Overview
['One-position, one-year cornea fellowship at WVU led by program director Lingo Lai, MD, with extensive hands-on surgical training in an academic setting', 'The department supports up to five clinical fellows a year across its four programmes (cornea, glaucoma, ophthalmic plastics, retina)', 'Fellows act as faculty...
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Learning format
- WVU describes supervised medical and surgical management of complex corneal disease at the Eye Institute. Fellows teach residents and medical students alongside their clinical work.
- Duration
- 1 year
- Positions
- The department lists one position for this fellowship.
Eligibility and visa
- Visa route
- WVU School of Medicine’s GME appointment policy accepts J-1 status when a visa is required for a resident or fellow physician position.
How to apply
- Contact
- Dr. Lingo Lai directs the fellowship. The Cornea fellowship page directs enquiries to Ethan Wiles at +1 304-598-6963.
Not published or not yet verified
Ask the programme coordinator about:
- Start
- Accreditation
- Department
- Eligibility
- Qualification requirement
- Citizenship requirement
- Practice location requirement
- Membership requirement
- Eligibility restrictions
- Language
- Teaching language
- Clinical language
- International applicants
- Licence requirement
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa support
- Deadline
- Application method
- Documents
- Tuition / fees
- Application fee
- Stipend / salary
- Scholarship
- Funding
Sources and verification
https://medicine.wvu.edu/ophthalmology/fellowships/https://medicine.wvu.edu/media/373498/criteria-for-appointment_updated-202602.pdfhttps://medicine.wvu.edu/ophthalmology-and-visual-sciences/fellowships/cornea-fellowship
Evidence by field
- Training type: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Duration: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: West Virginia University Eye Institute Cornea Fellowship.
- Eligibility: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- International applicants: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Funding: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Deadline: unverified; checked not recorded. Source 1
- Positions: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: West Virginia University Eye Institute Cornea Fellowship.
- Visa route: institution policy; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: WVU School of Medicine GME physician appointment policy applicable to fellows; separate Cornea admission criteria may apply.
- Learning format: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Source 2 Scope: West Virginia University Eye Institute Cornea Fellowship.
- Contact: confirmed; checked 2026-11-12. Source 1 Scope: West Virginia University Eye Institute Cornea Fellowship.
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