Residency Training:
Third-Year Rotations (PGY-4)
The third-year residents assume progressively more independent responsibility for the care of ophthalmologic patients under appropriate supervision. All All PGY-4 residents maintain a continuity clinic in the Wilmer General Eye Service (GES).
Wilmer GES (Cataract) Resident
The Wilmer Cataract Resident performs surgeries two days a week under the supervision the Assistant Chief of Service and other faculty members. 50-80 phacoemulsification surgeries are performed on this rotation, allowing the resident to learn different styles of cataract surgery. The remaining days of the week are spent in the GES, seeing pre- and postoperative patients and assisting the junior residents.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
The third-year resident sees patients in the Bayview Eye Clinic and performs anterior segment surgery under the direction of Dr. Weinberg and Dr. Saraswathy Ramanathan. Along with Wilmer GES, Bayview is one of the busier surgical clinics for the senior resident, who typically performs 30-40 phacoemulsification procedures on the rotation.
Pathology/ GES
Two days a week are spent with Dr. Eberhart in the Ocular Pathology Laboratory. The third-year resident sees patients and assists the junior residents in the General Eye Services three days a week. The rotation is designed to precede the Wilmer GES rotation, allowing the resident to see pre-operative patients and arrange for a full surgical schedule the first week of the GES rotation.
Elective
Residents may choose to spend their elective time at The Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, performing anterior segment surgery and seeing clinic patients, performing research or gaining additional experience in a subspecialty clinic.
In addition to the popular India elective, some residents have chosen to spend time in other countries as well as rotating with faculty at other programs within the U.S.
All electives must be approved by the Program Director.
Retina
Residents spend the rotation learning vitreo-retinal surgery at Wilmer with Dr. Julia Haller and with the Chief Resident.
GBMC Anterior Segment
Two third-year rotations are spent as the site chief at GBMC. The senior resident on the Anterior segment rotation performs cataract and other anterior segment surgery in addition to having clinic and administrative duties. In all, the third-year GBMC resident will perform 20-25 phacoemulsification procedures.
GBMC Retina
The second third-year rotation at GBMC includes surgery with Drs. John Thompson and Pat Wilkinson as well as clinic and administrative responsibilities. Some cataract surgery is also done on this rotation.
MORE:- First-Year Rotations (PGY-2)
- Second-Year Rotations(PGY-3)
- Third-Year Rotations(PGY-4)
