Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Fellowship review @ Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru

Duration 2 yrs

Selection- exam + interview

Exit exam +

1 fellow taken every 6 months

Stipend 40k

They take 2 months salary of 80k as caution deposit- (40k taken in 1st month, 20k taken each in 2nd and 3rd months)- this is returned at the end of fellowship 

No cataract training 

They start you on medical retina work in the initial months (B scans, FFA, lasers, intravit injections etc)

You are mostly trained by senior fellows, and they train you to manage OP cases as well as guide you in surgical learning. Consultants are busy seeing private patients.

Initially you sit with senior fellows and observe pts in OP, fellows are not allowed to dispose them on their own.

They start you on retinal surgeries after around 3 months, you get steps mostly.

Independent cases are not commonly given, however it may depend on your proficiency.

ROP exposure is less.. initially you observe how it is done, then you are sent to screen babies independently once they are confident in your skills. No lasers given.

By the end of fellowship, you're familiar with retinal surgeries but not enough to be independent.. also the surgery numbers that fellows get are less compared to other institutes like Aravind.