Optometry Residency Program
Clay Rhynes Eye Clinic &
RGB Eye Associates
Durant, Oklahoma & Sherman, Texas
Ocular Disease with emphasis in Refractive and Ocular Surgery
Program Quick Facts
About the Program
The Clay-Rhynes/RGB Ocular Disease Resident will be exposed to a wide variety of ocular and systemic conditions, having daily access to cutting edge instrumentation including Cirrus OCT, Optomap, specular microscopy, VEP, ERG, ORA, anterior segment imaging, wavefront aberrometry, TearLab, Macuscope, AdaptDX, and B scan. The resident will spend approximately half time with Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic and half time with RGB Eye Associates.
The Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic is a high volume medical/surgical practice in our 8000 square foot state-of-the-art clinic, where the resident will perform YAG capsulotomies, iridotomies, and vitreolysis, along with radiosurgical lesion removals, and foreign body removals. The resident will attend all surgeries and perform all post-op care for every patient the resident refers for cataract and LASIK procedures. The resident will have the opportunity to observe and manage a large volume of glaucoma, cataract, and macular degeneration patients. Yet, because of our demographics, the resident will also manage a large number of pediatric patients.
The resident's time at RGB Eye Associates will see them involved in activities that they have fewer opportunities to be exposed to at Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic. These would include, but not be limited to: pre-op work-ups on cataract, lid, and corneal surgeries, observing/attending surgeries (surgery center and in-office), and heavier exposure to ocular disease with many coming on referral from other optometrists, as opposed to seeing on first exposure at Clay-Rhynes. RGB Eye Associates has offices in both Oklahoma and Texas. A Texas optometry license is therefore required in addition to an Oklahoma optometry license as the resident will see patients at their Texas clinic at some times.
Our surgeons utilize the latest technologies including the Catalys femtosecond laser for capsulorhexis and cataract fragmentation. All LASIK is also performed using femtosecond flap technology. As well, our ophthalmology partners administer anti-VEGF injections for our AMD patients in our clinic. The resident will participate in observation and management with these surgeons. Finally, the resident will benefit from our relationships developed over the last quarter century with some of the best and brightest sub-specialists in retina, cornea, and glaucoma.
Perhaps the most unique aspect of our residency is the opportunity for the resident to observe and participate in the management of a practice. In addition to weekly grand rounds and journal club, the resident will participate in daily morning huddles with all doctors and staff, as well as weekly staff meetings and weekly administrative staff meetings.
The resident will also spend time at NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry and the Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah one week during the Fall semester and one week during the Spring semester.
Teaching is another important aspect of this program, with opportunities to become involved in didactic and clinical education of optometry students, optometrists, and other healthcare providers.
At the beginning of the year, you are assigned which holidays you will be on call. If you are not scheduled to be on call, you are not expected to be at work on these holidays and they are not taken from your vacation.
About Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic: https://visionsource-durant.com/
About RGB Eye Associates: https://www.rgbeyeassociates.com/
Expected Weekly Hours
Expected weekly hours of duty are 40 hours per week plus on-call responsibilities. Attendance of continuing medical education may lengthen the weekly hours of duties.
Program Contact
Program Addresses
Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic1901 University Boulevard
Durant, OK 74701
1625 Highway 75 North
Sherman, TX 75090
ASCO Information
ACOE Accreditation Status
The Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) has granted Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic and RGB Eye Associates Residency in Ocular Disease with emphasis in Ocular and Refractive Surgery the accreditation status of "Accredited." Accredited is a classification granted to an educational program, indicating that the program generally meets the Standards of accreditation. For more information, see ACOE's website at www.theacoe.org or contact the ACOE at acredit@theacoe.org.
Program Requirements & Information
Meet the Residency Supervisor
Dr. Greg Clay
Residency Supervisor
Like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before him, Dr. Greg Clay became a part of the legacy of Clay-Rhynes Eye Clinic by joining Dr. Joe in practice in 1977. After graduating from Durant High School and receiving his undergraduate instruction at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the University of Memphis, Dr. Greg was awarded his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Doctor of Optometry degrees from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and was one of the first doctors to become Board Certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry in 2011. He has been named Optometric Physician of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians and has served as President of the Association, as well as President of the Southwest Council of Optometry. The Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians also bestowed its Distinguished Service Award on Dr. Clay.