OD Residency Program

Residency Name

Aran Eye Associates | Residency in Ocular Disease with Emphasis on Glaucoma

Program Information:

Program Title: Residency in Ocular Disease with Emphasis on Glaucoma

Program Type: Ocular Disease

Program Area of Emphasis: Refractive and Ocular Surgery

Program Site: Aran Eye Associates, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, FL

Program Location: Multi-Subspecialty Tertiary Care Referral Private Practice

Program Address: 7600 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 200, Miami, FL 33126

Phone: (786) 264-2423

Fax: (954) 239-5193

Email: ebalius@araneye.com

Affiliation: Nova Southeastern University, College of Optometry

Education: Emilio Balius, OD – Clinical Director

Deadline: February 1

Program Mission Statement

The mission of the post-graduate Residency in Ocular Disease at Aran Eye Associates is to provide our residents with clinically based advanced competencies, beyond that of graduate entry level, to become outstanding optometrists of the highest quality while instilling the values of compassion, professionalism, advocacy, and ethics. To accomplish this, our program provides comprehensive clinical teaching and didactic education, as well as teaching opportunities.

Program Description

Aran Eye Associates is a multi-subspecialty tertiary care referral private practice. We have several fully equipped offices throughout Southeast Florida and are one of the largest ophthalmic practices in the region. We have been active in optometric education since the practice’s inception in 1988. Aran Eye Associates has a long history of dedication to optometric education in a friendly and exciting clinical environment. The practice is an excellent model for effective collaboration in a multispecialty ophthalmology setting.

This program offers the resident intensive training in the management of ocular disease, as well as pre- and post-surgical patient care. In addition to the clinical training, there are didactic lectures with our staff doctors participating in the extern grand rounds. There is also the responsibility of being the on-call physician.

As our resident, you will have the opportunity to observe surgical procedures performed by our staff ophthalmologists including, but not limited to cataract extraction, penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), and Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), as well as refractive surgery such as LASIK and PRK. You will also observe oculoplastic surgeries and minor office procedures. Our residents have the opportunity to become proficient in the use and interpretation of visual fields, biometry, and Optical Coherence Tomography.

Program Length: 13-month program starting July 1 and ending July 31 of the following year.

Number of Positions Available in Program: 2

Program Starting Date: Week of July 1 (Typical Weekly Hours and After-Hours)

Responsibilities:

• Direct patient care
• On-call duties starting October
• Precepting optometry externs
• Extern schedules
• Participation in Extern Grand Rounds including a quarterly lecture
• Attendance to Grand Rounds at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
• Attendance to county optometric association meetings, local continuing education seminars, and selected state and national optometric meetings
• Self-directed study and research resulting in a publishable paper

Requirement for Completion:

• Fulfillment of attendance requirements to clinics, extern grand rounds, and grand rounds
• Presentation of 3 lectures at extern grand rounds
• Publishable quality paper
• Meeting professional and clinical responsibilities such as on call physician.

Program Benefits:

• Compensation of $40,000
• 10 PTO days
• Health insurance commensurate with staff coverage
• Professional liability protection coverage once licensed in Florida
• CE stipend of $500

Application Process