Glaucoma | Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba

Overview

['1-year clinical-surgical fellowship; head of sector Rodrigo Favoretto Peccini', 'Surgery includes trabeculectomy, Ahmed and Baerveldt valve implants, selective laser trabeculoplasty and trabeculotomy', 'Minimally invasive techniques such as GATT are covered in an optional second year', 'Clinic gives access to...

The programme

Training type: Clinical fellowship
Learning format: Clinical and surgical glaucoma training with weekly teaching and journal discussion. The optional second year covers minimally invasive techniques.
Duration: Not confirmed. The 2025 call advertised a two-year track. The undated BOS teaching page describes one year with an optional second year.
Positions: The closed 2025 notice advertised 2 places.

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility: The 2025 notice required proof of ophthalmology residency or specialist training at a service recognized by the Brazilian National Medical Residency Commission or Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology.
Qualification requirement: The 2025 notice required proof of ophthalmology residency or specialist training at a service recognized by the Brazilian National Medical Residency Commission or Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology.

How to apply

Application method: For the 2025 round, applications were submitted online. The notice scheduled a specialty examination, interview and CV review for 30 November 2024.
Documents: The 2025 application requested CRM registration, ophthalmology training certificate or declaration, and a photo-bearing Lattes CV link. A recommendation letter from a former teacher was optional.
Contact: Education enquiries: Centro de Estudos Pascoal Martinez Munhoz, ceo@bos.org.br.

Funding and costs

Application fee: The 2025 recruitment required a BRL 300 application fee.
Funding: The 2025 selection notice stated that the subspecialty training was unpaid.

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Intakes

2025 subspecialty selection: recorded closed on 2026-11-12. Opens: 2024-10-14; Application deadline: 2024-11-16

Sources and verification

https://bos.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/edital-RETIFICACAO-fellow_2025.pdf https://bos.org.br/concurso-fellows/

Evidence by field

Training type: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
Duration: conflicting sources; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Source 2 Scope: 2025 published cohort versus undated teaching-page description; current standard duration not independently established.
Eligibility: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
International applicants: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
Funding: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Deadline: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
Learning format: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: BOS named fellowship: Glaucoma; standing programme description.
Contact: institution policy; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: BOS institutional education contact.
Positions: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Application fee: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Documents: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Application method: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Qualification requirement: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility. Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Glaucoma, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.

Glaucoma (subespecialização)