Residency Rotations

As of July 2022, the rotations are as follows:

First Year (PGY 2):

  • Veterans Affairs:
    • Residents work in the general, retina, glaucoma, ER follow-up, and procedure clinics along with staff.
    • Residents perform laser procedures and intravitreal injections during procedure clinic.
  • Resident Clinic:
    • Residents spend time at the University Center for Community Health (UCCH) in the resident clinic.
    • One half-day-a-week the resident is in the OR assisting with surgery and becoming familiar with perioperative tasks for eye surgery including ophthalmic blocks.
  • Plastics/Cornea: The block consists of six weeks of plastics rotation and six weeks of cornea rotation.
    • Plastic rotation:
      • Residents work closely with core faculty, associated faculty in private practice, and ASOPRS fellow.
      • Residents spend time in clinic with core faculty and also spend time in private clinic.
      • Residents spend one-and-a half-days in surgery every week.
    • Cornea rotation:
      • Residents spend time in attending clinics and spend one day a week in surgery.
  • Consults:
    • Residents have AM clinic within University Hospital and see consults from ER, trauma, and inpatient services during the daytime.
      Residents will be in the OR for emergency and trauma cases with staff as needed.

Second Year (PGY 3):

  • Veterans Affairs:
    • Residents spend one day a week in the OR performing cataract surgery as the primary surgeon with staff.
    • Residents also spend another day in the OR with retina staff.
    • Clinic consists of retina clinic, resident’s clinic for cataract preop/postop, and laser clinic.
  • Pedi Neuro:
    • Residents work with core faculty and associated faculty in private practice.
    • Residents spend one-and-a-half day a week in the OR.
    • Residents spend one-half day a week in ROP rounds.
  • Retina/Glaucoma:
    • The block consists of six weeks of retina rotation and six weeks of glaucoma rotation.
    • During retina rotation, residents work with core faculty, with community faculty in private practice and with AUPO fellows.  Residents spend one-and-a-half days a week in the OR.
    • During glaucoma rotation, residents work with core faculty, and with VA faculty. Residents spend one-and-a-half days a week in the OR.

Third Year (PGY 4):

  • Veterans Affairs:
    • Residents spend two days a week in the OR performing cataract surgery.
    • Clinic consists of general and cataract preop/postop.
  • Plastics/Cornea: The block consists of six weeks of plastics rotation and six weeks of cornea rotation.
    • Plastic rotation:
      • Residents work closely with core faculty, associated faculty in private practice, and ASOPRS fellow.
      • Residents spend time in clinic with core faculty and also spend time in private clinic.
      • Residents spend one-and-a-half days in surgery every week.
    • Cornea rotation:
      • Residents spend time in attending clinics and spend one day a week in the OR
      • Residents will spend two weeks performing corneal refractive surgery as primary surgeon at the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Center, one of the biggest refractive surgery centers in the world.
  • Retina/Glaucoma: The block consists of six weeks of retina rotation and six weeks of glaucoma rotation.
    • During retina rotation, residents work with core faculty, associated faculty in private practice and AUPO fellows. Residents spend one-and-a-half days a week in the OR.
    • During glaucoma rotation, residents work with core faculty and faculty from the VA. Residents spend one-and-a-half days a week in the OR.
  • Resident clinic:
    • Residents will have general clinic at the University Center for Community Health (UCCH).
    • Residents will be in the OR one day a week performing mainly cataract surgery along with ocular surface/cornea surgery.