Fellowships

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.

The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand have openings for

Senior Clinical Research Fellowship in Oculoplastics (Supervisors Dr Brian Sloan and Dr Kathleeya Stang-Veldhouse).

( 1.0 FTE / 40 hours per week) - fully funded

Start date: January 2026 to December 2026

Senior Clinical Research Fellowship in Vitreo Retina (2 posts) – Supervisors Dr Nadeem Ahmad and Dr William Cunningham

1. Start date - Jan/Feb 2026
2. Start date - July 2026

( 1.0 FTE / 40 hours per week) - fully funded

Please see the Application Guidelines below and the Position Descriptions in the next section.
Applications are to be emailed to Azree Uduman at sithi.azree.uduman@auckland.ac.nz by 29 November 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.
  
• One - two-page summary of surgical log.
  
• Copy of IELTS or OET results, if applicable (check minimum score criteria on the Medical Council website).

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

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

Maurice and Phyllis Paykel fellowship in cornea and anterior segment – 0.8 FTE or thereabouts depending on funding
Crosslinking and anterior segment clinical research fellowship – 0.8 FTE
Medical Retina clinical research fellowship – 1.0FTE
Neuro-ophthalmology clinical research fellowship – 1.0FTE

We anticipate the start date for these clinical research posts will be 1 February 2025.

These positions are open to junior medical staff with a medical qualification registrable in New Zealand who have an interest in pursuing ophthalmology as a career. The positions have a 50:50 to 70:30 clinical:clinical research composition depending on candidate experience and research project involvement.

A copy of the position description and sample timetable are below as downloadable documents. Also attached are tentative timetables for the pre-vocational fellowships. These are indicative only and timetables are likely to change to accommodate research and clinical duties.

We anticipate that interviews will be held on Friday 9 August 2024 but will confirm the final date later. If you are interested in one or all of these posts, please submit an up-to-date CV with a cover letter by email to Hutokshi Chinoy, h.chinoy@auckland.ac.nz.

The last date for receiving applications is Tuesday 30 July 2024.