Cornea Fellowship @ Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Duration 2 years 

03 fellows taken every 6 months

Selection- MCQ exam followed by interview 

Stipend- 40k

Caution deposit of 80k kept (40k deducted from 1st month salary, 20k from 2nd and 20k from 3rd months)- refunded at the end 

First 6 months you are posted in General Ophthal dept

First 2 months you see only OP

You start getting cataracts from 2nd-3rd month onwards- SICS cases

You enter Cornea dept from 7th month onwards, cataract OT reduce to 2 days in a month

Phaco given only in the last 3 months, around 20-30 cases

Advanced cataracts given for sics, not for phaco

No topical phacos given 

You get good hands-on for keratoplasties- therapeutic, optical, patch graft and other surgeries like C3R, corneal repair, MMG etc

Lamellar keratoplasties done but limited hands-on- only for DALK towards the end of fellowship 

You get exposure to refractive procedures but no hands-on given 

Work timings 9- 6 pm, work can go even up to 7.30 at times

Dept is hectic

Daily classes at 8 am

Sunday camp duties + (1-2/ month)

Night duties once a month

Enucleation calls every month (1-2)

Pre-op evening workup (7-9pm/ 8-10pm) for camp cataract pts is there once a week every month 

Night duties once a month and it's continuous (after 6 pm OPD you continue night duty till next day and then join OPD directly after night call), no comp offs

You are expected to do 1 publication and 1 presentation during fellowship- this is compulsory 

Exit exam +