Ms. Delgado is Director of the Macular Degeneration Partnership, a program of the nonprofit Discovery Eye Foundation. The Partnership educates patients and their families about age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among seniors. She is Editor of AMD Update and AMD.org, an online educational resource.
Judi has spent three decades in the healthcare field, in Ophthalmology, Pathology, Internal Medicine and Cardiology. She was Chief Administrative Officer of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Science at UCLA School of Medicine for 10 years. In Ophthalmology, she has managed clinics and practices at the University of Chicago, Doheny Eye Institute and the American Eye Institute. As a consultant, Judi has worked with physicians to design their professional offices, manage mergers, structure human resource programs and transition to managed care.
Ms. Delgado has been a member of the National Eye Institute Eye Health Education Program, the American College of Healthcare Executives, Internet Healthcare Coalition and American Society on Aging. In addition to serving as a member of AMD Alliance International Board of Directors she also serves as a member of AMD Working Group, which is crafting a national awareness and education program through the National Eye Institute.
Active in community organizations, particularly those related to historic preservation and landscape beautification, she is a member of the Arroyo Arts Collective, Highland Park Heritage Trust, Mt. Washington Association and California Master Gardener Program. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, an ophthalmic photographer.
