Residency Program Ophthalmology
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 |
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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