5 Topic Commentaries

Elevating Ocular Surface Care

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  Esen K. Akpek, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  We have to specifically examine the tear film.

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  Preeya K. Gupta, MD

  Cornea (Ophthalmology)

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  Duke Eye Center, Duke University

  Ocular surface dysfunction due to dry eye disease is highly prevalent, and a lot of patients are undiagnosed,

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  Thomas Dohlman, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear

  Dry eye disease is a chronic, complex condition, and we don't have a strict playbook to follow for treatment.

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  Anthony St. Leger, PhD

  Ophthalmology and Immunology

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  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; UPMC Vision Institute

  This is the first demonstration that a microbe that lives on the ocular surface could be engineered to deliver a therapeutic that improves eye health,

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  Dave R. Patel, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  Mayo Clinic

  There are anti-inflammatory medications, neurostimulators that can trigger or increase tear production and sometimes steroids to reduce inflammatory conditions,

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