Residency at a Glance

Program Overview

University of Alberta's Ophthalmology Residency Training Program is centered at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Edmonton. The RAH is the primary referral centre for northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, northern Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. RAH houses the Regional Eye Clinic, which receives approximately 40,000 patient visits annually. Our residents also spend time at the Stollery Children's Hospital and various community offices.

There are 2 to 3 funded residency positions per year and 12 residents in the program annually. Residents work with a supportive and dynamic team of educators, clinicians and researchers throughout their training. Currently there are 40 academic and clinical faculty representing the sub-specialties of: Cataract, Cornea, Glaucoma, Neuro, Pediatric and Adult Strabismus, Oculoplastics, Retina and Uveitis.

Our residency program has full accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

In the first year of training the residents will attend 9 medical departments that will give them experience which will be helpful in the following years of Ophthalmology.

 

Learn about each year of the program with an overview of each year.
PGY-1
  • 6 weeks Emergency Medicine
  • 4 weeks Internal Medicine
  • 4 weeks Neurology
  • 4 weeks Neuroradiology
  • 8 weeks Ophthalmology
  • 2 weeks Pediatric CTU
  • 2 weeks Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic
  • 6 weeks Plastic Surgery
  • 2 weeks Rheumatology
  • 6 weeks TORIC
  • 4 weeks elective of choice
  • 4 weeks vacation

Residents attend Ophthalmology academic half days through out PGY-1

PGY-2

During the second year, our residency program focuses on day call and exposing residents to as much pathology as possible.

  • 1 week Diagnostics
  • 6 weeks Glaucoma
  • 6 weeks Retina
  • 4 weeks General Ophthalmology
  • 26 weeks Day Call/General Clinics
  • 1 week LMCC
  • 4 weeks elective of choice
  • 4 weeks vacation
PGY-3 & PGY-4
  • 2 weeks Day Call
  • 8 weeks Cornea
  • 8 weeks Elective
  • 6 weeks Glaucoma
  • 16 weeks Pediatrics and Adult Strabismus
  • 12 weeks Oculoplastics
  • 8 weeks Neuro-ophthalmology
  • 6 weeks Retina
  • 4 weeks Stanford
  • 8 weeks vacation
  • 27 weeks of Cataract surgery (the second half of PGY-4 is dedicated to cataract surgery)
PGY-5
  • 27 weeks Cataract Surgery (the first half of PGY-5 is dedicated to cataract surgery)
  • 4 weeks Community Elective
  • 6 weeks Elective
  • 4 weeks Glaucoma
  • 2 weeks Retina
  • 1 week review course
  • 8 weeks study for Royal College exam

Back Row: Gurkaran Sarohia, Rahul Moorjani, Samir Nazarali, Scott Anderson, Stephen Carrell, Tony Chae

Front Row: Meghan Smith, Helya Aghazadeh, Natalie Arnold, Natalia Binczyk, Daisy Liu

Missing: Malshi Karunatilake