Retina Service Fellowship
The Retina Service was instituted in 1960 by the Board of City Trusts as the first specialty service
at the Wills Eye Hospital. Since 1960, the Retina Service has been instrumental in training over 100
retinal fellows in the diagnosis and management of retinal and vitreous diseases. These past fellows
are now in practice in all parts of the United States and Canada, as well as in Puerto Rico, South
America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
The Retinal Fellowship Program combines surgical duties with clinical and
academic responsibilities. The Retina Service presently offers a two-year
combined medical/surgical fellowship. The fellowship begins on July 1st each
year and is completed two years later on June 30th. Scheduled hospital
obligations generally extend from 7am - 6pm, daily. There are occasions when
the schedule may run past 6 pm. Fellows are allowed to schedule two weeks
vacation in each year of the fellowship.
Application packets are available through the Retina Service office. All
applicants are encouraged to submit a completed application packet as early
as possible. Please contact Jessica Vargas, Fellowship Coordinator,
Retina Service Clinic, at (215) 825-9013 or jvargas@willseye.org
for an application packet.
The following data will also be required when you return the completed application:
- A copy of your medical school transcript.
- A copy of FLEX or USMLE all THREE parts.
- Your ophthalmology fellowship match number.
- Three letters of recommendation.
Your letters of recommendation may be written by associates or professors. They should be addressed to:
- Arunan Sivalingam MD
- Fellowship Director
- Retina Service of WEH
- 840 Walnut Street, Suite 1020
- Philadelphia, PA 19107-5109
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