Cornea & Phaco-Refractive Fellowship review @ MM Joshi, Hubli, Karnataka

2 years long.

One of the few Cornea programs where you also train in phaco. 

However phaco training is delayed till 2nd year- still, can expect average of 100 phacos.

Clinical exposure is good- you see every textbook case.

Work environment is not toxic but hectic.

Surgical training done by senior fellows, but it's mostly self-learning- meaning you operate in numbers and fine-tune your skill along the way.

Common cornea procedures/surgeries you get hands-on in:

Total KP- 50, Optical PK -3 to 4, Glue BCL & tenonplasty - plenty. 

Lamellar keratoplasty - Nil hands-on.

You will have peripheral posting x 6 months. Night duties twice a month.

Sunday duty once a month. Fellows don't have camp duties since DNBs go to camp.

You get exposure to refractive procedures but only observing, no hands on. 

Stipend = starts with 40,000. Increased by 10,000 every 6 months.

Note- MMJ takes a caution deposit of 1 lakh (which you forfeit if you leave in between or do not complete the fellowship).