Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Fellowship review @Prasad Netralaya, Udipi, Karnataka

• Duration- 18 months, affiliated to RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences).

• There is entrance and exit exam.

• One of the very few institutes that train VR fellows for cataract (free hands for both SICS and Phaco).

• As far is retina is considered- Excellent staff with good knowledge, very good OPD load with variety of cases. Well equipped OPD and OT set up with high end machines. 

• Fellows get good chances for Lasers and Intravitreal injections. 

• Surgical chances in retina are not extensive. (Fellows get to do basic retina procedures hence there are no camp cases operated for retina surgeries and all are paid cases- unlike most fellowship institutes).

• ⁠All in all, Medical Retina experience is very good, surgical chances are slim. But fellows get to observe and assist all retina surgeries. 

• Coming to cataract surgeries- Retina fellows get near equal chances in cataract surgeries in comparison with Anterior Segment fellows. 

• 3 - 4 night duties in a month that includes managing regular Ophthal casualties 

• ⁠Going to Camps are mandatory.

• ⁠Includes few months of Peripheral postings .

• Coming to academics, few teaching programs are there but mostly self learning 

Pros-

Extremely non toxic work environment. 

Cons -

• Hectic days 

• Day typical starts at 8 and ends at 8 on a good day. 

• Can start as early as 6 and end as late at 11 on some busy days.