Alfredo Arrigo Sadun MD, PhD

Alfredo A. Sadun, M.D., PhD. holds the Flora L. Thornton Endowed Chair at Doheny Eye Centers-UCLA and is Vice-Chair of Ophthalmology at UCLA. Dr. Sadun graduated from MIT (1972), completed his Ph.D. and M.D., and then a residency in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School followed by a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology. He joined the full-time faculty at Harvard, Department of Ophthalmology in 1983. He helped lead Doheny in its transition to UCLA in 2014. 

Dr. Sadun actively pursues and has received the greatest distinction in all three of the classical academic missions. His research in vision was honored with the lifetime achievement award given by Lighthouse International, with the Pisart Award, His contributions to residency teaching in ophthalmology were honored by the AAO and AUPO with their highest award for education, the Straatsma Prize., Dr. Sadun received the Hoyt Award, the highest prize offered in clinical neuro-ophthalmology by the AAO. Dr. Sadun has been recognized as an international authority in neuro-ophthalmology and especially diseases of the optic nerve. He has published about 320 peer-reviewed articles, 70 book chapters and co-authored or edited 4 books (H-index 50). He received funding from the NIH for over 25 years and holds 5 patents.