Education and Fellowship Training at the Proctor Foundation
The Francis I. Proctor Foundation at the University of California, San Francisco, offers two types of postdoctoral training: a Clinical Fellowship, open exclusively to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and a Research Fellowship, open more broadly.
Fellowship Programs: Welcome and Program Goals
Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology and the Francis I. Proctor Foundation at UCSF. We take great pride in our fellowship programs and the exceptional caliber of the fellows who train with us. Our programs focus on the subspecialties of cornea and uveitis, and we are deeply committed to cultivating the next generation of ophthalmologists, clinician-scientists, and academic leaders.
Our fellows consistently go on to secure top-tier positions in academia, industry, and private practice. Alongside our renowned residency program, these fellowships are designed to develop future leaders in ophthalmology.
Each fellowship is structured to provide rigorous clinical and surgical training in both complex and routine ophthalmic conditions. Fellows gain hands-on experience through exposure to a diverse range of patient cases and are mentored closely by faculty members and co-mentors. In addition to clinical excellence, we emphasize career development and research engagement, equipping fellows with the critical skills needed to thrive as lifelong learners and contributors to the field.
Cornea/External Disease Fellowship
The Proctor Foundation and UCSF have a long tradition of training clinicians in the art of medical and surgical cornea. With the combination of outstanding clinical and surgical training, exposure to diverse faculty, unique research opportunities and a complex patient population, our fellows finish the 1-year program well equipped to manage complex medical and surgical cornea and uveitis. Our fellows successfully compete for positions in academia and private practice.
Learn more about the Cornea/External Disease Fellowship [Please visit this link for more Cornea/External Disease Fellowship information].
To apply, please view our profile on the SFMatch website at www.SFMatch.org.
Uveitis Fellowship
This is a 1-year uveitis fellowship, which provides clinical training in all aspects of uveitis, including uveitic cataract surgery and medical management with immunosuppression. Fellows will learn how to diagnose and manage diverse uveitic conditions, with an approximately even split between conditions primarily affecting the anterior and posterior segment. Our fellows successfully compete for positions in academia and private practice.
To learn more about the Uveitis Fellowship, [Please visit this link for more Uveitis Fellowship information.]
To apply, please view our profile on the SFMatch website at www.SFMatch.org.
