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I went there for a 3 week hands-on phaco training in 2025 which included 15 cases. I extended it for another week for 5 extra cases at extra cost. One case is given each day but they are flexible and cases can be adjusted if required. In the morning, you get to observe all the paying phaco and discuss or enquire any questions you might have. You can also observe other surgeries if you are free. Hands-on is done after the paying list is completed, usually in the afternoon. Af

No short term phaco trainings here. Only long term :- 18 months 2 fellows taken per session. Every alternate day OPD and OT. OPD :- See pts and refer them for cataract and if needed, to other specialties. Major emphasis on cataract as there are other specialty fellows who look into their respective specialty. OPD timings:- 8:30 - 3:30 Duties of fellow:- Morning 7-7:30, all fellows reach. Some see post op pts while others do remaining paperwork. Then OPD/OT. After 3:30, depen

It's 1.5 years (18 months) duration, 1 fellow taken per session. No adult cataracts given to operate for anyone in any department except General Ophthal (including consultants). Surgical hands-on starts by month 5-6 (cases are less in March and April due to children's exams) Clinical exposure is very good. You also get to evaluate cases and measure squints yourself. Dept- no toxicity. Consultants are approachable. Continuous chutti ka thoda sa problem hai (translation- they

1.5 yrs long. Fellowship is under guidance of Dr Jitendra Jethani sir. Hospital is mainly focused on diagnosing and treating myopic and squint disorders. Good place- you get exposure to wide range of paed strabismus cases- weekdays you sit with sir and manage op. Starts 10 am, goes till 2 pm then lunch break and then op picks up again from 4-7 pm. Wednesdays you will be sent to manage op at one of their charitable branches where squint screening is done- you post pts for squ

Duration= 2 yrs Selection is by interview. Stipend is 60k for first 3 months, 80k for next 9 months. They will increase it in 2nd year. You get only cataract surgeries during this fellowship. For the first 3 months, fellows are kept in observation (rotation in general ophthal opd, speciality opd and tele-ophthalmology). Simultaneously, there will be wet lab postings (on simulator), suture practice. OT will start after 3 months of joining. Training OT is 2 days a week. 1 fell

- Duration of fellowship= 18 months - Selection is by interview Twice in a year, January and July. - 1 fellow taken per session. - Phaco training included, glaucoma fellows share cataract OT with other fellows. - Phaco will be given in the last 6 months. You will get to operate 1-2 phaco cases on your OT day. - Trab will start as early as you can master SICS. You will learn phaco trab also. In the starting, senior fellows will teach you all basic steps. Senior consultants a

Duration- 1 year 6 months. OT access and surgeries (SICS) starts at around 3rd month. You share OT with external trainees who have come for paid training (SICS/Phaco) and with DNBs. 3 OTs a week, usually 1 case is allotted per trainee. More cases allotted per OT towards the end of your tenure. Phaco training is subject to respective consultant, may get Phaco around last 1-2 months. Clinical exposure is decent. Work environment is very good, not toxic at all. It’s not that hec

Duration can be customized acc to requirement. Charges 30,000 per month. Accommodation not provided (but they can help you with finding one). You are given intravit injections and lasers on daily basis (2-3 lasers, 2-3 injections usually) Retina op is very heavy (200+ pts every day) so it's busy. Daily Routine- • Report to retina op at 10 am • Tag along with Dr Nipun as he sees patients. You have to do IO for every case, plus you can also review OCT and FFA. Dr Nipun discuss

Phaco-ref at ASG provides a decent fellowship of two years with good working environment. Duration= 2 years Fellows here get paid about 70k a month. Fellows get to operate about 300 phacos and about 50+ independent LASIKs. Along with other OPD procedures and OT procedures like lid repair, evisceration, yag PI etc I for one (fellow finishing in 2025) have done 253 phacos and 30 eyes for LASIK, 7 eyes for ICL, over 300 pterygiums, 50 C3Rs, 25 intravitreal injections including

Duration -1.5 years In this 1.5 years, you will get to see all types of cases in pediatric, strabismus and neuro- ophthalmology. OP numbers are very high so will be hectic also. You will start seeing individual OP from second or 3rd month. OT starts after 3 months. You will get enough hands on for strabismus cases, especially for recti muscles. Oblique muscle surgeries depends on your skill. For SICS- will have to share camp cases with PGs. If you have enough exposure in SI

Duration : 1.5yrs Phaco included (mainly phaco). But those who not familiar with SICS, it may be difficult if you're looking to better your SICS skills as fellows don't get much SICS- those are given mostly to PGs. Surgical hands-on starts at 3 months, sometimes later. Clinical exposure, you get to see all kind of cases in glaucoma. Work environment is good, friendly staff and colleagues. Camp duties once in a while, divided between PGs and fellows. No formal theory classe

Phaco and Glaucoma Ahalia offers a 12-month phaco and an 18-month glaucoma fellowship. Both programs give you phaco training (about 50-60 cases minimum) during your last 4 months here. If you're a glaucoma fellow, you also get around 5 trab cases in addition to the cataract cases. All fellows share the same OP workup, so you get to see cases across all specialties. There is a mandatory one year pre -fellowship duty to be done at one of Ahalia's centers first. During this ti

2 yrs long. Usually 1 fellow taken per session. 57k stipend. Anita maam is unit chief and the one who heads Cornea training. You get to operate SICS also.. so if you are not fluent in SICS, you can perfect your skill here. Phaco cases are not guaranteed, you may or may not get. If at all they decide to give phaco, it will be in the last 6 months and only after you have mastered SICS.. will be around 20-25 phacos max (because they give phacos to their PGs also, so not enough c

Duration - 24 months, only one fellow at a time. Selection - Online submission of CV and letter of interest, followed by an interview with the director and the head of subspeciality (very informal). Preferable to apply 3- 6 months before the current fellow finishes. Clinical Exposure - Good. 8 on a scale of 10. Surgical Exposure - 7 on a scale of 10. Adequate hands on for all common Oculoplasty procedures. Very minimal exposure to endoscopic and bony orbital surgeries lik

Hi, so the Oculoplasty fellowship is for 18 months, one fellow per time. Clinical exposure is really good. But surgical exposure is limited. You get to assist all cases but surgical opportunities to do independent cases are less. Stipend is 50k, work environment is not toxic but initially hectic but then you get used to it. Night duties are 4 days per month and one Sunday day duty per month. No compensatory off for night duties. Academics is okay. Retina dept has intake of 6

I (reviewer) did my VR from Amrita, it was one of my best experiences. You won't believe, within just 6 months of joining I was doing an RD surgery independently. After 1.5 yrs, I was operating on sir's private cases and he would often leave me alone in OT so I could finish them on my own. I was posting my own cases by the end of fellowship and operating all of them as well. In the last 4 months I even got to do surgery for a baby with ROP. The duration is for 2 years and sel

Did my (reviewer) short term 2 week phaco fellowships from ICARE Noida in 2023. Did around 25 cases in those 2 weeks since I was already doing phaco before that as well. The training faculty at ICARE was excellent at my time, I got to complete most of my cases even if I got stuck at a few steps. We were trained to do phaco through clear corneal incision. I would get to see all the preop cases early in the morning and decide what the ideal cases were for me and I would be call

I (reviewer) feel this fellowship is good. It is for 18 months. Selection by interview. No admission fees. No bond, no caution deposits. Stipend 70k (you get 62k in hand after TDS cut). Exposure is good in terms of OPD - you see charity cases twice a week and training is under Dr Ramanjit Sihota ma'am who is a great teacher and shares lot of knowledge to handle OPD and OT as well. OT hands is okay. You get some cataract cases and Glaucoma cases (trabs, phaco-trabs etc). Yo

Duration 2 years Phaco training starts after 8 months. Till then you do SICS. IOL fellows share cataract cases with specialty fellows. Initially there's 15-20 days of induction, then you can start OT in stepwise manner. A lot depends on how much surg exposure you had before in PG. In IOL op, you only see comprehensive patients. You are supposed to manage all op cases independently. No exposure to speciality opd cases Work is hectic and work environment is mostly not toxic.

They have short term SICS and phaco training- with 1/ 3/ 6 months options for either SICS or Phaco. For short term Phaco they have 3 months and 6 months course but specifically they want only experienced SICS surgeons - where 1000 cases done already. They are not taking novice surgeons with few hundred numbers. But these beginners can opt for long term IOL fellowship; just that short term training is off-limits to them ...but even for short term training, an initial interview