IFOS/ICO International Fellowship:
Directory 3: United States/New York City, New York
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Person to contact:
Joseph Walsh, MD, Chairman Ophthalmology
Robert Ritch, MD, Chief Glaucoma Services and Director Int. Training
Institution address:
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
310 E. 14th Street
New York
New York 10003
USA
Tel. 1 212 673 5140
Fax 1 212 420 8743
Email. ritchmd@earthlink.net
WebSite. www.glaucoma.net, www.nyee.net
Characteristics of institution:
| Outpatients per year | 80,000 |
| Consultations per year | 2,000 for glaucoma, thousands for other services |
| Surgery per year ambulatory | Approximately 15,000 |
Staff:
| Fulltime MDs on tenure: | 3 Associates (Drs. Ritch, Liebmann & Tello) About 30 in other services |
| Chief residents and fellows: | 2 Chief Residents 3 Clinical Fellows - glaucoma 5 Research Fellows - glaucoma 5 Study Coordinators - glaucoma |
| Residents: | 21 |
| Others: | e.g., PhDs |
Subspecialities:
Glaucoma, Vitreo-Retinal diseases, Macula, External disease and Cornea, Neuro-ophthalmology, Strabismus, etc.)
All subspecialities, in addition to glaucoma, are available for IFOS fellows.
Special strengths:
Every subspecialty in Ophthalmology is represented here in strength.There are over 300 attendings on the hospital staff.
Regular teaching events:
15 hours per week
Special events:
Grand rounds, Foto-Fluo-Conferences, Conferences of Complications, Video-Conferences, Research-Conferences, Journal-Club, daily subspecialty lectures, weekly or twice weekly visiting professors
Intensive training:
Glaucoma (intensive training offered by Drs. Ritch, Liebmann and Tello. , other members of the staff can offer intensive training in the other specialities)
Other offers:
Just about any request can be fulfilled
Language :
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Romanian, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, Ukrainian, Hindi and Thai
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For other institutions, click on the names in Directory 1: Nations, Cities and Chairs of Departments (alphabetically)
Also see: Directory of Fellowships 2: Alphabetically by Last Name of Fellowship Host
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