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: 3
Contact info:
Ophthalmology Residency Program Administrator
Mr. Caleb Bentz
caleb.f.bentz.civ@health.mil
Program Director:
CDR Brittany “Bree” E. Powell
Associate Program Director
CAPT Eva Chou
Associate Program Director:
LCDR Jared Widder
Program Coordinator:
Mr. Jeremy Westbrook
Highlights or unique features:
NMCSD offers the full range of ophthalmic specialties with exposure/rotations through each.
Additional rotations include:
Uveitis, Neuro-ophthalmology, and ROP at UCSD
Trauma at Loma Linda University
Cornea and retina at Kaiser Permanente San Diego
Refractive surgery at the Navy Refractive Surgery Center
Possible opportunities on a case-by-case basis are humanitarian missions aboard the USNS Mercy or USNS Comfort. Any of these may change in the future pending funding but have held steady on these rotations for many years..
Other relevant info:
Resident call is only at one location, NMCSD, except when rotating at Loma Linda University.
It’s San Diego!