Stanford Pediatric Residency

Mission

The Optometric Residency Program at the University of California, Berkeley, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science and its affiliate programs seek to recruit and admit the best-qualified post-graduate optometrists and to provide them with advanced clinical education and concentrated clinical experience in specialty areas of optometry in an institutional or hospital-based setting. This mentored educational and clinical experience prepares optometrists for lifelong scholarship in patient care, education, and optometric leadership.

The Optometry Residency Program at Byers Eye Institute at Stanford is a one-year post-doctoral clinical training program designed to provide advanced competency in pediatric eye care with an emphasis in ocular disease and scholarly development for recent optometry graduates within a multidisciplinary medical center.

Program Goals

TThe primary goal of the program is to develop the resident’s advanced clinical competency in providing high-quality pediatric eye care. Residents will learn to function as an effective member of the health care team through treatment and management of various complex pediatric visual and ocular conditions, in the setting of a multidisciplinary medical center. The resident’s scholarly development is enhanced through a structured academic program designed to complement the clinical training. The residency will prepare its graduates for a lifelong commitment to quality pediatric patient care, optometric education, and leadership.

Time Commitment

The resident is expected to be in clinic five days a week, Monday – Friday from 8:00am to approximately 5:00pm. There are no on-call duties.

Requirements for Residency Completion

• Complete one year of training.
• Three oral case presentations as part of the Resident Lecture Series at UC Berkeley.
• One oral case presentation as part of the Resident Lecture Series at Byers Eye Institute.
• One oral case presentation at Resident Research Day at Byers Eye Institute.
• Complete residency manuscript of publishable quality with approval from Program Coordinator and Residency Director.
• Submission of all patient logs and evaluations.
• Favorable recommendation from the Program Coordinator.
• Completion of all charting including obtaining co-signatures of mentors as required.

Clinical Curriculum

Pediatric optometrists serve as pediatric primary eye care providers in our pediatric ophthalmology service in which residents encounter various ophthalmic conditions including clinically significant refractive error, strabismus, amblyopia, non-strabismic binocular vision disorders, and anterior and posterior segment disease. Residents will also participate in specialized mentorship in our pediatric low vision and contact lens clinics as well as our adult urgent care clinic. Residents will also have the opportunity to spend time in our pediatric subspeciality retina, glaucoma, and neuro-ophthalmology clinics.

Academic Curriculum and Research Activity

The weekly scholarly program will build the resident’s grasp of fundamental ocular conditions, including etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and proper management. The resident will attend didactic activities including journal club and Department of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The resident will give oral presentations three times a year during the Resident Lecture Series at UC Berkeley, one oral presentation in the Resident Lecture Series at Byers Eye Institute, and one oral presentation at Resident Research Day at Byers Eye Institute.

Residents are required to produce a manuscript of publishable quality by the end of the residency year. The manuscript may be clinical or research in nature. The resident will also complete a research project and will present the results at Resident Research Day at Byers Eye Institute.

The resident is encouraged (but not required) to develop a manuscript of publishable quality for that project. A research manuscript would satisfy the overall publishable-quality manuscript requirement. Research projects may include prospective observational studies, retrospective chart reviews, or other original research methodologies. The resident will receive mentorship from experienced attending physicians to support the design and completion of the approved research project and the development of the manuscript.
The resident is encouraged to attend continuing education programs of Berkeley Optometry, available at no or modest cost, and professional meetings held in the area.

Clinic

Pediatric ophthalmology clinics are located at three locations including Byers Eye Institute and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA as well as a nearby satellite clinic in Los Gatos, CA. Diagnostic equipment includes Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus camera, OPTOS, IOL Master, and autorefractor.

Benefits

• The resident will be compensated at a rate of $80,000 per year. Compensation and benefits are independent of the resident’s productivity.
• Residents may enroll in a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and/or vision coverage. Residents are automatically enrolled in life and disability insurance. Residents are also eligible to enroll in a voluntary accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) plan.
• Stanford provides professional liability (malpractice) insurance coverage for residents through SUMIT(Stanford University Medical Insurance Trust) for the entire duration of their training appointment.
• 20 days paid time off (includes personal time off and sick time).
• Ten paid federal holidays.
• Additional approved leave for professional meetings (up to 10 days with prior approval by Program Coordinator).

Admissions Eligibility Criteria

• Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree from an ACOE accredited school or college of optometry.
• Minimum cumulative GPA 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) in their optometry professional curriculum.
• Completed and passed NBEO part I, part II and TMOD examinations prior to the ORMatch date.
• Applicants must satisfy all requirements to be eligible for California licensure. This includes successful completion of NBEO Part III and passing the California law exam administered through the state board.
• Candidates must possess prior work authorization. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

How To Apply

Use the button below to apply to the Byers Eye Institute Pediatric Optometry Residency Program via the Optometry Residency Match (ORMatch) program.

Selection Procedure

The following documents will be submitted to ORMatch to be forwarded to UCSF Optometry Residency Program.

• NBEO Scores
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Copy of optometry school transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation

Next Steps:

• After thorough review of completed applications, the most qualified candidates will be invited to interview at Byers Eye Institute with the Residency Coordinator and faculty members. In-person interviews are strongly encouraged; however, telephone/video conference may be arranged if the former is not possible.
• The Residency Coordinator and faculty members will sequentially rank all qualified applicants. The final ranking list will be submitted to ORMatch by the Residency Coordinator.
• ORMatch will notify the program of the results of the match.
• The Residency Coordinator and Residency Director will contact the matched candidates to confirm intent to enroll in the residency program.
• Matched candidates must submit official optometry school transcripts to the Residency Coordinator.
• Stanford does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.

ACOE Accreditation Status: Preaccredited

The Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) has granted the Byers Eye Institute Pediatric Optometry Residency Program preaccreditation status indicating that the program is new and working toward full accreditation within the first year of placing a resident.

For more information, see the ACOE’s website at https://theacoe.org or contact the ACOE at accredit@theacoe.org.

Residency Coordinator