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Doheny Eye Institute names Sadda president and chief scientific officer
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Doheny Eye Institute has selected SriniVas Sadda, MD, as president and chief scientific officer, according to a press release.
“When we embarked on the task of choosing a new president and CSO, our goal was to keep Doheny on the path of global leadership in basic and clinical vision research and advanced patient care,” Ed Landry, chairman of the Doheny board of directors, said in the release. “We are thrilled that Dr. Sadda has agreed to serve in this vitally important role for Doheny and are confident that he will continue to make unprecedented strides to conserve, improve and restore human eyesight.”
SriniVas Sadda
Sadda will become the inaugural chairholder of the Stephen J. Ryan-Arnold and Mabel Beckman Endowed Chair. He will also work with Doheny’s executive director, Marissa Goldberg, and the board of directors to lead a new 99-year affiliation agreement with the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute to advance vision research, education and patient care across southern California, the release said.
Sadda joined the Doheny Eye Institute in 2002. He established the Doheny Image Reading Center, which has become one of the top ophthalmology reading centers in the world; is the cofounder of the Pacific Retina Club; and serves on the editorial boards of OSLI Retina, Ophthalmology and Retina, the release said.