Program Overview

Ophthalmology Residency

The Ophthalmology Residency at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin provides a transformative educational experience that shapes residents’ practice and delivery of health care through a profound understanding of the principles of value-based, patient-centered, integrated health care delivery for the management of ophthalmic disease.

Training Future Leaders in Ophthalmic Medicine

The residency is affiliated with the Department of Ophthalmology and the Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute.

Program Director

Gene Kim, M.D.

Training Facilities

Residents spend their residency in Austin at Dell Medical School-affiliated hospitals, clinics, research laboratories, and surgery centers. Each training site provides a rich environment for team learning and community participation in teaching, research, and patient-centric/value-based care. The diversity of facilities gives residents the opportunity to observe how ophthalmology is practiced in both academic and private practice settings.

• UT Health Austin
  • Home to the Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute
  • Faculty and resident clinics
  • Ambulatory Surgery Center
• Central Texas Veterans Health Care System Facilities (Austin)
  • Austin Outpatient Clinic
  • General and subspecialty eye care for veterans
• Austin Retina Associates
  • Private practice of fellowship-trained vitreo-retinal surgeons
  • Robust research arm
• Retina Consultants of Austin
  • Private practice of fellowship-trained medical and vitreo-retinal surgeons
• TOC Eye & Face
  • Academic private practice of fellowship-trained ophthalmologists
  • Subspecialties include diseases of the eyelids and adnexa, orbit, lacrimal system, and cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
• Dell Children’s Eye Center
  • Pediatric ophthalmology and pediatric and adult strabismus
• Austin Eye
  • Comprehensive ophthalmology and refractive surgery practice
• Eye Associates of Central Texas
  • Cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery

Curriculum

The residency’s curriculum is uniquely designed to provide residents with a comprehensive foundation of medical and ophthalmic knowledge and skills.

Program Faculty

The program faculty includes:

• Moe Aung
• Eileen Bowden
• Eric Crowell
• Gene Kim
• Christopher Helpert
• Olivia Lee
• James Dooner
• Shelley Day Ghafoori
• Clio Harper
• Mark Levitan
• Jose Martinez
• Peter Nixon
• Philip Storey
• Robert Wong
• Edward Wood
• Saradha Chexal
• Chirag Jhaveri
• Irina Belinsky
• Sean Blaydon
• Vikram Durairaj
• Tanuj Nakra
• Amber Fenton
• Megan Geloneck
• Lan Hoang
• Kathryn Maier
• Lena Dixit
• Kimberly Golde
• Ravi Patel
• Shannon Wong

Application Process

Applications to the residency program should be submitted through the SF Match Central Application Service.