Medical Retina & Uvea Fellowship review @ Sankara Netralaya, Chennai

[This fellowship is different from their exclusive Medical Retina fellowship which is 1 year.]

2 years duration

Medical Retina 1 year

Uvea posting 1 year

Stipend 55k

Uvea posting- very good

Uvea exposure.. opd wise.. is great

Sx chance you get weekly once in Guindy branch..

One month only cataract posting in Guindy br when doing 1 yr Uvea posting

They start with ECCE and then do Blumenthal SICS..

Phaco also..

Sx training.. basics one-to-one training is very good..

SICS.. around 40

Phaco some 10 cases

Case nos depends on your proficiency and personal progress..

Complicated cases are given to fellows but for SICS..

No vitrectomy exposure

Medical Retina posting

Opd exposure good

Laser chances ok-ok.. usually given in last 2 months.. approx 100 lasers u can expect 

Inj not much given, usually 10, max 15-20

For Ozurdex inj, AC tap, PST inj, you have to keep asking..

There is also ROP training.. we get exposure.. not much.. just opd..

No hands-on for ROP lasers or injections..

Other than that, you can be independent with retinal lasers and inj by the end..

Dutywise- Ward duty monthly twice..

Sunday duty monthly once

Night duty monthly twice.

Not hectic..

Work is 8..5.. differs on OT days..

You have monthly posting with diff consultant

2 OT day with consultant.. you observe the OT and do case entry work... lots of file entry work..

Personal comments-

Good clinical exposure..

Personally feel this fellowship is suitable for candidates not interested in doing sx (since cataract numbers are so low).

You have to know hindi.. I didn't know hindi.. so I i had it tough.. but I picked up..

In SN, it's mostly hindi pts or bengali..