TFOS Travel Awards @ ARVO
TFOS seeks applicants for the annual TFOS Travel Awards for ARVO 2018. These awards will provide partial travel support for up to four postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, or young investigators (40 years… Read More
Basic Science Course in Ophthalmology @ Columbia University
Basic Science Course in Ophthalmology, Columbia University January 8 – February 2, 2018: http://columbiaeye.org/education/the-basic-science-course The BSCO covers the Basic and Clinical Science Course from The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology… Read More
Dry Eye reDefined: TFOS DEWS II Report AVAILABLE
After almost two and a half years of effort, the TFOS DEWS II report has just been published in The Ocular Surface and will be available next week to all for FREE**… Read More
TFOS DEWS II SIG @ ARVO
The first official presentation of TFOS DEWS II will occur at the 2017 ARVO Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Conclusions and recommendations from the TFOS Dry Eye Workshop II – SIG Session… Read More
A trend or a new reality: Interview with Dr. Etty Bitton
Trends often dictate what is offered in the marketplace. We live in a consumer-driven society and as niche markets develop in scale and penetration, new offerings are introduced, constantly stimulating a market… Read More
The architecture of the eye: Interview with Dr. Art Epstein
Dr. Art Epstein began practice in the NYC area with a focus on specialty contact lenses and ocular surface disease. Collaboration with Drs. Eric Donnenfeld and Hank Perry led involvement with resident… Read More
Dry Eye Disease is A disease, not THE disease: Interview with Dr. Scott Schachter
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” Phædrus The mind is a powerful wonder, complimented by… Read More
Integrative Health: Interview with Dr. Laura Periman
While a spoonful of sugar might help the medicine go down, certain foods or supplements do not serve as a cure-all. Despite his most endearing and tenacious efforts, Adina did not fall… Read More
Innovation – Interview with Yann Quentric, President of Iris Pharma
It would be hard to dispute that working from an office situated minutes from the ocean and ensconced by a forest in a mountain town may stimulate you emotionally, but does it… Read More
Dr. Bridgitte Shen Lee : Education and Leveraging Social Media
Education systems around the world have been deeply influenced by the need for speed, or what George Ritzer has termed “McDonaldization”, a process that attempts to reduce learning to a commodity that… Read More