Dr. David Sarraf is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Stein Eye Institute at UCLA and member of the Retinal Disorders and Ophthalmic Genetics Division. He has published approximately 250 research papers, case reports and reviews and has authored 18 book chapters and is co-author for the second edition of the Retina Atlas and will be Section Editor for the 7th edition of Ryan Retina. Dr. Sarraf is a world leader in the field of advanced retinal imaging and has delivered over 300 invited lectures at various meetings worldwide including several endowed and keynote lectures.
Dr. Sarraf is Associate Editor for the journal Retinal Cases and Brief Reports and is an Editorial Board Member of the journals Retina and OSLI Retina and is Section Editor of (Ocular Imaging Section) for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. He is also Section Editor for the Retina Times (X-Files) of the ASRS and has served on the BCSC section of the AAO and has been awarded Achievement and Secretariat and Senior Achievement awards by the AAO.
Dr. Sarraf is also Co-Director of the Pacific Retina Club and the International Retinal Imaging Symposium and is co-founder of the International Retinal Imaging Society. He is a member of the ASRS, AOS (American Ophthalmological Society), Retina Society and Gass Club and is an ARVO Imaging Program Committee member and has served as an Executive Board Member and Program Committee Member in the Macula Society. He has also served as an Advisory Consultant of the DRCR Network and is a Scientific Board Member of the Macula Foundation Inc and Optovue Inc.
Dr. Sarraf’s focus of research interest is in the field of advanced retinal imaging. He has been a pioneer in the clinical application of OCT angiography and is a world expert on OCTA and OCT imaging of the macula and has applied these technologies to better understand the structure and arrangement of the retinal capillary plexus and the ischemic cascade.
Dr. Sarraf’s research has also focused on the dry and wet forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and specifically the evaluation of pigment epithelial detachment and retinal pigment epithelial tears. He was nominated to the American Ophthalmological Society because of his research work on the subject of PED and AMD.
Financial disclosure: Dr. Sarraf has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:
- Amgen
- Bayer
- Genentech
- Heidelberg
- Novartis
- Optovue
- Regeneron
- Topcon