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Jamaica Hospital’s unique patient population provides for a broad spectrum of experiences that enables a Resident’s educational needs to be met. The Ophthalmology Residency Program offers a diverse experience in ophthalmology and exposure to all of its subspecialties. Our training program maintains relationships with other locations, such as the Helen Keller Institute, to further expand Resident’s clinical experience. Jamaica Hospital is recognized as a Level I Trauma Center and our Residents are a part of the Trauma Team, providing on-call ophthalmic care in the field.

Lectures/ Conferences:

Residents entering the Ophthalmology Residency Program participate in comprehensive didactic education, accomplished via weekly lectures, as well as frequent conferences covering the broad spectrum of material between Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and All City Eye Care Ophthalmology site, located approximately 2.5 miles from the hospital campus. Rotation schedules vary year to year, along with lectures that vary from month to month (see below). Residents are also encouraged to participate in ongoing research projects as well as to attend and present at national meetings and conferences.

HOURS	LOCATION	TOPIC	ATTENDING	LECTURE TITLE
3	NYE&E	Board & OKAP	J. Wisnicki	Optics Board Review
1	Eye Center	Neuroophth	Dr. Wertenbaker	Infra-Nuclear Eye Movement Disorders
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds	Dr, Grasso & Faculty	Case Presentations
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds Guest Speaker	Dr. stanley Berke	Eye Care Update: Emphasis
3	NYE&E	Board&OKAP	Dr. C. Tello	on New Treatments for Cataracts & Glaucoma
1	Eye Center	Neuroophth	Dr. Winterkorn	Board Review
1	Eye Center	EYLEA LUNCH	Christine Willcocks	Pharmaceutical Presentation
3	NYE&E	Board&OKAP	Drs. Paul Finger& David Abramson	Oncology Board Review
1	Eye Center	Cornea	Dr. Najac	Inflammatory & Non-Infectious Keratitis
1	JHMC	Oculoplatics	Dr. Golio	Periocular Malignancies Basal Cell CA
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds	Dr. Grasso & Faculty	Case Presentation
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds	Dr. R. Banik	Case Presentation
3	NYE&E	Board&OKAP	Dr. Wertenbaker	Neuroophth. Review
1	Eye Center	Neuroophth	Dr. Crapotta	Cranial Nerves III, IV, VI
1	Eye Center	Retina	Dr. Grasso & Faculty	Retina I OKAP Review
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds	Dr. Grasso & Faculty	Case Presentation
2	Eye Center	Grand Rounds	Dr. J. Rosenthal	Case Presentation

Residents per PGY level: PGY-II, PGY-III, PGY- IV:

• The Greater New York Ophthalmology Clinical Lecture Series at The Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary
• The New York Eye and Ear Board and OKAP Review Courses at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

PGY-II Residents Only

• Columbia University Basic and Clinical Science Course in Ophthalmology Registration (Course runs through the whole month of January)

PGY-III Residents Only (At Chairman’s Discretion)

• Annual Harvard Intensive Cataract Surgical Training Course

PGY-IV Residents Only

• Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
  Includes Registration, Travel, Hotel, Food, Course Attendance (Resident Travel Reimbursed)
• Wills Eye Institute- Annual Ophthalmology Review Course
  Philadelphia, PA (Registration Fee paid by Jamaica Hospital Medical Center)
  Resident travel reimbursed