REFRACTIVE AND OCULAR SURGERY RESIDENCY POSITION
| Location |
Wang Vision Cataract & LASIK Center
1801 West End Avenue, Suite 1150
Nashville, TN 37203
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| Program Coordinator |
Amy Waymire, OD
E-mail: drwaymire@wangvisioninstitute.com
Phone: 615-321-8881
Fax: 615-321-8874
Website: http://www.wangvisioninstitute.com
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| Residency Supervisor |
Helen Boerman, OD, FAAO
Email: drboerman@wangvisioninstitute.com
Phone: 615-321-8881
Fax: 615-321-8874
Website: http://www.wangvisioninstitute.com
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| Number of Positions |
1 |
| Length of Program |
12 months |
| Start Date |
July 1 |
| Salary/Stipend |
$34,000 plus benefits |
| Benefits |
• Insurance: medical
• 1 paid meeting per year where resident presents
• Full liability insurance coverage for WVI activities
|
| Completion Acknowledgement |
Certificate |
| Therapeutics |
Yes |
| Ophthalmology Service |
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| Accreditation Status |
Yes |
| Prerequisites |
• OD degree from an accredited school or college of optometry
• Competitive GPA
• Tennessee optometry license
• Successful passage of Boards I, II, III
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| Application Deadline |
February 1 |
| Uses ORMS Matching Service |
Yes |
| Additional Application Materials |
• Wang Vision Institute Application
• 3 letters of recommendation
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Additional Information
The optometric Cataract and Refractive Surgery Management residency program at the Wang Vision Cataract & LASIK Center offers focused training in surgical co-management of cataract, cornea, and refractive surgery, including LenSx (laser cataract surgery), premium IOLs, LASIK, PRK, PTK, INTACS for keratoconus, implantable contact lenses, and penetrating keratoplasty. We will also add corneal cross-linking in early 2012. The clinic specializes in technologically advanced cataract and refractive surgical correction, anterior segment reconstructive surgery, and correction of post-refractive surgery complications. In addition to surgery, the doctors see patients for contact lenses, routine medical eye care and diagnosis and management of ocular disease. Our facility is also involved in the FDA clinical trial for SSP (scleral spacing procedure).
The Wang Vision Institute is a state-of-the-art facility located in Nashville, Tennessee. The facility has 8 examination lanes (2 have digital anterior segment cameras) and 3 specialty rooms. The surgical suite currently holds a VISX Star 4 Excimer laser, the Intralase laser, and a conductive keratoplasty system. It is also equipped with various other pieces of special testing equipment--including a Stratus OCT, Pentacam tomographer, IOL Master, A-scan, B-scan, ultrasound pachymeters, topographers used in research (the Humphrey Atlas, the Orbscan, AstraMax 3-D system, Pentacam Scheimpflug topography), a VisanteTM OCT Anterior Segment Imaging/Biometry, an Ocular Response Analyzer, a Humphrey visual field analyzer, and both the VISX Wavescan and Tracey Ray Tracing systems.
The residents function independently as well as in coordination with Helen Boerman, OD, FAAO, Amy Waymire, OD, and Ming Wang, MD, PhD..
Questions?
Please contact Dr. Helen Boerman(the Primary Care Residency Coordinator or the school's Director of Residencies).