Program: Fellowship in Ophthalmology
The University of Toledo Medical Center is offering a one-year clinical fellowship encompassing all aspects of Refractive Surgery, to include Multifocal Lens Implant, Laser Vision Correction, and Conductive Keratoplasty.

This is an intensive one-year comprehensive training program which aims to provide the highest possible level of clinical education concerning the diagnosis and management of Cataract Patients as well as Laser Correction Procedures. This program provides ample opportunity and time for clinical, surgical training as well as clinical and basic research. During the fellowship, fellows work closely with the faculty in the clinics and operating room and learn to provide the most up to date care, utilizing state of the art equipment.

In the clinics, expertise is developed in diagnosis and management of Cataract patients; fellows will participate in performing such procedures as patient examination, topography, OCT, keratometry and using various biometry measurements to select appropriate candidates and match them with the various multifocal and pseudoaccommodative lenses. The program will utilize all current multifocal and pseudoaccommodative lenses that are available and study patient outcomes relative to their procedures and correlate outcomes to lens choice as well as post-operative management and medication. In addition the fellows will also participate in surgical implantation of these lenses as well as management post-operatively of these patients. Ample use will be made of Laser Vision Correction and Conductive Keratoplasty to enhance surgical outcome. The fellows will also gain experience in the principles and method of clinical research.

Under the mentorship of Dr. William Martin, Chief of Ophthalmology, the fellowship offers comprehensive training in the medical and surgical management of Cataract Patients as well as a wide variety of refractive surgical issues. The time spent in the fellowship will be at several of the OptiVue locations, including on campus at the University of Toledo’s Medical Center. The rotation will include clinics and surgery in OptiVue’s Ambulatory Surgical Center, the LASIK Surgery Center and The University of Toledo’s Medical Center’s operating rooms.

This active teaching program includes regular lectures, grand rounds, research conferences, departmental conferences and clinical and surgical education


Prerequisites
Eligible candidates include physicians who have completed three (3) years of residency and are board-eligible or board-certified in Ophthalmology.