Estrabismo | Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba

Overview

['1-year strabismus fellowship, extendable by a second year depending on performance; head of sector Luís Eduardo Morato Rebouças de Carvalho', 'Outpatient and emergency care, surgical planning and pre- and post-operative assessment across strabismus types, including botulinum toxin for paresis or paralysis',...

The programme

Training type: Clinical fellowship
Learning format: Outpatient and emergency work, weekly case reviews and surgical follow-up. A final research project is required.
Duration: 1 year, with a possible additional year based on performance.
Positions: The closed 2025 notice advertised 1 place.

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. For Strabismus, it also required passing the CBO specialist-title examination by the first semester of the entry year or before starting service.
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. For Strabismus, it also required passing the CBO specialist-title examination by the first semester of the entry year or before starting service.

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: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: BOS named fellowship: Estrabismo; standing programme description.
Eligibility: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Strabismus, 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, Strabismus, 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: Estrabismo; 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, Strabismus, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Application fee: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Strabismus, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Documents: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Strabismus, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Application method: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Strabismus, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.
Qualification requirement: historical; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility. Scope: Hospital Oftalmológico de Sorocaba, Strabismus, 2025 closed selection notice and amendment.

Estrabismo (subespecialização)