Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery

Clinical Specialties
Neuro-Ophthalmology including surgery for paralytic strabismus, lid abnormalities and orbital disease.  Special interest in diseases of the optic nerve.

Academic Degrees
M.D.,  1978, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ph.D., 1976, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

S.B.,    1972, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Residency
Ophthalmology, 1979-1982, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Fellowships
Neuro-Ophthalmology, 1982-83, Harvard Medical School and Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA

Postdoctoral fellowship, 1978-1979,  HMIR/Caltech, Pasadena, CA

Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology

Research Activities

Optic Nerve, optic neuropathies

Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and other mitochondrial diseases of vision

Optics, psychophysics and testing of vision

Vision in AIDS and other CNS disorders

Neuroprotection and optic nerve regeneration

Appointments

Doheny Eye Center, Los Angeles
1450 San Pablo Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-6335