The Center of Excellence for Ophthalmic Surgical Education and Training
The Wilmer Eye Institute is known as a global leader in the field of ophthalmic training. Rapid advances in biomedical research, biotechnology, information technology and medical equipment and devices have created phenomenal new opportunities for ophthalmic surgery.
New surgical technologies and techniques have transformed the operating room, enabling the success of previously unthinkable interventions. Simultaneously, innovations in education technology offer exciting possibilities for teaching. Simultaneously, innovations in education technology offer exciting possibilities for teaching.
Establishing OphSET
The Center of Excellence for Ophthalmic Surgical Education and Training (OphSET) is spearheading Wilmer’s efforts to invigorate surgical education and training and to put into practice the latest technologies and techniques. OphSET leadership has collaborated with Johns Hopkins computer scientists to better assess surgical performance and plans to:
- Develop innovative tools to help novice and experienced surgeons improve their skills.
- Create ways to incorporate surgical simulation into education/training and patient care.
- Utilize technology-assisted methods of analysis for both education/training and surgical innovations.
- Draft new curricula for international dissemination.
More About OphSET
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Our Education
Explore how OphSET is using innovative technologies to transform ophthalmic education.
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Collaborations
Learn how OphSET will make advances in research, teaching and patient care through key partnerships.
Taking Surgical Education to the Next Level
The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute is a leader in ophthalmic care and has trained generations of surgical innovators through the time-honored surgical educational model of “see one, do one, teach one.” As operating room technology has evolved rapidly in recent years, so too have the challenges of educating surgeons.
OphSET Team
Peter J. McDonnell, M.D. - Faculty Advisor
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of The Wilmer Eye Institute
William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology
Thomas V. Johnson III, M.D., Ph.D. - Resident Instructor
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Bryn M. Burkholder, M.D. - Resident Instructor
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Irene Catterson - Program Administrator
