New Faculty Team Creates Opportunities

for Leadership and Decision-Making in Ophthalmology

A faculty leadership team was recently installed to expand governance and oversight of the Stein Eye Institute.

“The leadership team is intended to create broader involvement by the faculty in the management of the Institute, bringing faculty into the decision ­ making arena and in planning the future for UCLA vision ­ science research and care,” says Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD, chair of the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology, director of the Stein Eye Institute, and affiliation chair, Doheny Eye Institute.

The members of the leadership team are:

Anthony J. Aldave, MD, Vice Chair of Academics

Anthony C. Arnold, MD, Vice Chair of Education

Joseph Caprioli, MD, Vice Chair of Quality

Sophie X. Deng, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

JoAnn A. Giaconi, MD, Vice Chair of Affiliated Hospitals

Gary N. Holland, MD, Vice Chair of Patient-Based Research

Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD, Vice Chair of Doheny Eye Centers UCLA

Alapakkam P. Sampath, PhD, Associate Director of Research

A selection committee nominated highly respected candidates they felt would be particularly effective in overseeing each defined role. Faculty colleagues then voted on who should lead.