HCA Florida Healthcare-USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa North-Bayonet Point Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a community-based, HCA Healthcare-affiliated ophthalmology residency in Hudson, Florida, built around a single surgical center partnership (Abita Eye Group) and trauma-heavy clinical exposure through Bayonet Point Hospital's trauma call. The program is small (two residents per PGY level, six total) with subspecialty rotation exposure in glaucoma, retina, pediatric ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology, emphasizing individualized, clinically hands-on training over a large academic infrastructure. Research is institutionally supported through HCA's national scholarly activity network (research coordinators, access to HCA's patient-encounter data, and the HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine) but is not positioned as central to this specific program's identity, which instead foregrounds trauma/emergency ophthalmic care under a program director known for a high-volume emergency and trauma ophthalmology practice. The program's stated mission centers on developing "physicians and physician leaders" through individualized mentorship rather than a research- or tertiary-referral-driven model.