Comprehensive Ophthalmology Fellowship review @ Sankara Netralaya (SN), Chennai

Duration- 18 months 

Selection- by exam followed by interview 

They take 1 fellow per session 

Stipend- 55k

1st month is orientation period where you shadow an assigned fellow (of any speciality) in OP and OT

Thereafter you are posted to different speciality depts for a month for next 17 months

No cataract surgeries given in main SN hospital

It's in your posting at JCOC (their camp hospital) that you are given cataracts 

You get 3 rotations of JCOC posting

SICS given initially- 100 cases promised

Phaco given only in the last month and in the 3rd JCOC posting- only 30 phacos given

No phaco training in difficult cataracts or managing complications 

You may get pterygiums and Yag caps as well

Hectic work environment 

The consultant under whom you are posted with teaches you 

Academics- regular classes, fellows attend with PGs, also have to give monthly internal exams

You are familiar with SICS and phaco by the end of fellowship but you cannot operate as an independent surgeon, will need more surgical experience post fellowship.