Quick Facts

  • In the Post Graduate Year 5 residents are provided up to 6 months of electives. These are usually taken in the form of community electives or Fellowships. Ratio of residents to faculty is 8 core residents (Post Graduate Year 2 to 5) to 21 faculty.
  • The Ophthalmology program sees approximately 70,000 patients per year, approximately 43,000 of whom are seen "in house". We perform approximately 6,000 surgical procedures in operating rooms and approximately 5,000 surgical procedures in procedure rooms within the clinical facilities.
  • Approximately 4,100 laser surgeries are performed clinically in the management of retinal disease and glaucoma.
  • Our diagnostic and orthopedic facilities, which are unique in the region, seeing approximately 14,500 patients per year and provide testing reports to referring physicians throughout the region.
  • There are no mandatory rural rotations.