Navy Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD)
Location: Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), San Diego, CA
Branch of service: Navy
Number of residents per year in each branch: 2-3
Website: www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcsd/pages/care/ophthalmology-clinic.aspx
Contact info:
Lynne Fedder, Ophthalmology Residency Program Administrator
Office: 619-532-5782, Fax: 619-532-7272
CAPT Erin Coan, Ophthalmology Program Director
CDR Katie Topping, Ophthalmology Assistant Program Director
Highlights or unique features:
PGY-3 offers rotations at UCSD Shiley Eye Center for Neuro-ophthalmology, San Diego VA Hospital for glaucoma, and Ocular trauma course at Walter Reed
PGY-4 rotations include Navy Refractive Surgery Center, Loma Linda University for trauma.
Possible opportunities on a case-by-case basis are humanitarian missions in Guatemala or aboard the USS Mercy. Any of these may change in the future pending funding but have held steady on these rotations for many years.
Other relevant info:
NMCSD offers the full range of ophthalmic specialties with exposure/rotations through each.
Resident call is only at one location, NMCSD, except when rotating at Loma Linda University.
It’s San Diego!