• Program Overview
• Faculty
• Eligibility & Application Process

Program Overview    
The NEI Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch (OGVFB) offers a clinical fellowship for a 1-year period, with the possibility of further extension.

The successful candidate will train in a rich multidisciplinary clinical and basic-science research environment. He/she will participate in the care and investigation of a substantial number of patients—both children and adults—with a broad array of inherited eye disorders including inherited retinal and macula degenerations, congenital ocular malformations, genetic syndromes, and metabolic diseases that affect the eye. The candidate will learn the approach to patients and families and individuals with genetic diseases, methods of clinical molecular diagnosis, genetic counseling, visual electrophysiology, and psychophysics. Fellows also have the opportunity to conduct clinical and/or basic-science research projects related to vision in the laboratories within the NEI. He/she will also be exposed to clinical and genetic findings associated with The National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping Network (eyeGENE™).

Referrals to the Ophthalmic Genetics service come from all over the world, with about 800 patient visits per year. Clinics are held daily.

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Faculty   
The clinical faculty members for the ophthalmic genetics program include:

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Eligibility & Application Process   
The NIH offers clinical fellows a competitive salary and benefits package. Candidates must hold an M.D. or equivalent degree and have completed at least 3 years of training in ophthalmology. The deadline to submit applications is October 31. Interviews will be conducted in October and November. Fellowships begin in July of the following year. Please refer to the SF Matching Program website [disclaimer] to register for the match and apply to the program.

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