The 12-month Glaucoma Fellowship Program has both clinical and research glaucoma fellowships available for qualified individuals. The large patient volume and urban location of the Kresge Eye Institute provide fellows with the opportunity to see diverse pathology of the disease in many different stages. The clinical glaucoma fellow assists faculty in the care of glaucoma patients, over 250 per week, including ambulatory care, laser surgical procedures and surgical procedures in the operating room. The clinical fellow spends their time at both the Institute and the Veterans Administration Hospital.

During the 12-month training, the clinical fellow will observe or perform under supervision over 100 glaucoma surgical procedures including trabeculectomy, trabeculectomy combined with phacoemulsification and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, seton implantation, bleb revision, endocyclophotocoagulation combined with extracapsular cataract extraction, Ex-PRESS™ shunt implantation, iStent insertion, and secondary intraocular lens implantation.

The clinical fellow will also perform greater than 250 cataract surgeries as the primary surgeon utilizing the most up to date technology including small incision surgery and the latest intraocular lenses. The clinical fellow will also have opportunities to participate in clinical and basic research projects, which have led to successful presentation and publication of their results at national meetings and in peer-reviewed journals. The fellow also participates in resident and medical student teaching and supervision of resident surgical procedures.

For more information, please contact Joie DeGiulio at 313-577-1352 or email to: jdegiuli@med.wayne.edu.

The Vitreoretinal Fellowship Program is one of the most challenging and competitive fellowships in the nation. During this 24-month training program, fellows obtain instruction and extensive experience in diagnosis and management of a wide-range of vitreoretinal diseases. Fellows will gain a broad experience in both medical and surgical retina.

The fellows participate in weekly clinics seeing patients with macular and retinal vascular diseases, uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, inherited vitreoretinal disorders and retinal detachments. Fellows examine patients and arrive at a diagnosis prior to presenting these patients to the faculty. Fellows learn to interpret fluorescein angiograms and will be instructed in echography and electrophysiology as related to retinal disease. There is a great deal of practical experience interpreting fluorescein angiograms and performing ocular ultrasonography.

The fellows gain extensive experience with intravitreal injections for a wide range of diseases. Fellows consult on patients with infectious diseases of the eye at medical center facilities, usually at the request of the residents, and present these patients to the faculty. Fellows observe, supervise the residents and perform laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and other retinal disease including photodynamic therapy. The Retina Laboratory has full-field ERG, multifocal ERG and other electrophysiological testing as well as microperimetry available. Fellows participate in a monthly uveitis clinic where Dr. Lin works with an in-clinic rheumatologist to evaluate and treat patients with anterior and posterior uveitis.