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Alfredo A. Sadun , MD, PhDProfessorFlora L. Thornton Chair in Vision Research Dr. Sadun earned an M.D. and a Ph.D. in neuroanatomy from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a residency and chief residency at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. He completed a combined clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sadun and a team of researchers at the Doheny Eye Institute pioneered research in optic nerve dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease. His research and clinical expertise in diseases of the optic nerve made him the choice to lead a team of investigators that determined the metabolic cause of an epidemic of optic neuropathy in Cuba, 1993-1994. Dr. Sadun is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Research Interests Diseases of the Optic Nerve Clinical Interests Neuro-Ophthalmology
Degrees Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Ph.D., 1976 Internships Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA, 1978 - 1979 Residencies Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1979 - 1982 Fellowships Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1982 - 1983
Board Certification American Board of Ophthalmology, 1983 Awards Lighthouse International (Pizart) Lifetime Achievement, 1999
Memberships North American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society (NANOS) Clinical Affiliation USC Keck School of Medicine |
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