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ICO Fellowship Hosts & Training Centers

ICO Host

KIVELÄ Tero, MD
Helsinki, FI
tero.kivela@helsinki.fi
+358-9-47173110
Fax: +358-9-47175100

Host Contact

HAAPANIEMI Elina
elina.haapaniemi@hus.fi

Medical Center

Helsinki University Central Hospital
Department of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 220, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa
www.hus.fi

Characteristics of the Ophthalmology Department

Beds
15
Inpatients per Year
13,900
Inpatient Surgeries per Year
2,800
Consultations per Year
530
Outpatients per Year
58,300
Outpatient Surgeries per Year
8,000

Staff of the Ophthalmology Department

Number of Attendings / Consultants
39
Number of Fellows / Registrars
8
Number of Senior Residents / SHOs
2
Number of Residents / House Officers
14
Number of Interns / Clinical Assistants
2

Regular Teaching Events

5 Hours per Week

  • N Morning Reports
  • N Grand Rounds
  • N Clinical Sessions
  • N Photo-Fluo Conferences
  • Y Journal Club
  • Y Lectures
  • Y Case Presentations
  • N Surgery Conferences
  • Y Conferences of Complications
  • N Video Conferences
  • Y Research Conferences
  • N (Subspecialty) Seminars / Tutorials

ICO Fellowships Offered

  • Y Observership
  • Y Clinical Exposures
  • Y Surgical Exposure

Language(s): Finnish, English

Subspecialties

  • N Trauma
  • N Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
  • N Research Labs in Neurodegeneration and Ophthalmic Genetics
  • N Low Vision/Rehabilitation
  • N ROP and Pediatric Retina
  • N Ophthalmic Genetics
  • Y General Ophthalmology
  • Y Pediatric Ophthalmology
  • N Uveitis
  • Y Strabismus
  • Y Glaucoma
  • Y Cornea & External Diseases
  • Y Medical Retina
  • N Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
  • Y Oculoplastics
  • N Cataract Surgery
  • Y Ocular Oncology
  • Y Neuro-Ophthalmology
  • Y Ocular Pathology
  • N Community Eye Health

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