Medical Retina Fellowship

The Medical Retina Fellowship is under the supervision of Dr Henry Newland, Dr Grant Raymond and Dr Jagjit Gilhotra at the Retinal Unit in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.

The department is a part of the general hospital exposing the fellow to a broad range of eye conditions. There will be extensive experience in diabetic eye disease, vascular eye diseases, age related macular degeneration. In addition being part of a general hospital one will get experience in infectious and immune diseases with relation to the eye.

The department is equipped with digital FFA, OCT and laser including indirect laser. There will be extensive experience in retinal laser with at least one laser clinic per week with urgent lasers as required.

The fellow is expected to report on all the FFAs in the department each week. In addition intravitreal therapy is available including triamcinolone and anti-VEGF agents.

The fellow is expected to do retinal clinics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Lyell McEwin Health Service. There is also a combined Uveitis clinic with an immunologist and rheumatologist present.

Research:

There are several ongoing multicentre research trials which the fellow is expected to be involved in. There are in house trials and the fellow is expected to have an active role in the running of these trials.

The fellow is encouraged to develop further research projects in consultation with the supervisors.

Teaching:

The fellow is expected to participate actively in teaching of the registrars and residents with one session of teaching per week. The fellow is also required to present cases at the Ophthalmology Grand Rounds and teaching sessions.

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Past Fellows.

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