Phaco Fellowship review@ Tulsi Eye Hospital, Nashik, Maharashtra

Duration 1 yr 

Fellows taken on need basis/ random intake 

Selection- interview including surgical interview (you need to be skilled in SICS)

Stipend- 35k for 1st 6 months, 40k for next 6 months 

No admission fees/ caution deposits 

Accomodation has to be arranged on your own

First 6 months you do SICS, next 6 months you do phaco

OT is thrice a week, you start with 1 case per OT 

Case numbers are increased per OT based on your proficiency

You are in OT 3 days a week and OP 3 days a week

OP duty is mainly assisting senior consultants, you are not allowed to manage or dispose pts on your own. 

On non-OT days, you will be busy giving blocks in OT

Work timings 9 am - 5 pm

But if posted for morning rounds then day starts at 7 am

Fellows are posted by turn for what is called evening rounds/ patient workup where you do pre-op workup for pts who are posted for next day's OT.. starts at 8 pm can go up till 11 pm

You get to select cases for your OT so you can choose advanced cataracts also (depending on your capability) which will be supervised by the senior consultant in OT that day

You may also get to do other procedures like Yag cap but you need to search them out from the camp pts and request the consultant for the same.. not given routinely

No periphery postings

No camp duties

No night duties

Sunday camp workup duties are there- assigned to fellows by turn

Dept is hectic 

OT can get hectic when there is shortage of OT assistants at the fellow's table... there are 6 OT tables of which one table is assigned to fellows.. in case of assisting staff shortage, fellows will be required to assist the fellow who is operating.

Phaco program has started only this year so approx phaco numbers not available.. but they allow you to do as many cases as you are able to do per OT.

(Those who are not SICS proficient may not be selected for phaco program and will be required to do their Comprehensive program which is 1.5 yrs.. there, they train you in steps of SICS first and then increase your numbers)