Ruben Sanchez, MD
USC
Los Angeles, California

Ruben studied Biology and Spanish Literature at Occidental College. While completing his medical degree at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, he was awarded a Research to Prevent Blindness Medical Student Fellowship with Dr. Sadun. Ruben has interests in Pediatric and Comprehensive ophthalmology.

The main function of the Assistant Chief of Service is as resident supervisor. This person is a full-time faculty member, board certified/eligible and fellowship trained. The office of the Assistant Chief is primarily responsible for the daily administration of the entire residency program. This includes establishing teaching and lecture schedules, conferences, scheduling the various clinics, and surgery. As the prime focus of the residency training program, the supervisor is the individual to whom all residents are immediately responsible. The resident supervisor assists on many cases in the operating room and personally operates on the difficult and complicated cases. The office of the ACS is staffed by various support personnel who can be contacted with questions on the daily affairs of the program. The contact numbers for this office are (323) 409-5234, fax (323) 441-8034.

Office coordinator: Theresa Jennings
Nurse Practitioners/Surgical Coordinators: Vivian Dorsey