ICO Fellowship Hosts & Training Centers

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Fellowships Program was organized to help promising young ophthalmologists from developing countries improve their practical skills and broaden their perspectives of ophthalmology.  Fellows are expected to bring the acquired knowledge and skills back to their home countries and take part in programs to preserve vision and prevent blindness. The program is intended to be flexible to meet the needs of individuals and the duration is 3 to 12 months depend on international fellows’ needs.

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences is among the rare ICO fellowship centers in the Middle East. Several international fellows from different countries have been trained in the university up to now.

Fellows will receive 4000-5000$/3months from ICO to cover their expenses during fellowship and a diploma will be granted at the end of the course.

The fellowship position is available for non-ICO applicants too. However, the fellowship is unfounded and the fellows will pay their living and travel expenses. In this case, they must send their application directly to Dr Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati through email. 

ICO Host

ZAREI-GHANAVATI Siamak, MD, FICO
Mashad, IR 
zareis@mums.ac.ir 
Phone/Fax +98-9151153024

Host Contact

ZAREI-GHANAVATI Siamak, MD, FICO 
siamakzarei@gmail.com

Medical Center

Khatam-Al-Anbia Eye Hospital 
Dept. of Ophthalmology 
Abootaleb Blvd 
Mashad, IR 
www.mums.ac.ir/khatam/en/index

Characteristics of the Ophthalmology Department

Beds

64

Inpatients per Year

4,400

Inpatient Surgeries per Year

1,900

Consultations per Year

17,250

Outpatients per Year

121,000

Outpatient Surgeries per Year

16,500

Staff of the Ophthalmology Department

Number of Attendings / Consultants

16

Number of Fellows / Registrars

15

Number of Senior Residents / SHOs

8

Number of Residents / House Officers

32

Number of Interns / Clinical Assistants

20

Regular Teaching Events

15 Hours per Week

•  Morning Reports
•  Grand Rounds
•  Clinical Sessions
•  Photo-Fluo Conferences
•  Journal Club
•  Lectures

•  Case Presentations
•  Surgery Conferences
•  Conferences of Complications
•  Video Conferences
•  Research Conferences
•  (Subspecialty) Seminars / Tutorials

ICO Fellowships Offered

•  Observership
•  Clinical Exposures
•  Surgical Exposure

Language(s): English, Frasi (Persian)

Subspecialties

Subspecialty	Fellowship Duration		Fellowship Supervisor
	3 months	1 year
Cornea & External Diseases			Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, MD zareis@mums.ac.ir
Cataract Surgery			Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, MD zareis@mums.ac.ir