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 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 places a priority on thinking and problem solving over memorization. We are creating an online lecture library with lecture schedules specifically tailored toward each PGY level. In person conferences and workshops will take place biweekly and be geared to promote critical thinking through case studies and be a venue to discuss and find innovative solutions to common problems in medicine. I believe that it is important to give smart residents time to think and be creative. and we are working towards creating a half day of academic time per week for residents to learn at their own pace and pursue passion projects.
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.