Sahar Bedrood, MD, PhD, is a glaucoma and cataract specialist at Advanced Vision Care in Los Angeles, California. She 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.