Doheny Eye Institute
Muneesawar Gupta Nittala possesses extensive experience in the field of optometry and medical research, currently serving as a Senior Research Associate at Doheny Eye Institute since 2010, with prior roles as a Research Associate and Research Assistant. Muneesawar's earlier experience includes working as an optometrist and Research Optometrist at Sankara Nethralaya Medical Research Foundation from July 2007 to May 2010, and as an optometrist at LV Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad from 2004 to 2007. Muneesawar holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, completed between 2007 and 2009.
Doheny Eye Institute
Doheny Eye Institute is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight. Mrs. Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of the prominent Los Angeles oilman Edward L. Doheny, lost the sight in her left eye at the age of 69. Suddenly aware of the precious and delicate nature of the gift of sight, in 1947 Mrs. Doheny created the organization named for her. Today, the Doheny Eye Institute serves thousands of patients in clinics around Los Angeles and Orange Counties and has emerged as a world leader in basic and clinical vision research and advanced patient care. The Institute's innovative research programs continually result in new diagnostic and treatment procedures and are respected internationally for research of the highest caliber, with direct impact on changing lives with improved sight In December 2013, UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute and the Doheny Eye Institute signed a long-term affiliation agreement. Under terms of the affiliation agreement there is a single integrated UCLA Department of Ophthalmology underlying both Institutes comprising Doheny-affiliated physicians and Stein physicians. The clinical enterprise will function as a single entity. Patients will encounter the same patient experience and range of services at any of the locations. Resources of both institutes will be dedicated to preeminence in patient care, research and education and will benefit the faculty of the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology.