Estudia en la Academia del Centro Oftalmológico Virgilio Galvis

Research and Scientific Articles

The Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center as a High Technology Center included within FOSCAL is part of the practice scenario of the ophthalmology residency programs of the teaching-care agreements with the Industrial University of Santander UIS and the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga UNAB. Additionally, also endorsed by the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga UNAB, it offers a one-year fellowship program in Anterior Segment, Cornea and Refractive Surgery.

When reviewing SCORPUS, which is one of the most recognized scientific article databases, two researchers from the Galvis group and A Tello with 120 Publications are among the list of researchers with the highest production affiliated with the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga.

The most cited ophthalmology article by Colombian authors in the last 6 years, classified as the fourth most cited in the magazine “Eye” of the United Kingdom within the same time of publication, and with more than 230 citations registered in Google Scholar, was published on the topic of keratoconus by researchers at the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center, in association with international researchers.

Scientific Director - Dr Alejandro Tello, Phd.

The research department at the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmology Center is directed by Dr. Alejandro Tello, MD PhD. It has the support of ophthalmologists, optometrists, epidemiologists, industrial engineers, biomedical doctors and systems engineers.

The research products published in recent years led to the fact that, according to a study published in the Revista de la Academia Nacional de Medicina in January 2019, the only ophthalmologists included in the 20 authors in Colombia with the most publications indexed in SCOPUS from 2008 to 2017 were two researchers from the group (V Galvis and A Tello).

Research lines of the research department of the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center:

Myopia, Keratoconus, Corneal endothelial dystrophies, Refractive surgery, Cataract surgery, Ocular biometry, Corneal transplant, Intraocular lenses, Eye infections, Amblyopia.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

RESIDENCE SPECIALIZATION IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

Residency Program

The specialization program in Ophthalmology of the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation/Clínica Ardila Lülle (FOSCAL) in a teaching-care agreement with the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga (UNAB) lasts 4 years, and requires exclusive, full-time dedication.
All the information regarding the call for the selection process for resident doctors is found on the page: www.unab.edu.co entering by: Programs, Postgraduate Studies, Medical Surgical Specialization, Ophthalmology. See Link below this section.
It is very important to keep in mind that you must carry out two independent processes.
Registration in the UNAB selection process to take the exam for admission to residency in ophthalmology. See Link below this section.
The fact of participating and passing the International Ophthalmology Course, FOSCAL, which takes place every year during the last two weeks of January, is essential in the evaluation of the resume. Register on the website www.cursooftalmologiafoscal.com.co
To apply, it is essential that you have a validated medical degree in Colombia, have completed one year of social service or rural service, and have the professional card of your country. See link found below this section.

FELLOWSHIP IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

Fellowship Program

The Ophthalmological Foundation of Santander-Clínica Ardila Lulle (FOSCAL) has Fellowship programs in various Supra-specialties of ophthalmology.

Below we indicate the contact information for the specialist in charge of each of these programs:

Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology: (duration: 1 year)- Dr. Juan Carlos Serrano.
Fellowship in Retina and Vitreous: (duration: 2 years)- Dr. Juan David Arias, Dr. Clara Varón and Dr. Eduardo Villarreal.
Fellowship in Glaucoma: (duration: 1 year) - Dr. Juan Camilo Parra.
Fellowship in Oculoplastics: (duration: 1 year) - Dr. Alberto Díaz.
Fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology (duration 1 year) - Dr. Pedro L. Cárdenas.

The other fellowship programs depend on other specialists. If you are interested in any of them, you must send a communication to the email oftalmofos@gmail.com

Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Fellowship

The Fellowship in Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery, developed at the Virgilio Galvis Ophthalmological Center, is one year long, full-time exclusive dedication.

The minimum requirements are:

Be an ophthalmologist graduated from a formally recognized school in Colombia or abroad.
Have health services in Colombia (be contributing to a Colombian EPS).
Possess civil liability insurance.
We prefer that candidates have taken and passed the International Ophthalmology Course that we hold every year in the last two weeks of January.
In general, we prefer that the candidate complete a two-week internship at the Institution.

During this time the fellow will perform consultation and surgery activities with support (mainly phacoemulsification, LASIK and PRK, as well as some cases of keratoplasties).

This program must be self-financed by the applicant, since the fellow does not receive income during that year. The registration fees for this fellowship will have a value at the time of admission (January 2021) of approximately twelve million pesos ($12,000,000), which will also cover your social security and lunch costs.

To access this program you must be a graduated ophthalmologist with the title of doctor and specialist in ophthalmology validated in the Republic of Colombia by the Ministry of National Education, and have the Colombian Professional Card as a doctor and as a specialist in ophthalmology.

If you graduate from General Medicine or Ophthalmology abroad, you will then need to have the Resolution of validation of the two degrees and the Professional Card as a doctor and as a specialist (see another attached document about requirements and procedures).

It is very important to have basic training in phacoemulsification and to have performed at least twenty cases.

On Friday, January 31, 2020, immediately after the FOSCAL International Ophthalmology Course, an academic event that we hold every year, interviews will be held for candidates who meet the requirements, to aspire to two fellowship places: one for enter in January 2021 and the other in June 2021.

The fact of participating and passing the FOSCAL International Ophthalmology Course, an activity that takes place the last two weeks of January each year, is very important within the evaluation of the Resume (Curriculum vitae) (the grade of the exam taken at the end of the FOSCAL International Ophthalmology Course will be taken into account).

If you have already taken it before, and had a satisfactory performance on the exam, it is not essential to repeat it.

Three pre-selected candidates will be chosen to complete a two-week to one-month rotation with us, and then two of them will be selected to enter the program.

Topics covered during your training include: