OPHTHALMOLOGY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: EDWARD S. HARKNESS EYE INSTITUTE
| OP01P Clinical Ophthalmology |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Martin L. Leib, (212) 305-2303, mll3@columbia.edu |
| Coordinator: |
Ms. Denise Abreu, (212) 305-3339, da229@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
All year |
| Maximum: |
2 students per month |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, 7:00 AM |
| Site/Location: |
CUMC, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Room 230 |
| Description: |
Provides training in clinical history-taking, ophthalmic examination, and clinical management.
Objectives: To develop skills in the systematic approach to a patient with ocular complaints. Emphasis is placed upon the development of diagnostic techniques including visual acuity testing, neuro-ophthalmic examination, motility, slit-lamp examination, applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, fundoscopy, and basic visual field testing.
Learning Experience: The student is encouraged to undertake patient responsibility under the supervision of residents and attendings.
The staff prepares formal lectures and a reading schedule is provided. Ancillary reading and audio-visual training are available in the famous Wheeler Eye Library.
Sub-specialty exposure in retina, cornea, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, orbit and plastics, and uveitis is emphasized in the latter half of the month, as is experience with ophthalmic surgery, lasers, and ultrasonography.
Feedback: The student will receive frequent feedback from the resident supervisor and the course director.
Evaluation: The residents and attending staff will evaluate Students they come in contact with.
The student will be expected to attend weekly seminars and shall present a case he or she has followed during Grand Rounds.
A formal oral examination is given at the conclusion of the elective. |
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| OP02P Preceptorship in Ophthalmology |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Michael Chiang (212) 342-3440, chiang@dbmi.columbia.edu
Dr. Stanley Chang (212) 305-2725, sc434@columbia.edu |
| Course Coordinator: |
Ms. Denise Abreu, (212) 305-3339, da229@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
All year |
| Maximum: |
1 student per month |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, 7:45 AM |
| Site/Location: |
CUMC, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Basement |
| Description: |
A concentrated clinical experience for students interested in gaining greater experience in clinical ophthalmology and diagnosis & treatment of vision disorders.
Objectives: (1) To provide basic skills necessary to evaluate the patient with eye disorders, (2) To expose the student to the spectrum of clinical ophthalmology- medical and surgical, (3) To provide mentorship for students interested in a career in ophthalmology.
Learning Experience: The student’s role will be to participate in the various subspecialty divisions of ophthalmology and participate in clinical examinations and surgical cases with each preceptor. The goals of the elective are to become familiar with the specialized diagnostic equipment, to have an exposure to the scope of vision disorders, and to understand problems facing the patient with eye disease.
Feedback and Evaluation: A mentor will be assigned to each student from the preceptor list on a rotating basis. The student will be required to make a case presentation under the guidance of the faculty member at Grand Rounds or one of the departmental conferences.
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| OP03P Glaucoma Clinical and Research Elective |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Lama Al-Aswad, (212) 342-1495, laa2003@columbia.edu |
| Coordinator: |
Ms. Denise Abreu, (212) 305-3339, da229@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
All year |
| Maximum: |
1 student per month |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, time to be arranged (contact coordinator) |
| Site/Location: |
Columbia University Medical Center, Harkness Eye Institute, Flanzer Suite, First Floor |
| Description: |
A concentrated experience for students to gain greater experience in ophthalmology and glaucoma (diagnosis & treatment).
Objectives: (1) provide basic skills necessary to evaluate the patient with eye disorders, especially glaucoma (2) expose the student to the spectrum of clinical ophthalmology- medical and surgical, (3) provide mentors for students interested in a career in ophthalmology, (4) provide the opportunity to pursue research in glaucoma and related neurosciences.
Learning Experience: The student will participate in clinical examinations and surgical cases with each preceptor.
Goals are to become familiar with the specialized diagnostic equipment, have an exposure to the scope of glaucoma and vision disorders, and understand problems facing the patient with glaucoma.
The student will participate in research projects to enhance their knowledge and understanding of areas of basic science and/or clinical research in glaucoma.
Feedback and Evaluation: A mentor will be assigned to each student from the preceptor list.
The student is required to make a case presentation under the guidance of the faculty member at Grand Rounds or departmental conferences.
Medical students will rotate with the two glaucoma faculty: James C. Tsai, M.D. Glaucoma Division Director, Max Forbes, M.D., Lama Al-Aswad, M.D. |
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RESEARCH
| *OP90P Research in Ophthalmology |
| All interested Columbia P&S students MUST have approval from the course director for this elective. |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Norman Kleiman, (212) 305-6748, njk3@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
All year for 2-3 month duration. |
| Maximum: |
TBA. Please check web site for current information. |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month (contact course director |
| Site/Location: |
Site and location to be arranged (contact course director) |
| Description: |
The Department of Ophthalmology has a 65 year history of integrating basic science and clinically oriented ophthalmological research. In parallel with research studies, the student will obtain practical experience and knowledge in general clinical ophthalmology.
Objective: To familiarize the student with the responsibilities of a clinician
Learning Experience: In addition to the "at the bench" training and practical clinical experience, the student will attend seminars and special lectures. Students are encouraged to become involved in one of a wide variety of research projects to gain practical experience in laboratory and clinical science.
Where appropriate students may present their work at scientific or clinical meetings and they are encouraged to publish their findings. The department is housed in the Harkness Eye Institute and the adjoining Eye Research Addition.
The Eye Institute contains private offices, exam rooms, three surgical suites, a variety of state-of-the-art diagnostic instrumentation, a renowned ophthalmology library, and the out-patient clinic that services more than 18,000 patient visits each year.
The Research Addition includes five floors of fully equipped biochemical, cell-biological, physiological and molecular biological laboratories under the direction of five full professors, one associate professor and three assistant professors.
I) Current projects of clinical interest involve a) use and development of in-vivo confocal microscopy b) scanning laser ophthalmoscopy as diagnostic and research tools, c) corneal topography measurements, d) tear film analysis, e) the role of light in cataractogenesis, f) use of the excimer laser, g) retinal electro-physiology, h) neuro-ophthalmology and neuroscience of vision, i) retinal disease including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and renal detachment, and g) molecular genetics of glaucoma.
II) Current basic science interests include ocular pharmacology, lens biochemistry and molecular biology, ocular photobiology, cataractogenesis, corneal endothelial cell transport, corneal endothelial cell physiology, ocular radiation biology, retinal epithelial cell biology and retinal cell transplantation. Informal interviews and/or meetings between students and faculty to determine areas of mutual interest are strongly encouraged.
Please reference:
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/eye/research.html
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Feedback: Continuous throughout the elective.
Evaluation: Will be based on a consensus of all faculty members involved in the student's education in this course. |
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| OP91P Ophthalmology Basic Science Course |
| All interested Columbia P&S students MUST have approval from the course director for this elective. |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Stephen H. Tsang, (212) 305-7959, sht2@columbia.edu |
| Course Manager: |
Mr. Levin P. Santos, (212) 342-1186, ophthalmologyboards@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
January |
| Maximum: |
30 |
| Start Date/Time: |
Contact the course coordinator; 8:30 AM to 5 PM |
| Site/Location: |
CUMC, Eye Institute 7th Floor |
| Description: |
Since 1941, the Columbia University Department of Ophthalmology/Harkness Eye Insisute has offered an ophthalmology basic science course which focuses on resident training, but also has proven useful for the visual sciences community.
Objective: The curriculum of the course includes the fundamentals of vision and emphasizes how these basics relate to patient care. The curriculum includes the most recent scientific advances and any controversial developments in the field, and is updated to respond to feedback from the previous course evaluations.
Learning Experience: An international faculty of more than 80 clinicians and scientists is chosen based on expertise, clarity of presentation, and visual aids. In addition to over one hundred hours of lecture, this course includes a two-day orbital dissection, ocular anatomy, and histology laboratories, two days of instruction in retinoscopy and refraction, and a Phaco wet-lab.
Feedback/Evaluation: Students are continuously asked for students’ feedback throughout the course. The course director makes evaluations as needed. |
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HARLEM HOSPITAL
| OP40H Clinical Ophthalmology |
| Course Directors: |
Dr. R. Linsy Farris, (212) 939-3505, rlf1@columbia.edu
Dr. Milton Delerme, (212) 939-8175, md18@columbia.edu |
| Coordinator: |
Ms. Vanessa Allen, (212) 939-8306, va2016@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
September - June |
| Maximum: |
1 student per month |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, 8:00 AM |
| Site/Location: |
Harlem Hospital Center, 135th St. and Lenox Ave., Ron Brown Building
Eye Center, Fourth Floor West |
| Description: |
Provides training in diagnosis and management of eye disorders.
Objectives: Student should be able to take an ophthalmic history and utilize specialized instrumentation in performing an ophthalmic examination leading to the development of an ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of eye problems in all age groups.
Learning Experience: The student approaches his work as if beginning a first‑year residency in Ophthalmology. He attends all lectures and conferences, at Harlem Hospital Center and at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute. Student assists residents in work‑ups in the clinic at Harlem Hospital with both in‑patients and out‑patients and attends all surgeries to observe. The student will be directly supervised in skills of history taking, examinations and formulation of diagnoses in Ophthalmology as well as sharing the responsibility of patient care. A research project will be developed during the initial week of the elective with a reporting in conference at the end of the elective.
Feedback: Students will receive feedback during consultation rounds, patient work‑ups and at research presentation. An assigned attending and resident preceptor will provide guidance.
Evaluation: According to work-ups, ability to formulate a diagnosis, participation in formulating patient management plans and quality of research projects. All students who meet the established standards will be given credit for the course. |
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ST. LUKE'S – ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER
ST. LUKE'S SITE
| OP50L Clinical Ophthalmology |
| Course Directors: |
Dr. Robert Della Rocca, (212) 523-2562, rdellaro@chpnet.org
Dr. Kenneth Merhige, (212) 523-2562, kmerhige@chpnet.org |
| Coordinator: |
Ms. Brenda Lawson, (212) 523-2562, brlawson@chpnet.org |
| Given: |
All year, except July and December |
| Maximum: |
1 student per month |
| Start Date/Time: |
First day or weekday of the month, 1:00 PM |
| Site/Location: |
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, St. Luke's Hospital, 1111 Amsterdam Ave.
Eye Clinic |
| Description: |
Objective: To provide the student with a basic understanding of ophthalmologic disease processes and to become competent to perform an ophthalmologic examination.
Students will be assigned to the clinic both observing and performing patient examinations. In addition, time may be spent in the operating room observing various types of ophthalmic surgery.
Learning Experience: The emphasis throughout this month will be placed on learning the use of clinical diagnostic techniques and becoming familiar with the use of some of the common ophthalmic instruments.
The student should expect to see and evaluate clinic patients under the supervision of the residents and attendings.
This elective should be especially useful for those students considering ophthalmology as a career.
Feedback: Continuous throughout the elective.
Evaluation is by Faculty of the department. |
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