Category: YO Training

Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, & Glaucoma Surgery

Posted on 10th July 2023 in Promotions, YO Training

The second issue of the 2023 Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, & Glaucoma Surgery is available.  This 90 minute issue is entitled:  A Smorgasbord of Delicious Cases and represents 27 of the video highlights of the ESCRS meeting in Milan. The VJCRGS is completing its 39th year of providing the highest quality of education to

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YO Training in Turkey

Posted on 02nd February 2022 in YO Training

Huseyin Baran Ozdemir, MD, FEBO, FICO Department of Ophthalmology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Special interest: Vitreoretinal surgery, medical retina, uveitis. e-mail: baranozdemir@gmail.com After a challenging 6 years of medical education in Turkey, graduate doctors need to take the exam known as ‘Specialization Examination in Medicine’ to choose a specialty. This exam is held every

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YO Training October 2021

Posted on 25th October 2021 in YO Training

Yishay Weill, MD – Residency at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem Israel.– Currently a Clinical Fellow in Cornea, External Ocular Diseases and Refractive Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.Yishayweill@gmail.com Israeli med-school is usually a 6–7-year journey. Upon graduating there is one year of internship before one can start residency. Ophthalmology residency in Israel

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YO Training July 2021

Posted on 27th July 2021 in YO Training

I am Dr. Matthias Claeys, president of the Belgian Ophthalmological Association of Residents (OBAO). During basic medical training, I came into contact with ophthalmology through various humanitarian missions with the NGO See & Smile in Africa, which spiked my interest. I subsequently started a residency-in-training in the university hospital of Ghent (UZ Ghent), where I

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