Clear Vision Foundation Anterior Segment Fellowship

The Clear Vision Foundation fellowship is a new program to help train new graduates of US ophthalmology residency programs in advanced anterior segment surgery.  Fellows will train with Drs. Bala Ambati, Eric J Niespodzany, Dr. Joseph Mando and Matt Neale at Pacific Clear Vision Institute and Eugene Eye Care in Eugene, OR.

The practices have a combined volume of over 3000 cataract surgeries per year, along with high numbers of cornea, glaucoma, and refractive surgery.  Over a third of the cataracts performed involve astigmatic or presbyopic correction. 

By the completion of the fellowship, we expect the fellow to become highly proficient in:

In addition, through exposure to 2 private practices, the fellow will gain a keen exposure to the ins and outs of running a practice, longitudinal care of patients, and cultivating a referral network.

The Eugene/Springfield area is a vibrant community with nearly a quarter-million people and a draw area of double that.  It is home to the University of Oregon, a surfeit of biking and running trails and outdoor activities, many culinary and cultural attractions, and approximately 45 minutes to the mountains, 1 hr to the ocean, and 2 hr to Portland. 

Call: 6-8 weeks per year

Salary: $110,000 per year (additional pay for additional call is negotiable)

Benefits: Health insurance, malpractice, travel expenses for 2 national meetings during the fellowship, moving expenses

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At a very early age, Dr. Ambati gained a respect and admiration for those who work in the medical profession. Having spent months in a hospital at a young age, he experienced the compassion, dedication, and caring of skilled doctors and nurses. As he grew older the experience stayed with him so when it came time to choose a career path, medicine was a logical choice.

Dr. Ambati earned his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine at the age of 17, gaining the title of the world’s youngest doctor, and then began his remarkable career of compassionate medical care. The choice of becoming an Ophthalmologist was an easy one for him.

 

Dr. Mando grew up around the optical store that his family owns and he is humbled that a childhood surrounded by optics has blossomed into a career surgically manipulating it. He is passionate about the art of surgery; the dedication it takes to both teach and learn the craft. 

Dr. Mando is an avid outdoorsman; spending his free time backpacking, kayaking, and fishing. When not in the wilderness, he and his wife are self-diagnosed foodies, thoroughly enjoying travel and trying new restaurants and cuisines.

Dr. Niespodzany

Pacific ClearVision Institute is incredibly happy to introduce – Dr. Eric J Niespodzany. Dr. Niespodzany is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his Master’s Degree at the University of Cincinnati and his Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Though young and just beginning his career in Ophthalmology he brings a passion to eye care that we are very excited to share with our patients.

Matthew D. Neale, M.D.was born in Pocatello, Idaho. Much of his upbringing was spent in the United Kingdom and Canada on the heels of his father, a theologian.

Undergraduate work in Chemistry brought Dr. Neale back to his roots in rural Idaho where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Research interests at that time included enzyme kinetics in sucrose metabolism. After brief stints in mechanical engineering, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry, Dr. Neale realized that his talents would be best used to alleviate human suffering; thus resolved, he then pursued and received his medical degree in 2007 at the Chicago Medical School. After completing a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, he went on to complete his ophthalmology residency in 2011 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Dr. Neale and his lovely wife, Monika, have been blessed with six delightful children. He devotes the remainder of his personal time to church involvement and physical fitness.

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