Phaco-Refractive Fellowship review @ Prasad Netralaya, Udipi, Karnataka

All fellowships at Prasad Netralaya get excellent exposure in Cataract Surgery. 

Unlike many other institutes that wait till the last couple of months to give Phaco training, here we get to start our Phaco journey early depending on how we pick up our SICS skills. 

We start with SICS in simple cases followed by difficult cases and managing complications. 

Once we are proficient in that we go to Phaco- even as early as 3 months into the fellowship as well, that gives us more than a year's exposure in Phaco. 

We are allowed complete free hands with cataract cases, no matter what kind of case it is (complicated/simple/ managing complications).

Some exposure in refractive surgeries, premium IOLs. 

Decent hands on in penetrating keratoplasty for cornea fellows.

Please note, it's an extremely hectic schedule for 18 months. 

There are also peripheral posting rotations. 

PS: Cataract exposure is the same for fellows in all departments- Phacoref, Cornea, Retina, Glaucoma.

If anyone is looking to learn cataract majorly- but also would like to acquire specialization fellowship as well- whether Cornea/ Retina/Glaucoma- for the degree and practice, it’s a good option.