April 20, 26

TFOS Guidelines

Ocular surface disease (OSD)—including dry eye disease, blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction, conjunctival inflammation, and cicatrizing ocular surface disorders—is one of the most common and underrecognized factors affecting the success of eye surgery (e.g., refractive, cataract, glaucoma, strabismus, retina, and oculoplastic). Conversely, optimizing the ocular surface is one of the most effective, modifiable strategies for enhancing...
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April 17, 2026

EssilorLuxottica Partners with TFOS to Advance Ocular Surface Health Worldwide

TFOS is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in vision care and eyewear. This collaboration will support shared efforts to elevate awareness, education, and scientific progress in tear film and ocular surface health worldwide. By combining TFOS’s expertise in evidence-based consensus and professional education with EssilorLuxottica’s global reach and innovation capabilities, the partnership...
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February 10, 2026

Latin American TFOS Ambassador Meeting

TFOS has organized a special meeting of the Latin American TFOS Ambassadors. This meeting, which will occur in Panama City this May, has two goals: first, to address the unmet needs for the management (e.g. diagnosis & treatment) of ocular surface diseases in their country/region, as well as what the Ambassadors perceive as short and long term scientific/clinical...
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February 09, 2026

TFOS Board of Directors

TFOS welcomes the new and/or continuing members of the TFOS Board of Directors. They are Dimitri Azar (USA), Wei Chen (China, new), Murat Dogru (Japan, Secretary), José Álvaro Pereira Gomes (Brazil, new), Geetha Iyer (India), Paul Karpecki (USA, new), Zuguo Liu (China, Treasurer), Maria Markoulli (Australia, new), Victor Perez (USA, new)...
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06-03-2022,

Summaries Spotlight the TFOS Dews III Report

Issue 87 of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) 'Contact Lens Update' focused on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye WorkShop III (TFOS DEWS III) report. Summaries were created to help eye care professionals understand the report’s key conclusions and recommended clinical approaches, with a particular attention...
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October 24, 2025

3rd TFOS China annual meeting

In August, 550 eye care practitioners and speakers from five countries attended the 3rd TFOS China annual meeting, where the official Chinese translation of TFOS DEWS III was launched. A special session was held to discuss TFOS DEWS III, with authors presenting key contents and engaging in discussions with other participants.
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June 10, 2025

TFOS DRY EYE WORKSHOP (DEWS) III: COMPLETED!

The wait is over…the TFOS DEWS III report has just been published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology! Thank you again, Alcon, the Title Sponsor TFOS greatly appreciates the efforts of the 80 experts from 18 countries, who used an evidence-based approach and a process of open communication, dialogue and transparency to create the TFOS...
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March 18, 2025

The TFOS DEWS III report is almost complete...

The TFOS DEWS III Leadership group recently met in London, UK, to discuss in detail all questions and any issues related to this TFOS initiative. The TFOS DEWS III report is almost complete, and will be submitted soon to a leading ophthalmic journal for publication.  The mission of TFOS DEWS III is to achieve a...
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