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Dr. Soroudi specializes in the medical
and microsurgical management of complicated
eye disease. He is one of the most meticulous
eye surgeons in the country and has
had extensive training and experience
to treat ocular conditions that often
lead to complete blindness.
Dr. Soroudi is on staff at the UCLA
Jules Stein Eye Institute as Clinical
Instructor of Ophthalmology, and he
is a Diplomate of the American Board
of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Soroudi received his undergraduate
training in Biomedical Engineering and
graduated with the highest honors (magna
cum laude) from USC. He obtained his
Master of Science Degree in Physiological
Science from UCLA in only one year and
went on to the UC Irvine College of
Medicine to obtain his Medical Doctorate
Degree. He obtained extensive surgical
training at the LA County Hospital in
East Los Angeles as an intern, and completed
his residency and served as chief resident
in Ophthalmology at the LA County Hospital
in South Central Los Angeles under the
supervision of internationally recognized
eye surgeons from the UCLA Jules Stein
Eye Institute
Dr. Soroudi spent a year at the Division
of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery at UCLA where he had the opportunity
to learn more about complicated eyelid
surgery. He also completed a clinical
fellowship in kerato-refractive surgery
at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center where
he obtained sub-specialty training in
performing all-laser and "flapless"
LASIK., which he performs routinely
at his practice in Newport Beach. He
is among a rare group of eye surgeons
who offer Intacs, which provide a revolutionary
new treatment for Keratoconus. He has
also invented and patented a product
approved by the FDA to treat a great
number of conditions that commonly affect
the eyelids (e.g., Sties).
Education
2005 - 2006 Century City Doctors
Hospital: Advanced Vision Care
Advanced Cataract and Anterior Segment
Surgical Fellowship: Certified to implant
the AcrySof ReSTOR multifocal intraocular
lens. Advisor: Dr. Samuel Masket, M.D.
President, American Society of Cataract
& Refractive Surgery
2005 - 2006 Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center: Laser Eye Associates
Keratorefractive Surgical Fellowship
Certified to utilize the Visx S4, Autonomous
6000, and the Alegretto Excimer-, as
well as the Intralase 60KHz Femtosecond
lasers.
Certified to utilize INTACS for the
correction of myopia and keratoconus.
Advisors: Drs. James Salz, M.D., and
Yaron Rabinowitz, M.D.
2002 - 2005 LA County Hospital:
South Central Los Angeles
Department of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Residency
Chief Resident 7/2004-7/2005: Surgical
volume 175% of national average (per
ACGME survery).
2001 - 2002 Jules Stein Eye Institute:
Division of Ophthalmic Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles
Observational/Research Fellowship
Advisors: Dr. Robert A. Goldberg, M.D.
Chief, Division of Orbital and Ophthalmic
Plastic Surgery.
Topic of investigation: Graves' Eye
Disease.
2000 - 2001 University of Southern
California: Department of Surgery
Los Angeles County: General Hospital
Surgical Internship
1996 - 2000 University of California,
Irvine: College of Medicine
Medical Doctorate Degree
Medical Scholars Program.
1995 - 1996 University of California,
Los Angeles
Master of Science Degree (Two-year Research
Curriculum): Physiological Science
Thesis conducted at the UCLA Jules Stein
Eye Institute.
Advisor: Dr. Robert Alan Goldberg, M.D.
Chief, Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic
Surgery Division.
1992 - 1995 University of Southern
California
Bachelor of Science Degree: Biomedical
Engineering
Magna Cum Laude
Top 5% of graduating class.
WVT Rusch Engineering Honors Curriculum.
1991 - 1992 Santa Monica College
Lower Division, General Education Courses.
Honors curriculum.
Awards
May 2005
Resident of the year award.
May 2004
Resident of the year award.
August 2002
Pacific American Volunteer Association
Certificate of appreciation for service
to the underserved.
Summer 1997
NIH Intramural Research Training Award.
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
National Eye Institute, Laboratory of
Immunology & Gene Therapy, Bethesda,
Maryland.
1994-1995 Academic Year
Howard Hughes Biomedical Research Fellowship.
HEDCO Neuroscience Department, University
of Southern California.
1994-1995 Academic Year
Phi Kappa Phi all University Honors.
Awarded to the top 5% of university
graduates.
Summer 1994
Mabel Newman Scholarship for Academic
Excellence.
Spring 1994
Abrams Attridge Scholarship for Academic
Excellence from the USC School of Engineering.
Fall 1992 - 1995
SCions scholarship for Academic Excellence
at the University of Southern California.
Spring 1992
Wade F. Thomas: AS Leadership Award.
Current Teaching Positions
November 2006-present UCLA Jules Stein
Eye Institute
Faculty: Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology.
June 2006-present University of Southern
California, Viterbi School of Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Lecturer
Work/Research Experience
August 2006-March 2007 Alliance Eye
Medical Group
1828 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave #209, Los
Angeles, CA 90033
Associate: comprehensive ophthalmology,
refractive, and oculoplastic surgery.
August 2005-August 2006 Century City
Doctors Plaza: Advanced Vision Care
Associate: comprehensive ophthalmology,
refractive, and oculoplastic surgery.
July 2005-Present Laser Eye Associates:
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Keratorefractive Surgeon (PRK, LASIK,
epi-LASIK, INTACS).
August 2005-August 2006 Keratoconus
Genetics Research Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Investigator.
July 2005-June 2006 St. Lucia Eye Center
5900 Pacific Blvd., #102 Huntington
Park, CA 90255
Associate: Comprehensive Ophthalmology
April 2004-July 2004 Division of Ophthalmic
Pathology,
Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Clinical externship in ophthalmic pathology.
July 2001-July 2002 Division of Orbital
and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery,
Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Clinical observational fellowship.
In-vitro culturing of Orbital Fibroblasts
obtained from ex-vivo orbital specimens.
Investigated the role of CD40 in the
pathogenesis of Graves' Orbitopathy.
March-April 2000 Department of Plastic
& Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA Medical
Center
Plastic Surgery externship at the UCLA
Medical Center.
Preceptor: Dr. William Shaw, MD, Chairman,
UCLA Division of Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery.
February-March 2000 Department of Plastic
& Reconstructive Surgery, USC Medical
Center
Plastic Surgery externship at the Norris
Cancer Center and USC University Hospital.
Preceptor: Dr. Randy Sherman, MD, Chairman,
USC Division of Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery.
January-February 2000 Department of
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
UCI Medical Center
Plastic Surgery externship at the UCI
Medical Center and the UCI Burn Center.
Preceptor: Dr. Bruce Achauer, MD, Chief
UCI Burn Center & Chairman, Division
of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.
September-November 1998 Department of
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
Stanford University
Plastic Surgery externship at the Stanford
and Palo Alto VA Hospital.
Review of the Efficacy of Free Flap
Closure in Complex Congenital and Acquired
Defects of the Palate.
Advisor: Dr. James Chang, MD, Chief,
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division,
Palo Alto VA Hospital.
Summer 1997 Laboratory of Immunology,
NIH
Investigation of the association between
Cytomegalovirus infection and age-related
macular degeneration in ex-vivo human
eyes.
Optimization of non-viral gene transfer
into cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial
Cells.
Advisor: Dr. Karl G. Csaky, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory of Gene Therapy.
1995-1996 Academic Year Jules Stein
Eye Institute, UCLA
Thesis: Characterization of Magnetic
Resonance-Guided Radiofrequency-induced
Thermal Lesions in the Rabbit Orbit
as Means of Less Invasive Therapy of
Intraorbital Tumors.
Advisor: Dr. Robert Alan Goldberg, M.D.
Chief, Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic
Surgery Division.
1994-1995 Academic Year HEDCO Neuroscience
Department, USC
Studied the role of the C-fos gene in
seizure-induced neuronal apoptosis in
the murine basal ganglia using antisense
technology (in-vivo and in-vitro).
Work involved stereotactic placement
of cannulae into the rat brain, culturing
neural tissue, cryosectioning, immunocytochemistry,
and in-situ hybridization.
Advisors: Dr. Michel Baudry, Ph.D.,
and Dr. Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D. Chair,
Hedco Neuroscience Department (Member
of the National Academy of Science).
1993-1994 Academic Year HEDCO Neuroscience
Department, USC
Studied the neural circuits of short-term
and long-term memory retention by reversible
inhibition of the rabbit hippocampus,
trained under the tone-air-puff protocol.
Work involved stereotactic placement
of cannulae into the rabbit hippocampus,
training rabbits to acquire the tone-blink
response, and inducing reversible pharmacologic
inhibition of the learned response.
Advisors: Dr. Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D.
Chair, Hedco Neuroscience Department.
1992-1993 Loker Hydrocarbons Institute,
USC
Advisor: Dr. Theio Hogen-Esch, Ph.D.,
Professor, Organic Chemistry
Work involved studying the physical
properties of polyacrylamide gels, synthesizing
and purifying complex chemical polymers,
and performing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR) studies.
Extracurricular Activities
2000-2001 Academic Year University of
Southern California, Department of Surgery.
Instructor: Suturing technique and animal
surgery Laboratory.
1998-1999 Academic Year UC Irvine College
of Medicine, Department of Surgery.
Instructor: Suturing technique and animal
surgery Laboratory.
1996-1997 Academic Year UC Irvine College
of Medicine. Tutor of Head and Neck
Anatomy, employed by the UCI Department
of Anatomy.
1994-1995 Academic Year ASBME, University
of Southern California Chapter. President
of the Associate Students of Biomedical
Engineering, premedical affairs.
Publications and Presentations
A. Ebbie Soroudi, MD, MS, Robert A.
Goldberg, MD, John D. McCann, MD, PhD.
Prevalence of asymmetric exophthalmos
in Graves orbitopathy. Journal of Ophthalmic
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2004
May;20(3):224-5.
A. Ebbie Soroudi, MD, MS, Robert A.
Goldberg, MD, Keyvan Farahani, PhD.
Potential Utility of Radiofrequency-Induced
Thermal Lesions in the Orbit. Published
in the International Society of Magnetic
Resonance Book of Abstracts, p. 881,
1996, and in the Journal of Ophthalmic
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2003;
19(3):198-200.
Robert A. Goldberg, MD, A. Ebbie Soroudi,
MD, MS, John D. McCann, MD, PhD Management
of Prominent Eyes with Orbital-rim Onlay
implants. Presented at the 24th annual
Orbital Society Meeting, September 2000.
Published in the Journal of Ophthalmic
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
2003 Jan;19(1):38-45.
Andrew Turk, M.D., James Chang, M.D.,
A. Ebbie Soroudi, M.S., Kenneth Hui,
M.D., William Lineweaver, M.D. Free
Flap Closure in Complex Congenital and
Acquired Defects of the Palate. Presented
at the 49th annual meeting of the California
Society of Plastic Surgeons, November
1998. Published in the Annals of Plastic
Surgery Sep;45(3):274-9.
A. Ebbie Soroudi, MD, MS, Richard Casey,
MD, Dai Pan, PhD, Richard Baker, MD.
An Epidemiologic Survey of Orbital Cellulitis.
Poster presented at the 2003 ARVO annual
meeting.
A. Ebbie Soroudi, M.S., Karl G. Csaky,
M.D., Ph.D. Optimization of non-viral
gene transfer into cultured Retinal
Pigment Epithelial Cells. Presented
at the National Institutes of Health,
August 1997.
A. Ebbie Soroudi, Georges Tocco, Ph.D.,
Michel Baudry, Ph.D. Rapid and Stable
Gene Expression in in vivo and in vitro
Hippocampal Tissues Treated with a Defective
HSV-1 Vector or Liposomes. Howard Hughes
Journal for Undergraduate Research,
December 1994.
A. Ebbie Soroudi, Georges Tocco, Ph.D.
Tutorial video: Performing stereotactic
brain cannulation surgery on rats and
rabbits. HEDCO Neuroscience Department,
USC, 1995.
Patents
Device and Method for Exothermic Treatment
of Eyelids Disease (patent published
and issued 2007)
Device approved for over-the-counter
sales by the US Food and Drug Administration
CEO: OcuGiene®
Licensure
California Medical License...Current
Date of issuance 7/25/2001
DEA Registration...Current
Board Status
- Certified: American Board of Ophthalmology, 10/2006
Malpractice Insurance Carrier
- Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
(OMIC), July 1, 2005
Membership
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery
- International Society of Refractive
Surgery
- American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Other Spoken Languages
Hobbies
- Polo (rated member of the U.S. Polo
Association)
- Yoga
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