We offer a one-year medical retina fellowship at the Department of Ophthalmology, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, NY. Our mission is to provide the post-residency Ophthalmologist with a rich clinical learning experience through a diverse patient base. Our fellows will graduate with a high level of clinical competency in full-scope retina care and will gain the skills to practice in both hospital-based and private clinical settings.
Fellows will evaluate and treat a wide variety of retinal pathology, including but not limited to retinal vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, macular degeneration, inherited retinal disease, and retinopathy of prematurity. In the retina practice, fellows perform a high volume of procedures including intravitreal, sub-Tenon’s, and retrobulbar injections, as well as retinal lasers. Fellows also learn basic and advanced retinal image interpretation, including ultra-widefield fluoresce in angiography, B-scan ultrasonography, fundus autofluorescence, and spectral domain OCT on our cutting-edge imaging systems.
Didactic education is strongly emphasized in our program. Fellows fully participate in morning academic conferences, which include lectures, retina journal clubs, and case conferences. Funding is provided to attend regional educational programs for retina in the New York area, as well as national and international meetings where their academic work is accepted.
Additionally, fellows have the unique option to practice comprehensive ophthalmology with autonomy and perform cataract surgery as the primary surgeon, in addition to their medical retina clinical education.
Zimei Zhou, MD, PhD
Program Director
Surgical/Medical Retina
Scott Ketner, MD
Program Co-Supervisor
Surgical/Medical Retina
Jonathan Levine, MD
Medical Retina
Our program participates in the San Francisco Match. Please see their website: www.sfmatch.org for more information.
Program Director:
Zimei Zhou, MD, PhD
Phone: 718-960-1287
Email: zzhou@bronxcare.org
Residency Coordinator:
Glenys Thomas Perales, MS, MCHES, CLC, CASAC-T
Phone: 718-960-1287
Email: gthomas@bronxcare.org