While recent graduates have entered comprehensive practice and ophthalmic research careers, the majority have matched into advanced clinical fellowships. This pattern follows national trends. In recent years, our residents have matched at Harvard/MEEI, Bascom Palmer, Johns Hopkins/Wilmer, Duke, Weill Cornell, Columbia, Wills Eye Hospital, University of Michigan, Beaumont, UCLA, USC, Stanford, UC-Davis and UCSF, and many other top programs for vitreoretinal surgery, glaucoma, cornea, neuro-ophthalmology, oculofacial plastic surgery, and pediatric ophthalmology fellowships. Over the last 10 years, our graduates have performed above the national average in first-time pass rates on the American Board of Ophthalmology written and oral exams. Many of our graduates have become world-renowned leaders in clinical and academic ophthalmology. Numerous residency program graduates have returned after fellowship training to join our faculty and help train our next generation of residents. Our graduates remain a close part of Weill Cornell Ophthalmology family, and many gather each year at our alumni receptions at various national conferences, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
Post-Residency Graduate Placements (2015-2024)
Class of 2024
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – Ocular Oncology Service
Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University – Glaucoma
Class of 2023
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute – Glaucoma
Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University – Glaucoma
Class of 2022
Weill Cornell Medicine – Vitreoretinal Surgery
USC Roski Eye Institute – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Washington University – Cornea
Class of 2021
Duke University – Glaucoma
Weill Cornell Medicine – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Practice
Class of 2020
UCLA/Stein Eye Institute – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Tufts / New England Eye Center / OCB – Glaucoma
UCLA/Stein Eye Institute – Cornea
Class of 2019
Weill Cornell Medicine –Vitreoretinal Surgery
University of Colorado – Glaucoma
Ophthalmology Research Practice
Class of 2018
Tufts / N. Engl Eye Center / OCB – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Associated Retinal Consultants/Beaumont Health – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School – Cornea
Class of 2017
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA – Cornea
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School – Glaucoma
Class of 2016
University of Michigan – Oculoplastic Surgery
Ophthalmology Research Practice
Duke University – Glaucoma
Class of 2015
Moran Eye Center/University of Utah – Glaucoma
Weill Cornell Medicine – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute – Vitreoretinal Surgery