Physician Discussion

Sadeer B. Hannush, MD, is Attending Surgeon on the Cornea Service at the Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed his Ophthalmology Residency at George Washington University and his Fellowship in Corneal and Refractive Surgery at Emory University. His interests are full and partial thickness corneal transplantation, complex cataract and anterior segment reconstructive procedures, and laser vision correction. He has multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in ophthalmology texts. Dr. Hannush served as Scientific Program Chair of The Cornea Society, and is Medical Director of the Lions Eye Bank of Delaware Valley. In 2000, Dr. Hannush was given the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Wills Eye Hospital residents. He received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award in 1998 and the distinctive Senior Achievement Award in 2008.