Welcome to the Ophthalmology Residency at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin!
Our program’s mission is to train excellent ophthalmologists who are prepared to tackle the current challenging landscape of medicine. Our aim is to not only produce excellent clinicians, but also leaders in medicine who will help shape the way both ophthalmology and medicine are practiced moving forward.
Our department is an academic and private partnership with 38 ophthalmology faculty members dedicated toward training our future residents. Our chair, Jane Edmond, has placed an emphasis on creating a team-based, friendly and lateral culture that equally values every part of our department, from our technicians to our faculty.
Our unique didactic curriculum is holistic and has an emphasis on out-of-the box thinking. Our program will have lecture schedules specifically tailored toward each PGY level, group workshops to promote critical thinking and monthly sessions to teach medical billing. Residents will receive formal training in research during the PGY-2 year through Dell Med’s Ideas to Reality program, a 44-session research curriculum.
Our department has been fortunate to receive a $20 million gift from Mitchel and Shannon Wong, who are both ophthalmologists that practice in Austin. Both doctors are actively involved within our department and have a great interest in supporting our residents. Their generous gift has allowed us to build a new eye institute with the best equipment available in the clinic, operating rooms, and new state-of-the art wet lab for our residents. The educational endowment also allows us to fund all books, educational resources and equipment for all our residents each year.
On behalf of our entire faculty and the city of Austin, we are all excited to welcome our future residents and colleagues.
Sincerely,
Gene Kim, M.D.