The Alfredo A. Sadun Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: A Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery at the USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Sadun with a team of researchers at the Doheny Eye Institute pioneered research in optic nerve dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Contains his "100 best lectures".
Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor Ophthalmology & Neurological Surgery, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at USC
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Beyond the Margulis hypothesis: the time bomb within us | Presented at 36th Annual Doheny Days, 2005 | Text; Image |
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Optic nerve tumors: diagnosis and therapy | Powerppoint lecture covers a patient case, differential diagnosis, and optic nerve anatomy. Also includes examination information, fundus images and visual field defects. | Text; Image |
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Prognosis for vision in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) | Treatment options for Pseudotumor cerebri and Papilledema | Text; Image |
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Toxic optic neuropathies: mitochondria and the RGC | Discussion of various forms of mitrochondrial optic neuropathies and how to distinguish from toxic optic neuropathies, with examples from Cuba and Brazil. | Text; Image |
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Mitochondrial optic neuropathy: Mitochondria as gatekeepers for apoptosis | Text; Image | |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON): New rules of engagement | Text; Image | |
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Viagra and vision loss: does sex make you blind? | At a formal debate during a meeting in Canada in Sept. 2006, Sadun was assigned the role of arguing the case FOR a connection between taking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors and developing anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. | Text; Image |
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Management approach to isolated ocular motor nerve palsies | Text; Image | |
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Are IV steroids and anti-platelet agents indicated in every case of GCA? | From a debate at a meeting in Canada in Sept. 2006, with Sadun taking the "pro" position. | Text; Image |
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Mitochondrial optic neuropathy: mitochondria as gatekeepers for apoptosis | Presentation at Harvard in 2006, focussing on Leber's Heriditary Optic Neuropathy | Text; Image |
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An epidemic of blindness in Cuba: lessons on nutrition and mitochondria | Presented at Stanford in April 2007, recapping the 1990s expedition to Cuba to investigate causes of blindness epidemic | Text; Image |
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Viagra and vision loss: does sex make you blind? | Text; Image | |
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Teaching Residents Ophthalmology in the 21st Century | Discusses teaching residents Ophthalmology. Covers issues relating to accreditation and the history of the ACGME. Accreditation criteria and core competencies are outlined. | Text; Image |
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Visual cortex and weird phenomena (Anton's to Riddoch's) | Text; Image | |
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Pupils and fields: the importance of assessing the optic nerve | Text; Image | |
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Anatomy and physiology of vision: the visual pathways | Introduction to neuro-ophthalmology, covering the optic nerve, the afferent visual system (eye to brain), the pupil (Afferent-Efferent Reflex), and the efferent visual system (eye movements). | Text; Image |
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Acute retrobulbar optical neuropathy | PPT covering acute retrobulbar optic neuropathy, including ischemic, inflammatory, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). | Text; Image |
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Optic neuritis treatment trials | Text; Image | |
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How mitochondria orchestrate the death of RGCs : from Brazil to Tuebingen to Rochester 2007 | Text; Image | |
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Distinguishing optic nerve vs. retinal lesions | PPT describing methods of distinguishing optic nerve verses retinal lesions. Describes a pateint case. Discussed signs, symtpoms and diagnostic tests. | Text; Image |
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Visual processing in the cortex | Part 5 of a course at Stanford University | Text; Image |
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Cortical visual phenomena (Anton's to Geschwind's) | Part 6 of a course taught at Stanford University | Text; Image |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) in Brazil: Opportunities | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic roots. Presented at Allergan, 2006. | Text; Image |
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Compressive optic neuropathies potpourri | An overview of compressive optic neuropathies, including symptoms, varieties, testing, and treatments. | Text; Image |
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The surgical management of Graves' orbitopathy | Text; Image |