvan-Silva
The Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Division offers an unfunded one-year International Fellowship in the study
of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. The international fellowship prepares
graduates for careers in academic ophthalmology with an emphasis
on orbital biomechanics, orbital imaging, strabismus modelling, vertical strabismus and
complex consultation. 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 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division is a research fellowship.
Eighty percent of the fellow's time is spent in 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
strabismus 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
services, statistical consultation and other services are available.
» Research
Facilities
» Education
Facilities
Clinical Experience: Incidental clinical
experience related to the research program is gained by working in the
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Suite 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 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. Strabismus surgery accounts for the majority of
surgery performed by the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division.
» Patient
Care Facilities
» Pediatric
Ophthalmology and Strabismus 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 Pediatric Division course
offering of the year, the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus section
of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Basic and Clinical Science course
for residents, journal club and other courses offered by the 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 Association of
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Education Courses
» Grand
Rounds
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