“Medical Retina Fellowship , 1 year”
Eligibility:
Candidates should have passed Diplomate of National Board (DNB) Ophthalmology or MS/MD in Ophthalmology under recognized medical collages in India by Medical Council of India (MCI)
Basic Subjects:
Anatomy: Surgical anatomy of vitreous and Vitreo-retinal relationships,
Ultrastructure of retina and vitreous and other relevant anatomy
Physiology of vision, visual pathway, color vision
History taking relevant to Vitreo-retinal Diseases
Methods of fundus examination
Ultrasonography - theory, technique and interpretation
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography – Theory, Technique and Interpretation
Indocyanine green angiography
Optical Coherence Tomography
Electrodiagnostic studies – Electroretinography, electro oculography and
Visual evoked potential- theory, technique and Interpretations
Laser Photocoagulation – Theory and Principles
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Medical Retinal Diseases
Vascular retinopathies:
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Vascular occlusions
- Ocular Ischemic Syndrome
- Eales’ disease
- Coat’s disease
- Sickle cell retinopathy
Degenerative Diseases of Retina:
- Retinitis Pigmentosa and Variants, Cone-Rod dystrophies
- Gyrate atrophy
- Choroidermia
- Retinoschisis
Retinal detachment and related disorders: (Clinical Diagnosis, differential diagnosis, predisposing factors, etiology)
- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- Tractional retinal detachment
- Exudative retinal detachment
Congenital and childhood disorders:
- Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
- Norrie’s disease, congenital retinal dysplasias and other causes of congenital retinal detachments
- Colobomata of choroids and disc
Infective and related conditions:
- Infective and related conditions:
- Toxocara retinochoroiditis
- Viral Retinitis
- AIDS and the eye
- Other parasitic diseases like cysticercosis, Gnathostomiasis etc
Oncology:
- Retinoblastoma
- Melanoma
- Cilinary body tumors
- Phacomatosis
- Optic nerve head tumors
- Miscellaneous – choroidal hemangioma, ocular lymphomas, secondaries, combined hamartoma, hemangloma of retina
Vitreous disorders:
- Posterior Vitreous Detachment
- Vitreous Hemorrhage
- Asteroid hyalosis
- Hereditary vitreo-retinopathies
Anterior Segment disorders of Importance to Vitreoretinal surgeons
- Dislocated lens
- Dislocated IOL
- After Cataract and other pupillary membranes
- Irvine Gass syndrome and Vitreous wick syndrome
- Complicated Cataract
- Malignant Glaucoma
Macular disorders:
- Macular hole
- Heredomacular diseases
- Epimacular Proliferation
- Age related macular degeneration and other causes of Choroidal Neovacular membrane
- Cystoid macular edema
- Retinal Artery Macro aneurysm
- Idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasia
Practical Exposure to the following techniques is required
Examination techniques:
- Direct Ophthalmoloscopy
- Indirect Ophthalmoscopy with scleral indentation
- Slit lamp biomicroscopy using +78 or +90d lens and contact lenses such as Goldmann, Mainster, Panfundoscopic lens
- Routine Ophthalmological examination techniques including slit lamp examination, applanation tonometry, Gonioscopy etc
Special Investigations:
- B-Scan Ultrasonography
- Fundus fluorescein angiography /indocyanine green angiography
- Optical coherence tomography
- Electro diagnostic studies ( ERG, Multifocal ERG, VEP)
OPD Procedures:
- Paracentesis
- Intra vitreal injection
- Laser Photocoagulation
- Trans conjunctival cryopexy
TEACHING SCHEDULE
* Didactic lectures – twice a month
* Journal club – once a week
* Discussion on Fluorescein Angiogram/ OCT – Once a week
* Discussion on Ultra sonogram - Once a week
* Case presentation – once a week
TEACHING SCHEDULE
* Assist in the outpatient department in the disposal of cases
* Take part in overall patient care
* Perform independently laser photocoagulations both by slit lamps and indirect delivery method
* Aim to present at least one paper in any conference
* Maintain log book with all details as exemplified
* At least one research work leading to publication in peer reviewed journal.
* Regulations for fellows are also stated on the website : www.adityajyoteyehospital.org
Medical Retina Fellowship Application Form:Download Application Form