The University of California, San
Diego Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology is a 12 month
AAPOS-approved fellowship. The goal of this fellowship
is to provide the fellow with in-depth exposure to all
aspects of pediatric ophthalmology and eye alignment disorders
in children and adults.
Clinics are located at the Abraham Ratner
Children’s Eye Center at UCSD, the Shiley Eye Center
at UCSD, UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, the San Diego
Veterans Administration Medical Center in La Jolla and
the San Diego Naval Medical Center and Hospital.
The UCSD Abraham Ratner Children’s
Eye Center is located in beautiful La Jolla, California.
It was designed to create an atmosphere that delights children
and makes them feel more comfortable from the moment they
walk in. Our state-of–the-art examination rooms are
specially designed to evaluate sight and disease in patients
of all ages. The Ratner Eye Center sits on the Shiley Eye
Center complex. The Shiley Eye Center has the most technologically
advanced diagnostic equipment available in the world. The
Shiley surgery suite is one of the few in the country originally
designed and completely devoted to eye surgeries. The surgical
team has perfected complicated skills, restoring and improving
sight to thousands of adults and children.
Surgery is performed primarily at the
Shiley Eye Center, UCSD Medical Center, UCSD Thornton Hospital,
the San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego Children’s
Hospital and Health Center and the San Diego Naval Hospital.
The fellow is an integral part of the surgical team at
all sites and will staff the VA Strabismus Service.
Several specialty clinics add to the experience.
The fellow participates in the UCSD Thyroid Eye Center
clinic, a multi-disciplinary clinic staffed by strabismus,
neuro-ophthalmology and ophthalmic plastics specialists.
There is also a monthly multi-disciplinary Craniofacial
Clinic at Children’s Hospital and a monthly Strabismus
Clinic at the VA Medical Center.
The fellowship provides a wide spectrum
of experience including: medical and surgical management
of strabismus, amblyopia, genetic and developmental abnormalities,
vision screening, dyslexia, trauma, ocular tumors, external
ocular disease, lacrimal disorders, uveal disorders, pediatric
glaucoma, thyroid ophthalmopathy and Grave’s Disease,
ROP, botulinum toxin injections, and other pediatric ocular
related disorders.
The fellow will be on-call for any/all pediatric ophthalmology emergencies
at the University.
This fellowship integrates three types of learning experiences to prepare the
fellow for practice in either an academic or private setting. The three types
of experiences are: 1) working closely with the primary director in his practice;
2) caring for pediatric ophthalmology patients as the primary caregiver in
his/her own clinic; 3) supervising and attending the residents with their
strabismus patients.
To learn more about the UCSD Department
of Ophthalmology , Ratner and Shiley Eye Centers, please
visit the department’s web site http://eyesite.ucsd.edu.
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