Alfredo Sadun MD

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Professor, UCLA

Summary

Dr. Alfredo Sadun is an ophthalmologist based in Pasadena, CA, specializing in neuro-ophthalmology. He completed his residency at Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School. He holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Sadun currently serves as the F. Thornton Chair at UCLA at Doheny and a full professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His research focuses on optic nerve disorders and hereditary optic atrophy, with multiple publications in prestigious journals. He has been involved in clinical trials such as RESCUE and REVERSE. Dr. Sadun has received several honors, including the ARVO Gold Fellow Award and the Life Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 1979 - 1982
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1978
Albert Einstein College of MedPh.D., Neuroscience, 1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)BSc, Biology, 1972

ARVO Gold Fellow Award Association for Research in Ophthalmology, 2020
Life Achievement Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017

PubMed

1 citations
Comparing the Vitreous Floaters Functional Questionnaire to the VFQ-25 in Vision Degrading Myodesopsia from Vitreous Floaters.
J Sebag, Justin H Nguyen, Kenneth M P Yee, Ashley Burchfield, Fei Yu
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2026-06-01
Effect of IOP-lowering treatment and Pentoxifylline on retrobulbar blood flow in normal tension glaucoma: a color doppler imaging study.
Enrico Lupardi, Monica Ferri, Alice Galzignato, Catarina P Coutinho, Gian Luca Laffi
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie. 2026-06-01
Characterization of Inferior Rectus Muscle Action in Normal Subjects Using Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Orbit.
Alexander R Engelmann, Kailash Singh, Jiachen Zhuo, Néha Datta, Alfredo A Sadun
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction. 2026-04-05

Journal Articles

Further Discussion of Vitrectomy for Floaters
Sebag J, Sadun AA, Retina, 11/10/2014
Considerations on Vitrectomy for Floaters
Sebag J, Yee KM, Sadun AA, Retina, 9/23/2014
Inner Retinal Optic Neuropathy - Vitreo-Macular Surgery Associated Disruption of the Inner Retina
Pan BX, Yee KM, Ross-Cisneros FN, Sadun AA, Sebag J, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 9/18/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Optical Coherence Tomography in Central Nervous System Diseases
Chapter: Optical Coherence Tomography in Alzheimer's Disease
Gianluca Coppola, Vincenzo Parisi, Gianluca Manni, Francesco Pierelli, Alfredo A. SadunEditors: Andrzej Grzybowski.Springer Verlag2015
The Vitreous
Chapter: Vitreous Floaters and Vision: Current Concepts and Management Paradigms
Page 771 - 788Huang LC, Yee KMP, Wa CA, Nguyen JN, Sadun AA, and Sebag JEditors: J Sebag.Springer Science + Business Media, New York2014
The Vitreous
Chapter: Macular Hote and Macular Pucker Surgery with Special Emphasis on Reoperations
Page 613 - 627Pan BX, Yee KMP, Ross-Cisneros F, Sadun AA, and Sebag JEditors: J Sebag.Springer Science + Business Media, New York2014

Abstracts/Posters

Reducing Post-vitrectomy Cataracts
Yee K, Wa CA, Nguyen JH, TanS, Lesnik-Oberstein SY, Filas BA, Shul YB, Beebe DC, Sadun AA, Sebag J, ARVO Meeting, 4/30/2014
Quantitative Ultrasonography of Vitreous Correlates with Contrast Sensitivity in Patients with Floaters
Wa CA, Yee KM, Mamou J, Silverman RH, Gale J, GantiAK, Kettterling JA, Sadun AA, Sebag J, ARVO Meeting, 4/30/2014
Multifocal Bioelectrical Cortical Responses in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Parisi V, Ziccardi L, Giannnini D, Sadun AA, De Negri, Savini G, Barboni P, La Morgia C, Carelli, ARVO Meeting, 4/30/2014

Lectures

The Cuban Epidemic of Optic Neuropathy and Conversations with Castro
Salt Lake City, Utah - 9/1/2014
The Canary in the Coal Mine: MOS and the Optic Nerve
University of Utah School of Medicine. Salt Lake City, Utah - 9/1/2014
An Epidemic of Optic and Peripheral Neuropathy in Cuba
Salt Lake City, Utah - 9/1/2014

Other

New Developments in the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
Sadun, AA, Bradly Katz, AAO Podcast
Chicago - 11/1/2014
Toxic and Metabolic Optic Neuropathies
Sadun, AA, Golnik, K, AAO Podcast
New Orleans - 11/1/2013
Aging and the Eye
Sadun AA, Arnold, T, AAO Podcast
Orlando - 10/1/2012

Propagation and Selectivity of Axonal Loss in Leber Hereditary Optic NeuropathyApril 30th, 2020
40th Meeting of the Upper Midwest Neuro-Ophthalmology GroupMarch 25th, 2020
Huntington Medical Research Institutes Lecture Event Focuses on Leber's Hereditary Optic NeuropathyMay 21st, 2019