SaharBedroodMDPhD

Summary

• Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and chemistry at University of California Los Angeles. She then completed a combined MD/PhD program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She received her PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology for her work on structural features and drug modifiers of misfolded proteins such as amyloid proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes mellitus. Dr. Bedrood completed her internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. She completed her residency in ophthalmology at the USC Roski Eye Institute and her fellowship in glaucoma as a Society of Heed Fellow at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Additionally, Bedrood has been honored with multiple awards throughout her training for both her leadership and her research endeavors, including the Order of the Areté, the PEO Scholar Award and the Remarkable Women of USC Award. She is a member of several national and international professional societies including American Academy of Ophthalmology and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.