Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute Residency Offers Quality Program (Video)

“The program… delivered the expertise and care of a major medical center in almost a private practice kind of setting, so patient care was always paramount even though research and other activities were going on. Patient care was always the central focus,” says Dr. Panzo. “We had one rotation called the hospital resident, and you had to take care of all the things that came up in the hospital and you were on call all the time. That was a little challenging but at the same time very rewarding, you gained a lot of experience.”



“Subspecialists held journal clubs. They would have you over and you review articles in their specialty in their homes. They’d provide us dinner and it was very informal, but that was the environment at Cleveland Clinic,” he continues. “They would talk to us about time with our family and how quality was as important as quantity, or more so, because you weren’t going to get a lot of time in surgery. I think most residents think that quantity is the most important thing, but there’s a quality side to it as well, and we had a good mixture of both.”