What makes the Wilmer/GBMC program special?
1.The breadth of the faculty, which includes nationally and internationally recognized experts in every subspecialty, who are committed to teaching the residents. There are over 20 endowed chairs at Wilmer, signifying not only the excellence of the faculty, but the extraordinary generosity of the patients and former faculty who have sponsored them. 2.The variety of patients seen at the different institutions.3.The commitment to “learning by doing,” with busy and vibrant General Eye Services in which the residents are the primary care providers.4. The Wilmer Chief Resident (Assistant Chief of Service, or ACS), a one-year faculty position filled by a former Wilmer resident who has done two years of fellowship training. The ACS works closely with all three years of residents, and the bonds between the first-year residents and their “Chief” often last a lifetime.5. The Wilmer Emergency Room, which is a trauma center for ocular injuries, and through which residents see an enormous range of
