Byers Family Ophthalmic Innovation Fellow

The Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University School of Medicine is accepting applications for the Byers Family Ophthalmic Innovation Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Established in 2016, the Ophthalmic Innovation Program at the Byers Eye Institute is an academic and practical formalization of the basic principles that facilitate the introduction of new technologies into clinical practice. The Program includes regular seminars on ophthalmic innovation by experts from academia and industry as well as collaborative efforts and workshops related to regulatory science with leading professional societies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
The fellowship curriculum blends the following four educational opportunities: hands-on projects, formal coursework, close mentorship, and networking and internship opportunities with members of the Department of Ophthalmology, other Stanford departments, Silicon Valley innovators, and colleagues at the FDA. In addition to pursuing interdisciplinary, translational research under the guidance of program mentors, the fellow engages in educational projects with the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and is involved in the planning of topic-specific national regulatory workshops and conferences, the summaries of which have been published in peer-reviewed journals in past years.
 
Fellows that have completed ophthalmology residency training will have the opportunity to do up to 1 day per week of clinical work during the year. The timeframe of the fellowship is 12 months, beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.