ALFREDO A. SADUN, MD, PHD

Dr. Sadun is Full Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He began his research on visual neuro-anatomy as an undergraduate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to earn an MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, after receiving a PhD in neuro-anatomy. After completing his research fellowships, he completed a residency and chief residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, and a clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Boston University School of Medicine, and at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sadun began his career as a full-time faculty member at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was recruited to the Doheny Eye Institute in 1984 and has remained since. He has been Director of the residency training program for almost 25 years. He is currently the Chief of Service for Neuro-ophthalmology and Vice-chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, USC.

Dr. Sadun has an international reputation as a neuro-ophthalmologist, vision scientist and in residency education. He won the Lighthouse International's highest award, the Pizart, for his work against blindness. He also received the Straatsma Award from the AAO and AUPO for his contributions to residency education. He is the longest serving residency program director in ophthalmology in the U.S. and was the first president of the AUPO program directors organization. He has written four text books, contributed over 60 book chapters, and written over 200 peer-reviewed articles.

Dr. Sadun's clinical interests are in neuro-ophthalmology with particular interests that include diseases of the optic nerve, assessment of visual function, mitochondrial optic neuropathies, and diseases and tumors of the orbit.