Choosing your ophthalmology residency
As a medical student, deciding which ophthalmology residency to apply to can be overwhelming—which of the 120 or more ophthalmology residency programs in the United States should you even send your application to?
This article and quiz have been updated for 2023 with fresh data!
Ultimately, choosing an ophthalmology residency comes down to a variety of factors, which can include:
- Location
- Faculty-resident ratio
- Funding
- Type of program (joint versus integrated)
- Number of procedures performed by residents
- Whether or not all major specialties are represented among the faculty
- Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic affiliation
Not to mention more esoteric factors like national reputation or personal factors that are unique to you and your situation, such as family needs.
Top 5 ophthalmology residency programs
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute—University of Miami
- Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, UCLA Medical Center
(According to US News & World Report and EyeRounds.org)
Using the ophthalmology residency tool
Our ophthalmology residency tool is meant to be a starting point. Answer the questions, then use your results to start your research!
See our list of the ophthalmology residency programs in the United States and Puerto Rico below, and best of luck with your application!
The tool will ask you questions about your interest in:
Program size
The average ophthalmology residency program size is three to four residents per year.
National reputation
While reputation is a nebulous factor to measure, many residency programs possess immediate name recognition. All ophthalmology residency programs are required to meet the standards set by ACGME for accreditation, which ensures that residents receive a thorough clinical education.
Research
While accreditation standards mean that every program will offer critical opportunities for residents to develop their skills across the board, some programs will also offer expanded opportunities to pursue research and get involved in clinical trials.
Location
For many students, location might be a significant factor in your decision. The recent update to the ophthalmology residency match process means that residents are less likely to have to expect to move after PGY-1.
Joint or integrated programs
In 2020, the American Academy of Ophthalmology moved towards an integrated 4-year structure. This means that ophthalmology residencies now include a joint PGY-1 year linked with the ophthalmology residency, or an integrated program with PGY-1 to PGY-4, all run through a department of ophthalmology. This process was fully implemented in the 2023 match cycle.
An integrated program means that wherever you match for your ophthalmology residency, that is where you'll be for the next 4 years. That same hospital is where you'll be doing your intern year, and incorporated into that intern year is 3 months of ophthalmology. You will spend 9 months doing either internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, or general surgery, depending on the program arrangement.
While the majority of ophthalmology residency programs are still joint, meaning that PGY-1 residents could be initially doing their internship year with a separate department or hospital, there are currently over 40 integrated programs.
Specialties
Many, but not all, residency programs will have full-time faculty representing each sub-specialty in ophthalmology. Residencies that do not will often have part-time faculty or connections with ophthalmologists in other sub-specialties. If you know you are interested in pursuing a specific sub-specialty, or that you will be interested in pursuing fellowship, make sure that the programs to which you apply include faculty representing those specialties.
VA opportunities
Many, but not all, residency programs will offer opportunities with the VA.
Number of faculty
While the average program size might be three to four students per year, it's the faculty/resident ratio that determines the amount of focused attention and coaching residents will receive.
Looking for advice on making the most of your chosen residency program? Check out our ultimate guide!
US ophthalmology residency programs
Albany Medical College
- Location: Slingerlands, New York
- Year founded: 1964
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 20
- Alumni publication percentile: 33%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 67%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 120
- Strabismus - 50 to 60
- Glaucoma - 10 to 15
Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital
- Location: Madison Heights, Michigan
- Year founded: 2016
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 7%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami/Jackson Health System
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 21
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 72
- Alumni publication percentile: 95%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 70%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Baylor College of Medicine/Cullen Eye Institute
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 47
- Alumni publication percentile: 71%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 52%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Beaumont Health (Royal Oak)
- Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
- Year founded: 1979
- Total spots: 9
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 46
- Alumni publication percentile: 38%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 300 to 350 cataract surgeries, with approximately 150 as primary surgeon
- Cornea - 60 to 80
- Oculoplastic - 250 to 300
- Strabismus - 40 to 60
- Retina - 40 to 50
- Glaucoma - 25 to 40
- Anterior segment lasers - 50 to 60
- Retina lasers - 60 to 70
- Intravitreal injections - 200 to 250
- Open globe - 15 to 25
Beaumont Health (Taylor)
- Location: Taylor, Michigan
- Year founded: 2017
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 4%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Boston University Medical Center
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Year founded: 1968
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 39
- Alumni publication percentile: 46%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 73%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
BronxCare Health System
- Location: Bronx, New York
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 7
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 11
- Alumni publication percentile: 38%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Broward Health
- Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Year founded: 2022
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 99%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Brown University
- Location: Providence, Rhode Island
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 42
- Alumni publication percentile: 43%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
California Pacific Medical Center
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Year founded: 1975
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 20
- Alumni publication percentile: 36%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 21
- Alumni publication percentile: 61%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 88%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Year founded: 1949
- Total spots: 16
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 83%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- PGY-3: 30 to 50 primary cataract procedures
- PGY-4: 200 to 250 primary cataract surgeries
- 250 to 300 primary phacoemulsification
- Total surgical volume: 80th percentile nationally
Cook County Health and Hospitals System
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 23
- Alumni publication percentile: 39%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
- Average resident surgery totals:
- Cataract - 39
- YAG laser capsulotomy - 63
- Laser trabeculoplasty - 22
- Laser iridotomy - 38
- Panretinal laser photocoagulation - 373
- Keratoplasty - 12
- Pterygium/conj/corneal - 13
- Keratorefractive surgery - 10
- Strabismus - 23
- Glaucoma filter/shunt - 39
- Retinal vitreous - 71
- Intravitreal injection - 719
- Oculoplastic and orbit - 74
- Eyelid laceration - 14
- Chalazia excision - 5
- Ptosis/blepharoplasty - 82
- Globe trauma - 12
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
- Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire
- Year founded: 2019
- Total spots: 8
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 9%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Year founded: 1951
- Total spots: 28
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 25
- Alumni publication percentile: 85%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Duke University Hospital
- Location: Durham, North Carolina
- Year founded: 1953
- Total spots: 18
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 100
- Alumni publication percentile: 94%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 84%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- 250 cataract extractions
- Assist in over 600 cataract, glaucoma, cornea, strabismus, vitreoretinal, and oculoplastics surgical cases
Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia
- Year founded: 1976
- Total spots: 8
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 53
- Alumni publication percentile: 21%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Emory University School of Medicine
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Year founded: 1962
- Total spots: 18
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 46
- Alumni publication percentile: 80%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics (based on the graduating class of 2017):
- Cataract - 216 (highest 257)
- Strabismus - 22 (highest 41)
- Glaucoma - 10 (highest 16)
- Plastics - 68 (highest 149)
- Major traumas - 10 (highest 16)
- Lasers - 80 (YAG, LI, SLT, PRP, focal)
Geisinger Health System
- Location: Danville, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: 1945
- Total spots: 9
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 12%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
George Washington University
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 13
- Alumni publication percentile: 51%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point
- Location: New Port Richey, Florida
- Year founded: 2019
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 99%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 24
- Alumni publication percentile: 26%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Howard University
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 12
- Alumni publication percentile: 34%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and New York Eye and Ear
- Location: New York, New York
- Year founded: 1951
- Total spots: 29
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 181
- Alumni publication percentile: 52%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 63%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Indiana University School of Medicine
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Year founded: 1956
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 36
- Alumni publication percentile: 78%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center/New York Medical College
- Location: Jamaica, New York
- Year founded: 1971
- Total spots: 8
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 14
- Alumni publication percentile: 19%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Johns Hopkins University
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 15
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 18
- Alumni publication percentile: 98%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 88%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Kettering Health Network
- Location: Dayton, Ohio
- Year founded: 1947
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Unknown
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 4%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Larkin Community Hospital
- Location: South Miami, Florida
- Year founded: 2018
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 58
- Alumni publication percentile: 10%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium
- Location: Loma Linda, California
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 15%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Louisiana State University (New Orleans)
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Year founded: 1997
- Total spots: 28
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 50
- Alumni publication percentile: 84%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 48%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 11
- Alumni publication percentile: 6%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Loyola University Medical Center
- Location: Maywood, Illinois
- Year founded: 1972
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 48%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Madigan Army Medical Center
- Location: Tacoma, Washington
- Year founded: 1991
- Total spots: 6
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 10%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 34
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 225
- Alumni publication percentile: 99%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
- Location: Rochester, Minnesota
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 39
- Alumni publication percentile: 64%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Year founded: 1963
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 111
- Alumni publication percentile: 78%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 76%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Medical College of Georgia
- Location: Augusta, Georgia
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 9
- Alumni publication percentile: 18%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Year founded: 1965
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 56
- Alumni publication percentile: 34%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 93%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Medical University of South Carolina
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 13
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 54%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 89%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 40%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 50%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Location: Bronx, New York
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 21
- Alumni publication percentile: 70%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Nassau University Medical Center
- Location: East Meadow, New York
- Year founded: 1967
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 18
- Alumni publication percentile: 70%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
National Capital Consortium
- Location: Bethesda, Maryland
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 10
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Unknown
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 19%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
- Location: San Diego, California
- Year founded: 1984
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Unknown
- Number of full-time faculty: 12
- Alumni publication percentile: 11%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 94%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center
- Location: Valhalla, New York
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 9
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Unknown
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 50%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
- Location: New York, New York
- Year founded: 1990
- Total spots: 16
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 55
- Alumni publication percentile: 76%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 82%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
- Location: New York, New York
- Year founded: 1983
- Total spots: 14
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 73%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
New York University School of Medicine
- Location: New York, New York
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 20
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 49
- Alumni publication percentile: 82%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Ohio State University Hospital
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 18
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 62%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 63%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Oregon Health & Science University
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 20
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 62
- Alumni publication percentile: 81%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
- Average surgical statistics:
- 200 primary cataract surgeries
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
- Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 22
- Alumni publication percentile: 48%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: 2019
- Total spots: 5
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 6%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Prisma Health-Midlands/University of South Carolina
- Location: Columbia, South Carolina
- Year founded: 1979
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 10
- Alumni publication percentile: 33%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Rush University Medical Center
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 8
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 48
- Alumni publication percentile: 18%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- Location: Newark, New Jersey
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 68%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- >200 major procedures as the primary surgeon by the end of their third year
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
- Location: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 18
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 14%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 91%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye Hospital
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: 1949
- Total spots: 24
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 250
- Alumni publication percentile: 90%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 92%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Year founded: 2005
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 13
- Alumni publication percentile: 22%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore
- Location: Far Rockaway, New York
- Year founded: 2019
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 16
- Alumni publication percentile: 8%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
St. Louis University School of Medicine
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
- Year founded: 1955
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 11
- Alumni publication percentile: 57%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
- Location: Palo Alto, California
- Year founded: 1962
- Total spots: 11
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 59
- Alumni publication percentile: 79%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 84%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
- Location: Stony Brook, New York
- Year founded: 2007
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 26%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
- Year founded: 1953
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 22
- Alumni publication percentile: 67%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 56%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Location: Syracuse, New York
- Year founded: 1950
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 27
- Alumni publication percentile: 27%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Temple University Hospital
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 29%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 82%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataracts - 211
- Corneal transplant - 5
- Glaucoma - 21.7
- Globe trauma - 5.3
- Strabismus - 11.3
- Oculoplastics and orbit - 74.7
- Retina and vitreous - 43.7
- Lasers - 69
- Intravitreal injections - 214
Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple)
- Location: Temple, Texas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 13
- Alumni publication percentile: 18%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock
- Location: Lubbock, Texas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 13%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Tufts Medical Center
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 38
- Alumni publication percentile: 66%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Tulane University
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Year founded: 1969
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 26
- Alumni publication percentile: 50%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 86
- Alumni publication percentile: 98%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 71%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
- Location: Buffalo, New York
- Year founded: 1985
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 14
- Alumni publication percentile: 30%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 97%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Alabama Medical Center
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 20
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 57
- Alumni publication percentile: 54%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
- Location: Tuscon, Arizona
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 11
- Alumni publication percentile: 58%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson South Campus
- Location: Tuscon, Arizona
- Year founded: 2008
- Total spots: 6
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 6
- Alumni publication percentile: Unknown
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: Unknown
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 86%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 98%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of California (Irvine)
- Location: Irvine, California
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 36
- Alumni publication percentile: 74%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 210 to 300
- Strabismus - 10 to 20
- Corneal surgery - 10 to 20
- Glaucoma filtering – 10 to 20
- Glaucoma laser - 25 to 30
- Retina/vitreous - 5 to 10
- Other retinal - 100 to 150
- Oculoplastics/Orbit - 85 to 125
- Globe trauma - 5 to 10
University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
- Location: La Jolla, California
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 36
- Alumni publication percentile: 74%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of California (San Francisco)
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 45
- Alumni publication percentile: 92%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of California Davis Health
- Location: Sacramento, California
- Year founded: 1969
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 24
- Alumni publication percentile: 73%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 9
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 11
- Alumni publication percentile: 56%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 68%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 14
- Alumni publication percentile: 36%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 59%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Colorado
- Location: Aurora, Colorado
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 83
- Alumni publication percentile: 56%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Florida
- Location: Gainesville, Florida
- Year founded: 1986
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 20
- Alumni publication percentile: 59%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 382
- Laser surgery - 129
- LASIK/PRK - 31
- Strabismus - 26
- Glaucoma - 23
- Retina - 42
- Intravitreal injection - 442
- Oculoplastic - 128
- Open globe repair - 8
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
- Location: Jacksonville, Florida
- Year founded: 2019
- Total spots: 6
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 10
- Alumni publication percentile: 30%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 24
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 67
- Alumni publication percentile: 89%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 49%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Location: Iowa City, Iowa
- Year founded: 1953
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 52
- Alumni publication percentile: 90%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 69%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Location: Prairie Village, Kansas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 10
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 44%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
- Location: Lexington, Kentucky
- Year founded: 1968
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 35
- Alumni publication percentile: 14%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
- Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 172
- Laser - 96
- Corneal surgery - 22
- Strabismus - 19
- Glaucoma: 20
- Retina vitreous - 26
- Other retinal - 153
- Oculoplastics and orbit - 69
- Globe trauma - 23
University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Location: Louisville, Kentucky
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 12
- Alumni publication percentile: 75%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 72%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Maryland
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 14
- Alumni publication percentile: 49%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 90%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Michigan Health System
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 21
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 71
- Alumni publication percentile: 96%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 50%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Minnesota
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 37
- Alumni publication percentile: 69%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Location: Jackson, Mississippi
- Year founded: 1958
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 16
- Alumni publication percentile: 25%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 74%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Missouri-Columbia
- Location: Columbia, Missouri
- Year founded: 1960
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 27
- Alumni publication percentile: 38%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
- Average surgical statistics:
- >240 primary cataract surgeries on average
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 31
- Alumni publication percentile: 43%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 81%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
- Location: Omaha, Nebraska
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 9
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 30
- Alumni publication percentile: 28%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 90%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of North Carolina Hospitals
- Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 13
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 20
- Alumni publication percentile: 53%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 38
- Alumni publication percentile: 60%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 54%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye Institute
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 36
- Alumni publication percentile: 97%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Puerto Rico
- Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Year founded: 1963
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 33
- Alumni publication percentile: 20%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Rochester
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Year founded: 1955
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 24
- Alumni publication percentile: 66%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of South Florida Morsani
- Location: Tampa, Florida
- Year founded: 1973
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 46%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 58%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics (in third year):
- Cataract - 200+
- Glaucoma - 15+
- Penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) assists - 7
- Oculoplastics - 30
- Retina assists - 20
- Retinal injections - 100+
- Open globes - 10+
- Lasers - 60+
- LASIK assists - 50+
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Year founded: 1955
- Total spots: 28
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 33
- Alumni publication percentile: 94%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 52%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Tennessee
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 20
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 17
- Alumni publication percentile: 37%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 55%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 17
- VA: No
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 19
- Alumni publication percentile: 45%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 58%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
- Year founded: 1967
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 20
- Alumni publication percentile: 43%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals/Methodist Hospital (Houston)
- Location: Galveston, Texas
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 22
- Alumni publication percentile: 63%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 74%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Year founded: 1952
- Total spots: 36
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 47
- Alumni publication percentile: 62%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 53%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Year founded: 2021
- Total spots: 6
- VA: No
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 35
- Alumni publication percentile: 5%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Utah Health
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Year founded: 1971
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 74
- Alumni publication percentile: 82%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Virginia Medical Center
- Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
- Year founded: 1957
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 19
- Alumni publication percentile: 43%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
University of Washington
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 37
- Alumni publication percentile: 73%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
- Location: Madison, Wisconsin
- Year founded: 1956
- Total spots: 13
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 45
- Alumni publication percentile: 65%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 94%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
UPMC Medical Education
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Year founded: 1955
- Total spots: 18
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 70
- Alumni publication percentile: 93%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
- Year founded: 1959
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 65
- Alumni publication percentile: 77%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 54%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
- Location: Richmond, Virginia
- Year founded: 1954
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 15
- Alumni publication percentile: 22%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 16
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 21
- Alumni publication percentile: 23%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
- Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
- Year founded: Unknown
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 52
- Alumni publication percentile: 88%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- Phacoemulsification cataract surgery - 230+
- Glaucoma drainage implant - 15
- Corneal transplant - 10 to 15
- Vitrectomy - 15
- Lasers - 100+
West Virginia University
- Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Year founded: 1969
- Total spots: 12
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? No
- Number of full-time faculty: 29
- Alumni publication percentile: 31%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- Location: New Haven, Connecticut
- Year founded: 1956
- Total spots: 15
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: 30
- Alumni publication percentile: 87%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 75%
- Joint or integrated: Joint
- Average surgical statistics:
- First year:
- Glaucoma laser surgery - 10 to 15
- Retinal lasers - 5
- Intravitreal injections - 80 to 100
- Strabismus surgery - 15 to 20
- Oculoplastics - 30 to 35
- Cataract assists - 2 to 3
- Second year:
- Cataract (primary) - 6 to 8
- Glaucoma laser surgery - ~40
- Retinal laser - ~20
- Third year:
- Phacoemulsifications - 120 to 150
- Trabeculectomies or tubes - 10 to 15
- Penetrating and lamellar keratoplasties - 1 to 2
- First year:
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
- Location: Great Neck, New York
- Year founded: 1952
- Total spots: 17
- VA: Yes
- All major specialties? Yes
- Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
- Alumni publication percentile: 58%
- Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
- Joint or integrated: Integrated
Sources:
Alumni publication percentile and alumni clinical trial percentile data are from Doximity where available; all other data are sourced from program websites and ACGME where available.
Last updated October 1, 2023.
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