Retina Specialists

Retina specialist are ophthalmologists who do extra fellowship training in retina diseases for one or two years after completing their residency in ophthalmology.  Their complete training is as follows:

• Retina Fellowship:    An intensive one or two year full time program treating patients with retina problems and learning how to perform office based surgeries like laser and intraocular injections as well as hospital based surgery like vitrectomy.
• Ophthalmology Residency:    A three year training program studying medical and surgical diseases of the eye.
• Internship:    A one year program of general internal medicine and or general surgery in a hospital setting.
• Medical School:    Four years.  All of our doctors trained at top rated medical schools in the United States.