Medical Retina Fellowship review @ Agarwal's Eye Hospital, Chennai

Duration- 6 months

No fees. Stipend -30k per month 

No accommodation provided

Fellows taken at a time- usually 3. Sometimes they may take 4.

Daily routine- 

We take turns to go to OT for injections/ lasers.

OP schedule for this is prepared beforehand. 

There are no OT postings for medical retina. You will be called if there are injections. 

Every fellow is posted with a consultant. You will also be given files to see in their absence/according to the schedule.

Retinal lasers hands-on begin after 1 month of joining. Injections after 3 months of joining.

No cataract training included.

Fellows can expect 300+ eyes for lasers and 30+ injections by the end.

Ozurdex towards the end of the course you get chances. Numbers vary with total number of fellows in the batch.

No ROP training.

Clinical exposure- Good exposure. Variety of cases seen.

You have to pick up IDO skills on your own. All consultants are busy clearing OPs.They will be available to clear your doubts. But learning is on us.

Work timings- 9 to 5pm everyday. 

5 to 6pm fellows take turns to see evening OP.

Duties during this course-

Monthly once night duty

Sunday duty (9 to 5pm- compensatory off the next week which cannot b taken on Sat or Mon) 

Camp duties+ but no cataract cases given for MR fellows.

Periphery postings- Yes. Depending on the need, they will post you in their other branches. Number of days posted per month varies.

You come out confident in retinal lasers and injections by the end of fellowship.