Global Ophthalmology Fellowship

The Department of Global Ophthalmology at UIC was established in 2015. Our goal is to treat and cure global eye conditions through clinical and educational outreach, innovative research, and advocacy. We strive to unite individuals with the resources to optimize access to ophthalmic treatments for international institutions and communities in need, and we do this in collaboration with several organizations including Orbis, See International, and Helen Keller International.
The global ophthalmology fellowship will welcome its first fellow in 2020 with the goal of training physicians to tackle complex issues that face delivering eye care to underserved communities across the globe. The fellowship can help address these needs through education and collaboration to build capacity that can sustain local healthcare.
The training will be based at the main University of Illinois campus for a minimum of 6 months of the year, while the rest of the fellow’s time will be spent at rotations at various global ophthalmology sites. These global ophthalmology rotations can be designed in many different ways to tailor the experience and training to the fellow.
The global ophthalmology rotations will focus on learning local health care systems, identifying deficiencies and setting up and implementing programs to meet the needs of underserved communities. Some of this time may also be spent in direct patient care in the clinic and the OR.
Application Deadline
In-Person Interview Date: October 31, 2022
Match Date: December 12th, 2022
We will be using SF Match.
Start Date
Length of Program
12 months
Global Ophthalmology Rotation Sites
- Hôpital d l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti (HUEH), Port au Prince, Haiti
- Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, India
- King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Asociados de Macula Vitreo y Retina de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Kisii Eye Hospital, Kisii, Kenya
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Honduras Distance Surgical Mentorship Project, Hospital San Felipe, San Felipe, Honduras

Program Director
Peter MacIntosh, MD
Fellowship Director
University of Illinois
Global Faculty
Pete Setabutr, MD
Vice-Chair Global Ophthalmology
University of Illinois
R.V. Paul Chan, MD, MSc, MBA, FACS
Professor and Head, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois
Thasarat Vajaranant, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois
Deepak Edward, MD, FACS, FARVO
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois
Dan Alter, MD, PhD
Midwest Retina Consultants and Hôpital d l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti (HUEH)
Port au Prince, Haiti
Michael Maingrette, MD
Hôpital d l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti (HUEH)
Port au Prince, Haiti
Marco Mura, MD
Chief of Retina Division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Narendran Venkatapathy, DO, DNB
Chief Medical Officer of Aravind Eye Hospital
Coimbatore, India
Parag Shah, DNB
Department of Pediatric Retina & Ocular Oncology
Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, India
Lihteh Wu, MD
Asociados de Macula Vitreo y Retina de Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica
Wallace Chamon, MD
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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