Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Fellowship review @ Sankara Netralaya, Chennai

18 months Fellowship 

Selection- MCQ exam followed by interview 

2 fellows/ year

Fellow intake every Jan, July

Stipend 55k

No phaco training but you get to operate cataracts (SICS)

First month- orientation- shadow posting

1 month posting in Retina

2 months in Neuro Ophthal 

1 month in Oculoplasty 

After this you're in Paed Ophthal dept and posted with consultants

First 6 months you do mostly SICS (Blumenthal technique used here)

You have OT twice a week

First 6 months also is when you do research/ paper work, one day per week is allotted for this (tends to be the 'day off' for the consultant you are posted with)

You get mostly squints and some paed cataracts 

Squints- mostly simple squints, R&Rs, plications- you get around 30 cases

You are usually given only 1 muscle/ 1 eye to operate in squints- till the end of fellowship

No independent cases given 

Very rarely you might get a free/camp case to do 'independently'

Paed cataracts, you get around 5-10 cases 

Work timings 8-5 pm

Hectic but not toxic

Academics- squint meet weekly, mostly journal clubs

Last 3 months are when you become SR and see OP independently and post cases to your name

You exit as someone with good exposure to clinical paed ophthal but surgical finessing still required post fellowship. Also, no phaco training.