The Department of Ophthalmology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine offers a two-year combined research and clinical fellowship in vitreo-retinal diseases and surgery.\u00a0 This program is AUPO compliant.<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0The program provides comprehensive training in both medical retina and vitreo-retinal surgery.\u00a0 The program is intended to prepare the candidate for either a career in academic medicine or private practice.\u00a0 Fellows will work closely with both attending physicians and residents and will be actively involved in the residency teaching program.<\/p>\n The fellowship is administered through the Ophthalmology Matching Program.\u00a0 Requests for an application and other inquiries should be sent to:\u00a0 Education\u00a0Coordinator, Department of Ophthalmology, 85 East Concord Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02118.<\/p>\n Fellows will participate in the evaluation and management of patients with medical retinal disorders such as age-related maculopathy, diabetic retinopathy, ocular inflammation, and retinal degeneration.\u00a0 There will be extensive training in the interpretation of fluorescein, OCT, ERG, ultrasound,\u00a0and indocyanine green angiography.\u00a0 There will also be an opportunity to examine patients with retinal degenerations and to participate in electroretinographic studies.\u00a0 The fellows will perform retinal laser photocoagulation and intravitreal injections. The first year fellow will be involved in surgery, predominantly\u00a0on call.<\/p>\n Fellows will obtain extensive training in vitreo-retinal surgery.\u00a0 This will include pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative considerations.\u00a0 This training will include all currently employed methods of vitreo-retinal surgery including scleral buckling surgery and pars plana vitrectomy.\u00a0 The surgical experience will include exposure to various techniques such as membrane stripping, the use of intra-ocular gases, silicone oil and perfluorocarbon liquids and the repair of complex rhegmatogenous and tractional retinal detachments.\u00a0 Vitreo-retinal surgery will be performed at the Boston Medical Center, as well as the Boston Veterans’ Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Jamaica Plain.\u00a0 The Boston VAMC is a regional referral center for all of New England.\u00a0 The Boston University vitreo-retinal fellow will participate in all retinal surgeries performed at the center.\u00a0 The Boston University retinal fellow is the only fellow to participate in the retina clinics or vitreo-retinal surgery performed at the Boston VAMC.<\/p>\n For the academic year of 2017, we added a medical retina fellowship at Boston University Eye Associates\/Boston Medical Center. The medical retina fellow will be immersed in learning the evaluation and management of patients with medical retinal disorders such as age related maculopathy, diabetic retinopathy, ocular inflammation, and retinal degeneration. They will be exposed to interpretating fluorescein angiography, OCT, ERG, ultrasound, and indocyanine green angiography. There will also be an opportunity to examine patients with retinal degenerations and to participate in electroretinographic studies. 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