Mission Statement: Enhance the quality of osteopathic ophthalmology and neurology education through a partnership of hospitals and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Consortium of Osteopathic Residencies in Ophthalmology (CORO) consists of two ophthalmology residency programs in southeast Michigan: Corewell Health Beaumont Taylor and Henry Ford-Warren. Together they have a total of 18 ACGME-approved residency positions. Information about these programs is available here:
Henry Ford Warren Hospital: https://www.henryford.com/hcp/med-ed/residencies-fellowships/warren/ophthalmology
Corewell Health, Beaumont Taylor: https://corewellhealth.org/graduate-medical-education/southeast-michigan/residencies/taylor/ophthalmology
Historically, CORO started in 1989, predating much of MSU's current Graduate Medical Education Alliance. The consortium started through a partnership forged with these and other hospitals and the current MSU Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology. The aim was simply to improve osteopathic educational opportunities for ophthalmology residents. Throughout the past 35 years, this has been achieved by initiating many leading-edge ideas including minimal competency requirements for residents, monthly MSU didactic lecture series, bi-weekly desktop video conferencing sessions, intense neuro-ophthalmology rotations and most recently, acquisition of an ophthalmic surgery simulator located on the campus of Michigan State University available for residents to use.
Today, a three-year spiral curriculum based on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Basic Science Curriculum is presented at the monthly didactic sessions. These sessions enhance the program by providing opportunity for review of current topics in ophthalmology, case presentations and journal articles with residents and faculty from all the programs. The conferences incorporate a visiting professor program and ophthalmology teaching faculty from MSU and well beyond.
The teaching portfolio of CORO also includes an outstanding fellowship opportunity in Neuro-Ophthalmology on campus at MSU. There have also been fellowships in Cataract and Refractive Surgery at various locations in Michigan.
The quote: "We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own" by Ben Sweetland, expresses one reason many become involved in medical education. The PAC and the support staff of these ophthalmology programs takes great pride in the outstanding ophthalmologists whom they have helped graduate into the world.