Residency Training:
Overview
The Wilmer ophthalmology residency program offers outstanding clinical training and professional development in a collegial environment. Our residents enjoy the abundant resources available in a large ophthalmologic institute, from the superb physical facilities to the numerous full-time faculty members. The faculty offer expertise in all areas of specialization and research in ophthalmology and are readily available to the residents for teaching and consultation.
In addition to the dedicated faculty, residents are supervised by a Chief Resident (Assistant Chief of Service). He or she is a fellowship-trained junior faculty member and former Wilmer resident who works closely with all of the residents, from supervising first-year residents in the Wilmer Emergency Room to precepting senior residents in the operating room. The ACS also functions as a liaison between the residents and the faculty.
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General Eye Service |
One of the continued strengths of the training program is the independent Ophthalmology Resident Service (General Eye Service), which is separate from the private practices of the faculty.
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Friedenwald-Romano Library |
Other strengths include the large volume of patients and ophthalmic surgical cases available to the residents, dedicated ophthalmology operating rooms and staff, an outstanding Ocular Pathology division and a superb ophthalmology learning resource center (The Friedenwald Library of Ophthalmology, with 1 full-time librarian). A dedicated microsurgical laboratory for the residents was established at Wilmer in 2002, providing the opportunity to develop surgical skills on synthetic and animal eyes. Additional anterior segment, oculoplastic, and medical retina “wet labs” are provided for the residents each year.
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Professor's Rounds |
All residents attend a didactic lecture at The Wilmer Eye Institute on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays from 7:45-8:45 a.m. These lectures from the formal curriculum are presented primarily by the full-time Wilmer faculty. Every Thursday morning there is a formal "Grand Rounds" conference at Wilmer. In addition there is a weekly "Professor’s Rounds" held Wednesday mornings, principally led by the Chairman, Dr. Peter McDonnell.
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