April 15, 2019 - Catherine Manthorp, Associate Editor on Review of Optometry
It’s easy to get caught up in the swing of things, especially when you’re seeing patients back-to-back each day, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could take a little time to further your career? Well, special interest groups allow you to do just that. And...
How Scott Schachter is Making a Big Difference in the Field of Optometry
April 10, 2019 - Mohit Mirchandani on Thrive Global
How would you find learning about the dry eye syndrome in a beautiful lush surroundings of a vineyard on the California Central Coast? Surreal, right? While the two might not have a visible connection, the beautiful setting of expanse of green and then enjoying the wine tour, tasting, and dinner...
Myths and Misconceptions in Dry Eye Disease Management
March 2019 - Scott E. Schachter, OD on ModernOptometry
There has been a slow but steady rise in interest in ocular surface disease during the past 2 decades. The FDA approved cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.005% (Restasis, Allergan) in 2002, the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) released its first Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS) report in...
March 2019 - Bridgitte Shen Lee, OD on Optometric Office
So much education is needed about dry eye disease (DED). DED is multifactorial, chronic, progressive and inflammatory in nature. Patients do not know that DED is a disease, and if left untreated, it will get worse. Since it is also caused by lifestyle and poor hygiene, patients need to develop...
October 23, 2018 - American Academy of Ophthalmology, authors Akpek, Amescua, Farid, Garcia-Ferrer, Rhee, Varu, Musch, Dunn, Mah; American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern Cornea and External Disease Panel.
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Registration for the 10th International TFOS Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, which will be held from October 30 through November 2, 2024 at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, Italy, is now OPEN!
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...Yes, the wait is over...TFOS is launching TFOS DEWS III! Thank you, Alcon, the Title Sponsor.
We published the original TFOS DEWS report in 2007 and the international impact was amazing. As noted by a renowned ophthalmologist, “The publication of the TFOS DEWS report…was a landmark event in the history of our understanding and treatment of dry eye disease. Indeed, a European Medicines Agency official termed the TFOS DEWS report the dry eye “Bible".
We updated the TFOS DEWS report in 2017 and the impact of TFOS DEWS II report was...
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