But the Bascom external fellowship is almost certainly in that 9-13 range historically, and based on what our residents who interviewed there this year said it’s on the rise into the next tier up given the increased volume and the expansion/new faculty adds. There are plenty of other terrific programs I am probably missing. But I would say general ‘tiers’ are something like this, in no particular order, especially weighing surgery volume/academic mix: Rankings are silly in general because it all depends on what you want out of your fellowship. I did not apply there since my family wanted to stay west, but anyone saying Bascom is not in the top 10-12 range is being disingenuous. Heck I think one of the Berrocal sisters was an external fellowship graduate. Some of the ‘external’ Bascom grads are some of the best up and coming surgeons out there (e.g Chen at Columbia, Weng at Baylor).
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In general you should desire a higher volume fellowship but in retina a lot of importance should also be placed on a) mentorship as you will still be growing as a surgeon post graduation, b) diversity of exposures (eg knowing how to do a good primary buckle or how to manage complex PVR) and c) being taught good surgical principles.Ī couple of the posters here really bashing some academic fellowships like Bascom have to pause and look at how the grads of those programs are doing. Not completely a zero correlation as in general doing cases is not just about showing up and doing them but there are lower volume fellowships with useless scut and higher volume fellowships with less of that.
Except pediatric vitrectomies and melanoma/oncology treatment, a good program should make you comfortable doing anything behind the lens, or if possible, anything in or on the eye. My opinion is that academia is great and all, but the bottom line is that when you come out of fellowship, you should feel comfortable to handle almost any surgical pathology that shows up at your front door.
That's not to say their numbers were not good, but there's a stronger focus on exposure with different attendings and different styles of thinking and research compared to more clinical programs that throw you into the OR and get you operating as a primary surgeon quickly. Places like Penn, Columbia, Vanderbilt, MEEI were pretty academic. I got the impression big-name programs tended to be more academic than not. You will get lots of surgical experience, and you will operate.a lot! Of all the US retina fellowships, I believe RCA has one of the highest, if not the highest, surgical numbers consistently (>800 primaries easily). Both are hybrid programs, with a private practice focus but a strong academic affiliation with UAB. Hope this helps somewhat, good luck to next year's applicants!īoth UAB programs are top notch and will give you excellent surgical and clinical training.
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Many could be argued should be in the top 15 as well:įeel free to add any other solid programs that I've missed. Rest of my personal Top 15, in a loose but by no means exact order:Īnother set of great programs, in a general order but very extremely difficult to rank these given some are more surgically oriented and others are more academic. Top 3, which I think the majority of people would agree with, in no order: Obviously, a program can be better or worse depending on whether you are interested in academics or private, location, surgical volume, call schedule, etc.
It's not in a specific order, but I think the general groupings are reasonable. Disclaimer: this list is not comprehensive and I did not interview at every program. Here is my pseudo-list of the top retina programs IMHO.
I thought it might be helpful for next year's applicants to see some updated opinions. It's been a long time since there were decent threads about good retina fellowships.
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