Externship Site
Commonwealth Eye Surgery
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
2353 Alexandria Dr.
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State:
Zip:
Lexington
KY
40504
U.S.A.
Country:
Southeast US
Region:
Suite 250
Additional Address Information:
Description
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
How many are observation only?
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
Contact for externship liason:
Sinda Ketron, COA
speck@commonwealtheyes.com
859-224-2655 or 800-248-2307
Arrival procedure for students:
Contact facility by phone or email 4-6 weeks prior to rotation. On first day of rotation arrive at 8:00 AM. Identify self to staff/receptionist. Introduce self to technicians and get copy of procedures manual. Spend most of the day covering this material along with use of electronic medical records.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Howell Findley, OD (Ocular Disease)
R. Marty Smith, OD (Ocular Disease)
Tania Patel, OD
Attending Staff - Part Time:
Lance Ferguson, MD (Cornea)
Gary Wörtz , MD (Cataracts, Cornea)
Miscellaneous comments:
The Racquet Club and Stoney Brooke Apartments are 2 known complexes that offer 3 month leases (check with apt. complex for pricing and availability).
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
"You get what you put in at this site. Even though I spent majority of time doing tech work (working up patients for doctors to do DFE or final evaluation), I now am very comfortable with doing post-op care for cataract and refractive surgery since I have seen so many different surgery outcomes. Dr. Findley was very good at grabbing students to show some clinically interesting cases. Since this site gets lots of referrals from local clinics, I have seen the most amount of angle closure during the past 12 weeks than I ever did for the past 3 years of clinical experience. Dr. Findley and Dr. Smith gave adequate feedback at whatever questions I had regarding patient care whenever I asked, which really helped me to learn tremendously. Overall, I gained much strength on anterior seg evaluation after completing this rotation."
Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
Max number of ICO students?
Housing available or a stipend?
Is this a residency program?
Other externship affiliations?
Do you provide formal journal club, case discussion, grand rounds?
Are meals provided?
Is an automobile necessary?
Is there on-site parking?
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Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
5:00 pm
7:30 am
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Additional Info about Hours:
Private
Facility Type