Dr. Sean P. Donahue

Sean P. Donahue, MD, PhD was born in Milwaukee, WI.  He attended College at the University of Dayton, followed by Medical and Graduate training at Emory University. He was fellowship trained in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Neuro-ophthalmology in Iowa after completing his residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1995, where he now holds the Sam and Darthea Coleman Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology.  He was Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs and Executive Medical Director for Ophthalmology for 15 years, stepping down from that position last year.

Donahue’s primary clinical interests are in the diagnosis and management of pediatric ophthalmological problems, and in the surgical management of complicated strabismus syndromes.   He is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Heed Society, and the American Ophthalmological Association (AOS).   He currently is the Immediate Past-President of AAPOS.

Dr Donahue has served as the Program Chair for AAPOS, and the AOS, and been on the Program Committees for the annual meetings of the North American Neuro Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) and AAO Sub-day.   He has been on the Executive Committee, the Strabismus Steering Committee, and the Pediatric Optic Neuritis Study Planning Committee for the Pediatric Eye Disease Research Group and recently served as the Protocol Chair for the Intermittent Exotropia Surgery Study.   He is an Executive Editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology and has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of AAPOS, and the Journal of Clinical Neuro ophthalmology.  He has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and editorials, with over 100 as first author.  He was the lead author for the AAO-AAPOS-AAP joint policy statement on preschool vision screening and Senior Author for the AAP-AAPOS policy statement about the management of visual symptoms in patients following concussion. He is widely sought-after as a guest speaker and has lectured on all six populated continents, with over 250 guest lectures.  He is the past winner of the NANOS Young Investigator Award (2000), a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award, and the Lifetime and Senior Achievement awards from AAO and AAPOS.