Orbit & Oculoplasty Fellowship review@ Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya (SNC), Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology & Cataract Fellowship

Duration- 2+1 year program (2 year fellowship + 1 year consultancy)

Selection is by MCQ + interview in June and December.

Stipend was 50k, 60k and 80k for 1st, 2nd and 3rd yr respectively (as of 2025, it was 3 year fellowship so this was the stipend). Now since Consultancy has been incorporated, salary may change.

1 month observation period is given so that fellows can decide if they can continue before that they can exit freely. 

After that there is a bond of 2 lacs for quitting.

Surgeries offered - DCR, DCT, Evisceration, Entropion, ectropion, excision biopsy, lid reconstruction LPSR, Sling, therapeutic botox, etc

Enucleation, exenteration, orbitotomy (depends on surgical skill)

Apart from this all the fellows get SICS and phaco and also complicated cataract cases

Few complex cases are exclusive to IOL fellows

Also, IOL fellows get more number of cataract OTs.

Work load is more than sufficient with roughly 2200 daily OPD & 1000 daily surgeries during peak season

In the off season, your surgery numbers are almost half

After 3 years an average fellow completes around 3k-4k SICS with 500-600 phaco

(again depends on surgical skill).

We have fellows who have completed more than 8k SICS in 3 years and 1000 phaco

So it varies and depends on your surgical skill.

There are no night duties or camp duties.

You get to see all types of cases, even oncology cases are frequently seen. 

Every Tuesday there is department class and Saturday is grand class with all departments.

Very non toxic environment. Work timings are usually 7:30 am- 7pm including OPD and ward rounds.

To this I would like to add that our HOD Dr. Narendra Patidar is very considerate of his fellows, easily approachable, encourages everyone to take up FAICO exam and teaches a lot during rounds.