The Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship is approved by the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, supported by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with the fellow being an employee of Children’s Hospital. The training period is one academic year, (July 1 to June 30). The fellow participates directly in, and has a supervisory role of ophthalmology clinic with ophthalmology residents. The fellow will also participate directly and assume a supervisory role in coverage of hospital and emergency room consults, staff surgery and outpatient clinical care. The fellow will be required to organize journal club and participate in a clinical or basic science research project during their fellowship with the intent of finishing the project within the fellowship period.

Additional details can be found at http://ophthalmology.medicine.pitt.edu/content.asp?id=1427