10 most-viewed ophthalmology residency programs

In 2024, FREIDA™ users tallied more than 13,000 views of ophthalmology residency programs. In this list, we pare the 126 ophthalmology programs down to the 10 ophthalmology residency programs ranked at the top for user interest.

Rankings are based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2024.

FREIDA allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Ophthalmology is the medical specialty concerned with the medical and surgical care of the eye, orbit, optic tract and visual cortex. Training consists of a three-year residency program following a one-year clinical postgraduate year program in internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, or transitional year.

1. University of Alabama Medical Center Program

2. St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore Program

3. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Program

4. University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Program

5. Broward Health Program

6. University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General) Program

7. Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program

8. University of California (Irvine) Program

9. HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME Bayonet Point Hospital Program

10. University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program