Which Is The Best Ophthalmology Residency For You?

Choosing your ophthalmology residency

As a medical student, deciding which ophthalmology residency to apply to can be overwhelming—which of the 120 or more ophthalmology residency programs in the United States should you even send your application to?

This article and quiz have been updated for 2023 with fresh data!

Ultimately, choosing an ophthalmology residency comes down to a variety of factors, which can include:

Location
Faculty-resident ratio
Funding
Type of program (joint versus integrated)
Number of procedures performed by residents
Whether or not all major specialties are represented among the faculty
Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic affiliation

Not to mention more esoteric factors like national reputation or personal factors that are unique to you and your situation, such as family needs.

Top 5 ophthalmology residency programs

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute—University of Miami
Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital
Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes, UCLA Medical Center

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Using the ophthalmology residency tool

Our ophthalmology residency tool is meant to be a starting point. Answer the questions, then use your results to start your research!

See our list of the ophthalmology residency programs in the United States and Puerto Rico below, and best of luck with your application!

The tool will ask you questions about your interest in:

Program size

The average ophthalmology residency program size is three to four residents per year.

National reputation

While reputation is a nebulous factor to measure, many residency programs possess immediate name recognition. All ophthalmology residency programs are required to meet the standards set by ACGME for accreditation, which ensures that residents receive a thorough clinical education.

Research

While accreditation standards mean that every program will offer critical opportunities for residents to develop their skills across the board, some programs will also offer expanded opportunities to pursue research and get involved in clinical trials.

Location

For many students, location might be a significant factor in your decision. The recent update to the ophthalmology residency match process means that residents are less likely to have to expect to move after PGY-1.

Joint or integrated programs

In 2020, the American Academy of Ophthalmology moved towards an integrated 4-year structure. This means that ophthalmology residencies now include a joint PGY-1 year linked with the ophthalmology residency, or an integrated program with PGY-1 to PGY-4, all run through a department of ophthalmology. This process was fully implemented in the 2023 match cycle.

An integrated program means that wherever you match for your ophthalmology residency, that is where you'll be for the next 4 years. That same hospital is where you'll be doing your intern year, and incorporated into that intern year is 3 months of ophthalmology. You will spend 9 months doing either internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, or general surgery, depending on the program arrangement.

While the majority of ophthalmology residency programs are still joint, meaning that PGY-1 residents could be initially doing their internship year with a separate department or hospital, there are currently over 40 integrated programs.

Specialties

Many, but not all, residency programs will have full-time faculty representing each sub-specialty in ophthalmology. Residencies that do not will often have part-time faculty or connections with ophthalmologists in other sub-specialties. If you know you are interested in pursuing a specific sub-specialty, or that you will be interested in pursuing fellowship, make sure that the programs to which you apply include faculty representing those specialties.

VA opportunities

Many, but not all, residency programs will offer opportunities with the VA.

Number of faculty

While the average program size might be three to four students per year, it's the faculty/resident ratio that determines the amount of focused attention and coaching residents will receive.

Looking for advice on making the most of your chosen residency program? Check out our ultimate guide!

US ophthalmology residency programs

Albany Medical College

Location: Slingerlands, New York
Year founded: 1964
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 20
Alumni publication percentile: 33%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 67%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 120
- Strabismus - 50 to 60
- Glaucoma - 10 to 15

Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital

Location: Madison Heights, Michigan
Year founded: 2016
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 7%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami/Jackson Health System

Location: Miami, Florida
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 21
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 72
Alumni publication percentile: 95%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 70%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Baylor College of Medicine/Cullen Eye Institute

Location: Houston, Texas
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 47
Alumni publication percentile: 71%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 52%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Beaumont Health (Royal Oak)

Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Year founded: 1979
Total spots: 9
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 46
Alumni publication percentile: 38%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 300 to 350 cataract surgeries, with approximately 150 as primary surgeon
- Cornea - 60 to 80
- Oculoplastic - 250 to 300
- Strabismus - 40 to 60
- Retina - 40 to 50
- Glaucoma - 25 to 40
- Anterior segment lasers - 50 to 60
- Retina lasers - 60 to 70
- Intravitreal injections - 200 to 250
- Open globe - 15 to 25

Beaumont Health (Taylor)

Location: Taylor, Michigan
Year founded: 2017
Total spots: 6
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 4%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Boston University Medical Center

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Year founded: 1968
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 39
Alumni publication percentile: 46%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 73%
Joint or integrated: Joint

BronxCare Health System

Location: Bronx, New York
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 7
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 11
Alumni publication percentile: 38%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Broward Health

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Year founded: 2022
Total spots: 6
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 99%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Brown University

Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 42
Alumni publication percentile: 43%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

California Pacific Medical Center

Location: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 1975
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 20
Alumni publication percentile: 36%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 21
Alumni publication percentile: 61%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 88%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Year founded: 1949
Total spots: 16
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 83%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- PGY-3: 30 to 50 primary cataract procedures
- PGY-4: 200 to 250 primary cataract surgeries
- 250 to 300 primary phacoemulsification
- Total surgical volume: 80th percentile nationally

Cook County Health and Hospitals System

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 23
Alumni publication percentile: 39%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
Joint or integrated: Integrated
Average resident surgery totals:
- Cataract - 39
- YAG laser capsulotomy - 63
- Laser trabeculoplasty - 22
- Laser iridotomy - 38
- Panretinal laser photocoagulation - 373
- Keratoplasty - 12
- Pterygium/conj/corneal - 13
- Keratorefractive surgery - 10
- Strabismus - 23
- Glaucoma filter/shunt - 39
- Retinal vitreous - 71
- Intravitreal injection - 719
- Oculoplastic and orbit - 74
- Eyelid laceration - 14
- Chalazia excision - 5
- Ptosis/blepharoplasty - 82
- Globe trauma - 12

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Location: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Year founded: 2019
Total spots: 8
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 9%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Year founded: 1951
Total spots: 28
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 25
Alumni publication percentile: 85%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Duke University Hospital

Location: Durham, North Carolina
Year founded: 1953
Total spots: 18
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 100
Alumni publication percentile: 94%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 84%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- 250 cataract extractions
- Assist in over 600 cataract, glaucoma, cornea, strabismus, vitreoretinal, and oculoplastics surgical cases

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Year founded: 1976
Total spots: 8
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 53
Alumni publication percentile: 21%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Emory University School of Medicine

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Year founded: 1962
Total spots: 18
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 46
Alumni publication percentile: 80%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics (based on the graduating class of 2017):
- Cataract - 216 (highest 257)
- Strabismus - 22 (highest 41)
- Glaucoma - 10 (highest 16)
- Plastics - 68 (highest 149)
- Major traumas - 10 (highest 16)
- Lasers - 80 (YAG, LI, SLT, PRP, focal)

Geisinger Health System

Location: Danville, Pennsylvania
Year founded: 1945
Total spots: 9
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 12%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

George Washington University

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 13
Alumni publication percentile: 51%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point

Location: New Port Richey, Florida
Year founded: 2019
Total spots: 6
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 99%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 6
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 24
Alumni publication percentile: 26%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Howard University

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 12
Alumni publication percentile: 34%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and New York Eye and Ear

Location: New York, New York
Year founded: 1951
Total spots: 29
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 181
Alumni publication percentile: 52%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 63%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Indiana University School of Medicine

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Year founded: 1956
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 36
Alumni publication percentile: 78%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center/New York Medical College

Location: Jamaica, New York
Year founded: 1971
Total spots: 8
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 14
Alumni publication percentile: 19%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Johns Hopkins University

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 15
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 18
Alumni publication percentile: 98%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 88%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Larkin Community Hospital

Location: South Miami, Florida
Year founded: 2018
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 58
Alumni publication percentile: 10%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium

Location: Loma Linda, California
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 15%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Louisiana State University (New Orleans)

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Year founded: 1997
Total spots: 28
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 50
Alumni publication percentile: 84%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 48%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Louisiana State University (Shreveport)

Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 11
Alumni publication percentile: 6%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Loyola University Medical Center

Location: Maywood, Illinois
Year founded: 1972
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 48%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Madigan Army Medical Center

Location: Tacoma, Washington
Year founded: 1991
Total spots: 6
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 10%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 34
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 225
Alumni publication percentile: 99%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)

Location: Rochester, Minnesota
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 39
Alumni publication percentile: 64%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year founded: 1963
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 111
Alumni publication percentile: 78%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 76%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Medical College of Georgia

Location: Augusta, Georgia
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 9
Alumni publication percentile: 18%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Year founded: 1965
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 56
Alumni publication percentile: 34%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 93%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Medical University of South Carolina

Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 13
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 54%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 89%
Joint or integrated: Joint

MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 40%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 50%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Location: Bronx, New York
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 21
Alumni publication percentile: 70%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Nassau University Medical Center

Location: East Meadow, New York
Year founded: 1967
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 18
Alumni publication percentile: 70%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

National Capital Consortium

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 10
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Unknown
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 19%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Naval Medical Center (San Diego)

Location: San Diego, California
Year founded: 1984
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Unknown
Number of full-time faculty: 12
Alumni publication percentile: 11%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 94%
Joint or integrated: Joint

New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center

Location: Valhalla, New York
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 9
VA: No
All major specialties? Unknown
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 50%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)

Location: New York, New York
Year founded: 1990
Total spots: 16
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 55
Alumni publication percentile: 76%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 82%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)

Location: New York, New York
Year founded: 1983
Total spots: 14
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 73%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

New York University School of Medicine

Location: New York, New York
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 20
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 49
Alumni publication percentile: 82%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Ohio State University Hospital

Location: Columbus, Ohio
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 18
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 62%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 63%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Oregon Health & Science University

Location: Portland, Oregon
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 20
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 62
Alumni publication percentile: 81%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
Joint or integrated: Integrated
Average surgical statistics:
- 200 primary cataract surgeries

Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 22
Alumni publication percentile: 48%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year founded: 2019
Total spots: 5
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 6%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Prisma Health-Midlands/University of South Carolina

Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Year founded: 1979
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 10
Alumni publication percentile: 33%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Rush University Medical Center

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 8
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 48
Alumni publication percentile: 18%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Location: Newark, New Jersey
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 68%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- >200 major procedures as the primary surgeon by the end of their third year

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Location: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 18
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 14%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 91%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye Hospital

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year founded: 1949
Total spots: 24
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 250
Alumni publication percentile: 90%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 92%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Year founded: 2005
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 13
Alumni publication percentile: 22%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

St. John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore

Location: Far Rockaway, New York
Year founded: 2019
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 16
Alumni publication percentile: 8%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

St. Louis University School of Medicine

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Year founded: 1955
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 11
Alumni publication percentile: 57%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University

Location: Palo Alto, California
Year founded: 1962
Total spots: 11
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 59
Alumni publication percentile: 79%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 84%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital

Location: Stony Brook, New York
Year founded: 2007
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 26%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Location: Brooklyn, New York
Year founded: 1953
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 22
Alumni publication percentile: 67%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 56%
Joint or integrated: Joint

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Location: Syracuse, New York
Year founded: 1950
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 27
Alumni publication percentile: 27%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Temple University Hospital

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 29%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 82%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataracts - 211
- Corneal transplant - 5
- Glaucoma - 21.7
- Globe trauma - 5.3
- Strabismus - 11.3
- Oculoplastics and orbit - 74.7
- Retina and vitreous - 43.7
- Lasers - 69
- Intravitreal injections - 214

Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple)

Location: Temple, Texas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 13
Alumni publication percentile: 18%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock

Location: Lubbock, Texas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 13%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Tufts Medical Center

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 38
Alumni publication percentile: 66%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Tulane University

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Year founded: 1969
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 26
Alumni publication percentile: 50%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 66%
Joint or integrated: Joint

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center

Location: Los Angeles, California
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 86
Alumni publication percentile: 98%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 71%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Location: Buffalo, New York
Year founded: 1985
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 14
Alumni publication percentile: 30%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 97%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Alabama Medical Center

Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 20
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 57
Alumni publication percentile: 54%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson

Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 11
Alumni publication percentile: 58%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson South Campus

Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Year founded: 2008
Total spots: 6
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 6
Alumni publication percentile: Unknown
Alumni clinical trial percentile: Unknown
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 86%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 98%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of California (Irvine)

Location: Irvine, California
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 36
Alumni publication percentile: 74%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 210 to 300
- Strabismus - 10 to 20
- Corneal surgery - 10 to 20
- Glaucoma filtering – 10 to 20
- Glaucoma laser - 25 to 30
- Retina/vitreous - 5 to 10
- Other retinal - 100 to 150
- Oculoplastics/Orbit - 85 to 125
- Globe trauma - 5 to 10

University of California (San Diego) Medical Center

Location: La Jolla, California
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 36
Alumni publication percentile: 74%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 96%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of California (San Francisco)

Location: San Francisco, California
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 45
Alumni publication percentile: 92%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 99%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of California Davis Health

Location: Sacramento, California
Year founded: 1969
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 24
Alumni publication percentile: 73%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 9
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 11
Alumni publication percentile: 56%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 68%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 14
Alumni publication percentile: 36%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 59%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Colorado

Location: Aurora, Colorado
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 83
Alumni publication percentile: 56%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Florida

Location: Gainesville, Florida
Year founded: 1986
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 20
Alumni publication percentile: 59%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 382
- Laser surgery - 129
- LASIK/PRK - 31
- Strabismus - 26
- Glaucoma - 23
- Retina - 42
- Intravitreal injection - 442
- Oculoplastic - 128
- Open globe repair - 8

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville

Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Year founded: 2019
Total spots: 6
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 10
Alumni publication percentile: 30%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 24
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 67
Alumni publication percentile: 89%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 49%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Year founded: 1953
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 52
Alumni publication percentile: 90%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 69%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Location: Prairie Village, Kansas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 10
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 44%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Year founded: 1968
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 35
Alumni publication percentile: 14%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated
Average surgical statistics:
- Cataract - 172
- Laser - 96
- Corneal surgery - 22
- Strabismus - 19
- Glaucoma: 20
- Retina vitreous - 26
- Other retinal - 153
- Oculoplastics and orbit - 69
- Globe trauma - 23

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 12
Alumni publication percentile: 75%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 72%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Maryland

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 14
Alumni publication percentile: 49%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 90%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Michigan Health System

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 21
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 71
Alumni publication percentile: 96%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 50%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Minnesota

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 37
Alumni publication percentile: 69%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Year founded: 1958
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 16
Alumni publication percentile: 25%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 74%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Missouri-Columbia

Location: Columbia, Missouri
Year founded: 1960
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 27
Alumni publication percentile: 38%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated
Average surgical statistics:
- >240 primary cataract surgeries on average

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 31
Alumni publication percentile: 43%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 81%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 9
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 30
Alumni publication percentile: 28%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 90%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of North Carolina Hospitals

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 13
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 20
Alumni publication percentile: 53%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 38
Alumni publication percentile: 60%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 54%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye Institute

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 36
Alumni publication percentile: 97%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 86%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Puerto Rico

Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Year founded: 1963
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 33
Alumni publication percentile: 20%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Rochester

Location: Rochester, New York
Year founded: 1955
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 24
Alumni publication percentile: 66%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of South Florida Morsani

Location: Tampa, Florida
Year founded: 1973
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 46%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 58%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics (in third year):
- Cataract - 200+
- Glaucoma - 15+
- Penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) assists - 7
- Oculoplastics - 30
- Retina assists - 20
- Retinal injections - 100+
- Open globes - 10+
- Lasers - 60+
- LASIK assists - 50+

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center

Location: Los Angeles, California
Year founded: 1955
Total spots: 28
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 33
Alumni publication percentile: 94%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 52%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Tennessee

Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 20
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 17
Alumni publication percentile: 37%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 55%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Location: Houston, Texas
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 17
VA: No
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 19
Alumni publication percentile: 45%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 58%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Location: San Antonio, Texas
Year founded: 1967
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 20
Alumni publication percentile: 43%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals/Methodist Hospital (Houston)

Location: Galveston, Texas
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 22
Alumni publication percentile: 63%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 74%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Location: Dallas, Texas
Year founded: 1952
Total spots: 36
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 47
Alumni publication percentile: 62%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 53%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Location: Austin, Texas
Year founded: 2021
Total spots: 6
VA: No
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 35
Alumni publication percentile: 5%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Utah Health

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Year founded: 1971
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 74
Alumni publication percentile: 82%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Virginia Medical Center

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Year founded: 1957
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 19
Alumni publication percentile: 43%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

University of Washington

Location: Seattle, Washington
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 37
Alumni publication percentile: 73%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Year founded: 1956
Total spots: 13
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 45
Alumni publication percentile: 65%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 94%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

UPMC Medical Education

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Year founded: 1955
Total spots: 18
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 70
Alumni publication percentile: 93%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Year founded: 1959
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 65
Alumni publication percentile: 77%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 54%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Location: Richmond, Virginia
Year founded: 1954
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 15
Alumni publication percentile: 22%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 16
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 21
Alumni publication percentile: 23%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Year founded: Unknown
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 52
Alumni publication percentile: 88%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 62%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- Phacoemulsification cataract surgery - 230+
- Glaucoma drainage implant - 15
- Corneal transplant - 10 to 15
- Vitrectomy - 15
- Lasers - 100+

West Virginia University

Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
Year founded: 1969
Total spots: 12
VA: Yes
All major specialties? No
Number of full-time faculty: 29
Alumni publication percentile: 31%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 47%
Joint or integrated: Joint

Yale-New Haven Medical Center

Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Year founded: 1956
Total spots: 15
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: 30
Alumni publication percentile: 87%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 75%
Joint or integrated: Joint
Average surgical statistics:
- First year:
  - Glaucoma laser surgery - 10 to 15
  - Retinal lasers - 5
  - Intravitreal injections - 80 to 100
  - Strabismus surgery - 15 to 20
  - Oculoplastics - 30 to 35
  - Cataract assists - 2 to 3
- Second year:
  - Cataract (primary) - 6 to 8
  - Glaucoma laser surgery - ~40
  - Retinal laser - ~20
- Third year:
  - Phacoemulsifications - 120 to 150
  - Trabeculectomies or tubes - 10 to 15
  - Penetrating and lamellar keratoplasties - 1 to 2

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Location: Great Neck, New York
Year founded: 1952
Total spots: 17
VA: Yes
All major specialties? Yes
Number of full-time faculty: Unknown
Alumni publication percentile: 58%
Alumni clinical trial percentile: 80%
Joint or integrated: Integrated

Sources:

Alumni publication percentile and alumni clinical trial percentile data are from Doximity where available; all other data are sourced from program websites and ACGME where available.

Last updated October 1, 2023.

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