Fellowships

The Department of Ophthalmology offers sub-speciality Senior Clinical Research Fellowship and Pre-Vocational Clinical Research Fellowship opportunities.

The Senior Clinical Research Fellowships are targeted to prepare  a candidate for a clinical academic career with subspecialty training in the respective field. Objectives of the fellowship include gaining medical, surgical and research experience.  Teaching medical students and supervision of registrars is a key element of the fellowship.  These are fully funded positions. Most fellowships are for a 12 month period, though occasionally we have fellowships for 15 to 18 months. Normally the Department of Ophthalmology offers the following senior fellowship positions depending on the availability of research funds.Senior Clinical Research Fellowship sub-specialties include Cornea and External Eye Diseases, Glaucoma, Uveitis, Medical Retina, Vitreo Retina, Paediatric Ophthalmology, and Oculoplastics. 

The Pre-Vocational Clinical Research Fellowships are targeted for junior doctors pursuing a career in Ophthalmology. These are fully funded fellowships for a period of one year.  Depending on the availability of research funds fellowships are the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment, Fellowship in Cornea and Crosslinking, Medical Retina, and Neuro-ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology Sub-speciality Fellowships

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland and Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau have an opening for senior clinical fellowship in general ophthalmology with a special interest in Paediatric Ophthalmology:

(0.8 FTE / 32 hours per week) – start date 1 February 2025 

Please see the Application Guidelines below and the Position Description. Applications will be emailed to Hutokshi Chinoy at h.chinoy@auckland.ac.nz by 12 July 2024.

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand have openings for the following Senior Clinical Research Fellowships:

( 1.0 FTE / 40 hours per week )

Fellowship   Date
Glaucoma August 2025 – July 2026
Paediatric Ophthalmology August 2025 – July 2026
Cornea and Anterior Segment February 2026 – January 2027
Medical Retina August 2025 – July 2026
Uveitis July 2025 – June 2026
Possibility of 1 or 2 positions depending upon funding
Oculoplastics (supervisor Dr Brian Sloan) January 2026 – December 2026
Interviews for this post will be held in early 2025
Oculoplastics (Supervisor Dr Richard Hart)

November 2025 starts with an option to take:

  • 9 month fellowship from November 2025 to July 2026  OR 
  • 20 month fellowship from November 2025 to June 2027

Please see the Application Guidelines below and the Position Descriptions in the next section.

Applications are to be emailed to Hutokshi Chinoy at h.chinoy@auckland.ac.nz by 12 July 2024, with the exception of the Occuplastic Fellowship with Dr Brian Sloan, where the closing date is 31 October 2024.

Interested candidates should email their complete application, which must include:

  • Cover letter specifying reasons for applying and plans post-fellowship
  • Up-to-date CV
  • 1-2 page summary of surgical log
  • Copy of IELTS or OET results, if applicable (check minimum score criteria on Medical Council website www.mcnz.org.nz)

All the above documents should be sent as one single PDF file. Incomplete applications or applications with several attachments will be automatically rejected.

Position descriptions

Fellowship Reports

Previous fellowship candidates have written reports of their time here in Auckland: