Advanced Comprehensive Ophthalmology Fellowships

Edward Meier, MD
Fellowship Director

Specialties:
Cataracts, Comprehensive Eye Care, Dry Eye, Diabetic Eye Care, Glaucoma

Cincinnati Eye Institute
6150 Radio Way
Madison, OH 45040

ACOF fellowship aims to prepare new residency graduates for careers as excellent comprehensive ophthalmologists in busy practice settings.

Fellows will train at the Cincinnati Eye Institute, one of the country’s largest and most well-recognized ophthalmology practices. With over 50 ophthalmologists across all subspecialties, fellows will be exposed to the best of a real-world private practice with a strong academic and research foundation.

The fellowship will include:

• Advanced glaucoma care, including a variety of MIGS
• Advanced cornea care
• Retinal care for the comprehensive ophthalmologist
• Urgent eye care through referrals and emergency visits
• Teaching medical students, residents, and other fellows
• Research as a sub-investigator in industry-sponsored clinical trials and successful completion of an independent, mentored research project
• Training in speaking and presentation skills
• Training in practice management and development with an emphasis on building a referral network

ACOF Fellows at Cincinnati Eye Institute will also:

• Learn advanced cataract surgery techniques,
• Gain experience with multifocal, toric, and extended depth of focus IOLs,
• Acquire expertise in screening and selecting patients for premium IOLs
• Learn advanced biometry and lens selection,
• Learn extracapsular lens fixation techniques, the management of surgical complications, IOL exchange techniques, and anterior segment reconstruction.

John Sheppard, MD, M.M.Sc
Fellowship Director

Specialties:
Cataracts, Corneal Disease, Dry Eye, Uveitis, Urgents

Virginia Eye Consultants
241 Corporate Boulevard
Norfolk VA, 23502

The ACOF fellowship at Virginia Eye Consultants (VEC) strives to develop expert comprehensive ophthalmologists. Fellows will benefit from working with a multispecialty faculty, including:

• John D. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, Fellowship Director (Cataracts, Corneal Disease, Dry Eye, Uveitis)
• Albert Y. Cheung, MD (Cataracts, Corneal Disease, Dry Eye, Uveitis)
• Elizabeth Yeu, MD (Cataracts, Lasik Refractive Surgery, Corneal Disease, Dry Eye, Uveitis
• Stephen V. Scoper, MD (Cataracts, Lasik Refractive Surgery, Corneal Disease)
• Constance O Okeke, MD, MSCE (Glaucoma and Cataracts)
• Andrew Pittner, MD (Glaucoma, Cataracts, Dry Eye)
• Samantha Dewundara, MD (Glaucoma)
• Nabila Sardar, MD (Cataracts, Lasik Refractive Surgery, Eyelid Facial Plastics, Comprehensive Eye Care, Diabetic Eye Care, Dry Eye)
• David Salib, MD (Diabetic Eye Care, Retina)
• Rohit (“Roh”) Adyanthaya, MD (Diabetic Eye Care, Retina)
• Thomas J Joly, MD, PhD (Eyelid Facial Plastics), and our colleagues at Tidewater Eye Centers.

This fellowship will include:

• Treatment of advanced cornea, ocular surface disorders, and anterior segment trauma
• Advanced glaucoma treatment, including management of setons and a wide variety of MIGS in conjunction with glaucoma specialists
• Teaching in local ophthalmology and optometry residency programs
• Providing vision care for those living in disadvantaged communities
• Development of public speaking and presentation skills
• Experience in clinical trials, including trial procurement, trial design, assuming the role of a sub-principal investigator, manuscript preparation, and publication
• Participation in peer review of journal submissions

Timothy Page, MD
Fellowship Director

Specialties:
Cataract Surgery

Oakland Ophthalmic Surgery
800 South Adams Rd
Birmingham, MI 48009

The ACOF Fellowship at Oakland Ophthalmic Surgery aims to create expert comprehensive ophthalmologists. The fellowship program will extend skills learned in residency to reinforce core competencies related to managing cataracts and glaucoma with a distinctive focus on community-based eye care. Fellows will interact with other members of the patient’s medical providers, including primary care physicians, endocrinologists, and top ophthalmic subspecialists.
Fellows will also master lens-based refractive surgery techniques and the management of cataract and intraocular lens complications. They will also become expert femtosecond laser cataract surgeons.

This fellowship will include a global outreach component to learn manual small incision cataract surgery. The fellow will join a 10-day mission to Kenya with Dr. Page to work in the clinic and operating room, serving part of the world’s most underserved population.

Fellows at Oakland Ophthalmic Surgery will receive Specific Advanced Comprehensive Ophthalmology Training in areas that include:

• Intraoperative-based wavefront analysis for superior outcomes
• Tertiary management of IOL complications, including IOL exchanges with intact and open posterior capsules
• Secondary IOL placement using both iris-fixated and scleral-fixated IOL procedures.
• The management of cataract and IOL complications, subluxated IOLs, subluxed crystalline lenses, with significant exposure to eyes that have undergone extensive posterior segment procedures.
• Refractive lens-based procedures, including Diffractive trifocal and EDOF IOLs, Non-diffractive EDOF IOLs, Light Adjustable IOLs, and Small aperture IOLs.
• How to screen patients for these IOLs and properly manage patient expectations and the post-operative course.