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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The 360 Degree Evaluation | Evaluation of medical residents by faculty, hospital staff, peers, and patients. | Text |
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Teaching & Learning in Ophthalmology: Improving Lecture Skills | A slide presentation on the topic of improving instructional skills. | Text |
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The Process of Resident Selection | Evaluation and selection of residency candidates. Includes a section on "Ophthalmology matching program" presented at AAO meeting in Anaheim, Nov. 2003, with permission of Doug Perry. | Text |
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Circadian Rhythms: How Much Retina Do We Need for a Good Night's Sleep? | Discusses importance of the health of the retinohypothalamic tract in the maintenance of circadian rhythm. Anatomy: Retina; Hypothalamus; Retinal ganglion cells; Pineal gland. Disease/Diagnosis: Retinal diseases; Sleep disorders, Circadian rhythm. | Text |
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Headache | Presenting Symptom: Ataxia; Photophobia; Scotoma; Ischemia; Aura. Anatomy: Orbit; Retina; Serotonin. Disease/Diagnosis: Migraine disorders; Migraine with aura. Treatment: Ibuprofen; Sumatriptan; Pseudoephedrine; Lidocaine; Caffeine; Calcium channel blockers; Aminosalicylic acids. | Text |
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Neuro-Surgical Approaches to the Orbit | Discusses specifics of various approaches to surgical treatment of lesions, including transcranial and transfrontal orbitotomies; neuroimagery scans from before and after operation for meningioma. Presenting Symptom: Proptosis. Anatomy: Orbit; Optic nerve sheath. Disease/Diagnosis: Meningioma; Heman... | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: New Lessons From a Giant Pedigree in Brazil | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis; includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Pres... | Text |
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A Neuro-Ophthalmologist's View of RGC Apoptosis and Neuroprotection | Slide presentation with several microscopic images demonstrating cell death, LHON, AIDS. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase; Reactive oxygen species. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Glaucoma. Presen... | Text |
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Color Vision: Insights Into Our Origins and Some of Our Artists - From Darwin to Delacroix | Discussion of origins and physiology of color vision in different species, distinction between addition and subtraction of colors, and how painters get around the difference. Includes microscopic views of retinal cones. Anatomy: Retina; Rods (Retina); Cones (Retina). | Text |
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The Expert Witness | Discussion and advice on serving as an expert witness during court cases. | Text |
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Neuroprotection = Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells | Slide presentation with several microscopic images demonstrating cell death, LHON, AIDS. Presenting Symptom: Blindness; Ischemia; Retinal detachment. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Acquired Immunod... | Text |
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On Being a Program Director | Speech on the occasion of receiving the first Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education in 2003. | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Very Large New Pedigree in Brazil | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON, Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk; Retinal ganglion cells. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Pres... | Text |
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Teaching & Learning in Ophthalmology: Improving Lecture Skills | A slide presentation on the improvement of lecture skills. | Text |
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Jonathan D. Wirtschafter, MD, FACS, Frank E. Burch Professor of Ophthalmology | Overview of the life of Jonathan D. Wirtschafter on the occasion of the first annual Wirtschafter Lectureship, in August of 2003. Sadun gave the lecture, recapping an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images o... | Text |
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Engineering the Visual System | Physiological basis of vision, covering perimetry, retinal ganglion cell types, and retinal pathways. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina. | Text |
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Induction of Apoptosis by Mitochondrial Impairment in LHON and Related Diseases | Slide presentation includes six pairs of microscopic slides showing LHON and control examples of optic nerve. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. | Text |
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Medical-Legal Considerations: What You Wish You Didn't Have to Think About | A slide presentation on the medico-legal issues relevant to neuro-ophthalmologists. | Text |
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Apoptosis of Retinal Ganglion Cells | Presented at a conference on neuroprotection at Sedona, Arizona, 2002; includes several microscopic images demonstrating cell death. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Cytokines. Disease/Diagnosis: Glaucoma. | Text |
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Beyond Visual Acuity: New Measures in the Evaluation of Vision | Use of Amsler charts and 3-D computer imaging to evaluate visual acuity, sensitivity, and health. Disease/Diagnosis: Glaucoma; Age related macular degeneration. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma. | Text |
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Field Investigation of a Giant Pedigree of LHON in Rural Brazil | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindness, | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Very Large New Pedigree in Brazil | Report of an international field investigation to rural Brazil to study a cluster of LHON, including its genetic basis. Includes several images of optic nerve and optic disk with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve; Optic disk. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Blindnes... | Text |
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Extremely High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Human Optic Nerve Head | MRI imagery of optic nerves demonstrates ability to identify cases of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON); includes MRI images of optic nerves. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. | Text |
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Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: New Insights? | Several microscopic images of optic nerve with LHON. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber. Presenting Symptom: Scotoma; Dyschromatopsia. | Text |
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Pentoxifylline Suppression of TNF-Alpha Mediated Axonal Degeneration in the Rabbit Optic Nerve | Presenting Symptom: Dyschromatopsia. Anatomy: Optic nerve. Disease/Diagnosis: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Demyelinating autoimmune diseases, CNS. Treatment: Pentoxifylline. | Text |