IFOS/ICO International Fellowship:

Directory 3: Brasil/São Paulo

Chairman:

Prof. Rubens Belfort Jr.

Institution address:

Dept. of Ophthalmology
Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo Hospital
Rua Botucatu 822
04023-062 São Paulo, Brasil
Tel. +55 11 5085-2010
Fax +55 11 5573-4002
Email. eyebr@webmail.epm.br
Website. www.epm.br

Characteristics of institution:

Number of beds	20
Outpatients per year
Surgery per year ambulatory	17,000
Patients hospitalized/year
Consultations per year	137,000
In hospitalized patients
Cataracts	6,500
Glaucoma	1,200
Cornea grafts	320

Staff:

Fulltime medical and surgical ophthalmologists:	12
Fulltime ophthalmologists in training:	60
Residents:	45
Others, e.g. Ph.D's:	8

Subspecialities:

Refractive Surgery,
Phacoemulsification,
Uveitis and AIDS,
Ocular Plastics,
Retina-Vitreous,
Contact Lenses,
Low Vision,
Ocular Oncology

Special strengths:

Clinical and surgical Ophthalmology

Regular teaching events:

60 hours per week

Special events:

All 27 sectors meet weekly in a total of over 54 h/week

Intensive training:

Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Cornea & External Diseases
Glaucoma
Medical and/or surgical Retina
Cataract-Surgery
Ophthalmic Oncology

Other offers:

Ocular complications of AIDS,
Ocular Diabetes, 45 Cataract
Surgery/day, 40 Lasik/day

Language:

English, Spanish

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