One month

Every month.

One candidate in each session.

Practicing ophthalmic surgeons with experience in the subspecialty

The applicant should have the potential to develop the subspecialty service at his/her location.

Applications must be accompanied with curriculum vitae and photocopy of certificates.

The Fellow will be trained in the use of applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy and stereoscopic disc evaluation (78D lens) automated perimetry.

The Fellow will be trained in the use of automated perimetry, short-Wave automated perimetry, stereoscopic disc photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Nd-YAG iridotomy, Argon laser trabeculoplasty, suturolysis, Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation

An opportunity for 'hands on' surgery is not provided, but the trainee will be allowed to assist in all types of glaucoma surgeries.

The library is well equipped with Videos, CDs and journals. Access to the Internet and on-line databases like Medline are also available. The fellows will also have an access to a well-equipped surgical wet laboratory.