Retina Fellowship
Objectives
- To gain competency in the assessment and medical and surgical treatment of virtreoretinal diseases
- To gain experience in vitreoretinal clinical and basic science research
- To gain experience in the diagnosis and management of inherited retinal disease
- To gain experience in the diagnosis and management of intraocular neoplasms
- To gain experience in screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity
- To gain experience in the diagnosis and management of uveitis
Clinical Duties
One vitreoretinal fellow is trained for 2 years. The fellow will divide their time between the private office (Alberta Retina Consultants), the Royal Alexandra Hospital clinic and operating theatres. The fellow is expected to work-up medical and surgical patients, perform vitreoretinal surgery and to be involved with all aspects of post-operative care. The very high volume of patients will allow for extensive experience in all aspects of medical and surgical retinal disease. Responsibilities will increase with experience and ability.
Dr. Matthew Benson specializes in inherited retinal disease. The fellow is expected to attend clinics with Dr. Benson to gain experience in the diagnosis and management of inherited retinal diseases.
Dr. Ezekiel Weis and Dr. Kelsey Roelofs are ocular oncologists. The fellow will rotate with Dr Weis and Roelofs at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Here the fellow will gain experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular neoplasms.
Dr. Lilia Olaru is a Rheumatologist who joins the physicians at Alberta Retina Consultant for combined rheumatology – uveitis clinics. Here the retina fellow will become well versed in the diagnosis and management of ocular inflammatory conditions.
Research
The fellow will be expected to conduct basic or clinical research. The results of these studies will be expected to be presented at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Annual Research Day and to be submitted for publication in peer review journals.
Teaching
Bi-monthly retina rounds take place at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. These rounds include presentations of routine and unusual retina cases. Imaging modalities include surgical videos, optical coherent tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and colour fundus photography. The fellow will be expected to prepare cases and present them to the audience. This responsibility will be shared by the resident on the retina service. The fellow will also conduct ‘Fellow Rounds’. At these rounds more detailed vitreoretinal topics will be presented for discussion with the physicians at Alberta Retina Consultants.
Evaluation
The fellow will be evaluated every four months. In addition, the fellow will be asked to evaluate the fellowship experience and report to the Fellowship Committee.
Application
Application for our 2-year vitreoretinal fellowship should be made through the SF match.