Glaucoma Fellowship
The U-M Medical School Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences offers up to two 1-year Clinical Glaucoma Fellowship positions at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center. In addition, for individuals who are seriously committed to research, we offer a NEI K12 Vision Clinician-Scientist Development Program.
Our faculty excels in many vision-science areas that include retinal stem cells and regeneration, retina and glaucoma genetics, ocular cell biology, diabetic retinopathy, epidemiology and biostatistics, health services research, and thyroid eye disease.
This K12 Program will allow premier scholars to create tailored research career development plans that connect their basic and clinical research interests with medical or surgical specialties.
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Program Overview
We offer fellows a unique training experience with a wide array of learning opportunities and resources to expand their expertise.
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How to Apply
To apply for the Glaucoma Fellowship, please submit your application to the Ophthalmology Fellowship Match.
We are not able to accept applications directly.
Please refer to SF Match website for information regarding application deadlines.
Curriculum & Training
The Glaucoma Service is comprised of 10 faculty. For the clinical fellowship, our goal is to provide education on the diagnosis and management of both pediatric and adult forms of glaucoma at Kellogg Eye Center, the clinical training site. The fellow will learn to interpret a variety of clinical tests, including visual fields, ocular coherence tomography, and ultrasound biomicroscopy. The surgical experience includes angle surgery in both adult and pediatric patients, simple and complex cataracts, cyclodialysis cleft closure, glaucoma drainage implants, drainage implant revisions, trabeculectomy, trabeculectomy revisions, trauma, both transcleral and endoscopic cyclodestruction, endoscopic-guided IOL exchanges and other surgeries, select minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries, and lasers.
The clinical experience is primarily with the glaucoma staff, but also includes a weekly Glaucoma Fellow’s clinic, opportunities to contribute to resident teaching, rotation on the Glaucoma Call schedule, and department rotation coverage on the Trauma Call schedule. We have excellent facilities and equipment for clinical care, diagnostics and research. Didactics include weekly Grand Rounds, monthly journal club and monthly meeting with the fellowship director.
Fellows are required to present a research project at the end of the year.
Current Fellows
Meet our current Glaucoma trainees. We emphasize teamwork, excellence, and leadership while preparing our fellows with resources to be successful in their careers.
Salary & Benefits
We offer highly competitive salaries and generous benefits to our residents, fellows, and advanced trainees. Trainee salary will be commensurate with that of a House Officer at an equivalent level of training based on the HOA contract.
Program Leadership
Amanda K Bicket, MD, MSE
Medical School
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