International Fellowship Program
International Fellowship Program
WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR.
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
John A. Moran Eye Center - University of Utah School of Medicine
Program Medical Director & Selection Chair: Geoff Tabin, M.D., Professor
Department Chairman: Randall J Olson, M.D., Professor
Department Education Director: Mark D. Mifflin, M.D., Assistant Professor
Education Coordinator: Elaine Schwanebeck
Thank you for your interest in the newly developed Moran International fellowship. Please note this is a 2nd year fellowship, meaning a prior year in a United States program in Cornea, Glaucoma or Retina fellowship must proceed this fellowship. The fellow will spend approximately 6-8 months of the 12 month fellowship working in the developing world, teaching clinical and surgical aspects of ophthalmology. The balance will be spent at the John A Moran Eye Center. The fellow will have the opportunity to work overseas in a variety of countries and settings. Past fellowship experiences have included periods in Nepal, Haiti, Ghana, and India. Future opportunities may include these or other countries such as Kenya, Malaysia, Vietnam, or Ethiopia. Network with overseas organizations including Himalayan Cataract Project, ORBIS, Tissue Bank International and other international eye banks are strongly encouraged. The goal of the component of this fellowship will be to encourage independence and ability to work in different contexts as well as to build a global network with key individuals in foreign governments, NGOs, hospitals, and service organizations. Clinical and surgical practice during these periods will have a large degree of independence.
As with all of our fellowships, the International Fellowship is NOT a PGY5 ACGME accredited fellowship position as is our residency program. We hire fellows as limited term faculty appointed physicians who must be credentialed at our affiliated hospitals therefore only United States Citizens who have completed USMLE exams in the United States and/or completed their residency training in the U.S. are eligible. Due to our affiliation with the Veterans Administration Hospital we can only hire US Citizens.
Please submit your application through the San Francisco Match CAS system # 842.35. Also please send a recent photo and CV to the address below.
Elaine Schwanebeck
Department of Ophthalmology - JMEC
University of Utah - HSC
65 Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Telephone 801.585.6701
Fax 801.581.3357
elaine.schwanebeck@hsc.utah.edu
This position is listed with the Ophthalmology Fellowship Matching Program (#842.35) P.O. Box 7584 San Francisco, California 94120-7584 Telephone 415.447.0350
Deadline for Applications is September 1st, Interview dates TBD. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Elaine Schwanebeck.