Academic Programs
Training the Next Generation
Elevating eye care education through immersive training, mentorship, and research.
Academic Programs
The UC Davis Eye Center trains future ophthalmologists through a robust curriculum of clinical, surgical, and didactic instruction, featuring our premier four-year residency program and advanced sub-specialty fellowships in cornea, glaucoma, and vitreoretinal surgery.
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Residency Program
Learn more about our residency programThe Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the UC Davis Eye Center is a fully accredited, four-year training program. Founded in 1970, the program has a long tradition of excellence in training outstanding physicians and surgeons. Our residency curriculum provides a rich grounding in clinical and surgical ophthalmology through formal didactics, clinical rotations, research and early surgical experience.
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Fellowships
Learn more about our fellowshipsThe UC Davis Eye Center’s fellowship programs provide post-residency subspecialty training to prepare surgeons for a career in academic ophthalmology, in private practice with an academic emphasis and in private practice with an area of special interest. The one-to-two-year sub-specialty fellowships are offered in Cornea and External Diseases, Glaucoma, and Vitreoretinal Surgery.
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Medical Student Program
Learn more about our medical student programThe UC Davis Eye Center provides outstanding instruction in both clinical ophthalmology and research to medical students. We offer medical students the opportunity to work with highly skilled clinicians and surgeons, who are at the forefront of groundbreaking work in Ophthalmology.
Our academic health center includes
UC Davis Medical Center and Rehabilitation Hospital
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
What to Expect
Events
Our continuing education provides top-tier learning opportunities that improve clinical skills and professional performance to optimize patient eye care.
Grand Rounds
Each year, the UC Davis Eye Center provides a series of Grand Rounds designed to provide the community and our region with high-quality continuing medical education in each subspecialty of ophthalmology.
Napa Eye Symposium
Earn continuing medical education credit at the annual Napa Eye Symposium which showcases a clinically oriented update for all ophthalmology specialties.
Resident, Fellow and Alumni Research Symposium
Earn continuing medical education credit at the annual Resident, Fellow and Alumni Research Symposium, where residents and fellows present their ophthalmology research projects to alumni, volunteer clinical faculty, ophthalmologists and the community.
Center for Vision Science Symposium
Each year, the Center for Vision Science hosts a one-day symposium dedicated to basic and translational science in vision at UC Davis.
