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Multifactorial Dry Eye Disease: More than Meets the Eye

Ophthalmology
Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™ 1 COPE
Launch Date:
September 03, 2013
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Ophthalmologist, Optometrists

Relevant Terms:

Dry Eye

Mark T. Dunbar, OD, FAAO 

Mark T. Dunbar, OD, FAAO
Director of Optometric Services, Optometry Residency Supervisor
University of Miami School of Medicine 
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami
Miami, FL

Mark T. Dunbar currently serves as the Director of Optometric Services and the Optometric Residency Supervisor at the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Dunbar has authored numerous papers, has refereed many optometric journals articles and currently writes the monthly Retina Quiz in Review of Optometry. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and is one of the founding members for both the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS).

Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO

Marc R. Bloomenstein, OD, FAAO
Director of Optometric Services
Schwartz Laser Eye Center
Scottsdale, AZ

Dr. Marc R. Bloomenstein is a 1990 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Biology. He received his optometric degree from the New England College of Optometry in 1994. After graduation Dr. Bloomenstein finished a residency in secondary ophthalmic care at the Barnet Dulaney Eye Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He received his fellowship from the American Academy of Optometry in December 1998 and is a founding member of the Optometric Council on Refractive Technology. Moreover, Dr. Bloomenstein is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Southern California College of Optometry.
    
Currently Dr. Bloomenstein is the Director of Optometric Services at the Schwartz Laser Eye Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Aside from lecturing and publishing on numerous anterior segment and refractive topics, Dr. Bloomenstein is on the editorial board of Primary Care of Optometry News and Contemporary Optometry and a frequent contributor to various optometric journals. Dr. Bloomenstein served as the President of the Arizona Optometric Association, as well as, an Optometric Advisor to STAAR Surgical and Medtronics Solan. Dr. Bloomenstein is the President of the Board of the Arizona Optometric Charitable Foundation.

Kelly Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO (Dipl.)

Kelly Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO (Dipl.)
Professor
University of Houston, College of Optometry
Houston, Texas

Kelly Nichols, O.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.A.O., Dipl.PH. is a FERV Professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the UC Berkeley, completed a residency in ocular disease in Colorado and earned her M.P.H. and Ph.D. at The Ohio State University. Dr. Nichols has been extensively involved in professional organizations including the American Optometric Association and the American Academy of Optometry. She serves as a medical advisor to the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation and is a governing board member for both the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) and the Ocular Surface Society of Optometry. Dr. Nichols is also on editorial boards for several journals, including, The Ocular Surface, Refractive Eye Care, and Optometry and Vision Science. She reviews for the NIH study section and other peer-reviewed journals. She chaired the TFOS International Meibomian Gland Workshop, is a member of the International Task Force for the revision of the SSF Dry Eye Clinical Guidelines, and is a member of the TFOS steering committee for Contact Lens Discomfort. Dr. Nichols lectures and writes extensively on dry eye, contact lenses, diabetes and public health, and women's health issues, and has mentored numerous graduate students in these areas. Her awards include the AOF Ezell Fellowship and the Borish Award from the American Academy of Optometry. She currently serves as Director of The Ocular Surface Institute (TOSI) at the University of Houston.
 
Dr. Nichols research interests include dry eye, meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, inflammation, impact of menopause on dry eye, dry eye diagnostics and therapeutics, tear proteomics and lipidomics, and quality of life.

Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD

Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD
Professor and James and Margaret Elkins Chair
Director of the Ocular Surface Center
Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Dr. Stephen Pflugfelder is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston. He is a graduate of SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse and completed his ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by a corneal fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Pflugfelder was invited to join the faculty of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 1985 and was promoted to professor in 1998. He returned to the Cullen Eye Institute at Baylor College of Medicine as a professor in July 2000, and was awarded the James and Margaret Elkins Chair in Ophthalmology in 2002. Dr. Pflugfelder began performing refractive surgery in 1985 and has published more than 150 research articles, book chapters, and monographs on disease and surgery of the cornea, including excimer laser vision correction surgery.

Neda Shamie, MD

Neda Shamie, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Division of Corneal and Anterior Segment Surgery
USC-Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
                                                     
Medical Director
Doheny Eye Institute
Beverly Hills, CA

Dr. Shamie is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and Medical Director for the Doheny Eye Center located in Beverly Hills, CA. She is co-chair of the Accreditation Committee for the Eye Bank Association of America and serves on the Cornea Planning Committees of the American Association of Ophthalmology and the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Clark L. Springs, MD

Clark L. Springs, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Glick Eye Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Clark L. Springs, MD, is the Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at the Indiana University of School of Medicine. Dr. Springs earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and completed his internship at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana; his residency at the Indiana University School of Medicine, also in Indianapolis; and his fellowship in corneal and refractive surgery at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He is an expert in refractive and cataract surgery and corneal transplantation, and has authored many peer-reviewed publications on these and other topics in ophthalmology.
1. Describe recent guideline protocols for diagnosing dry eye disease (DED), classifying DED severity, and differentiating underlying etiologies of DED
2. List the current recommendations for the treatment and follow-up of DED by level of severity and underlying etiologies

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  • Complete the entire activity, pre/post-test and evaluation.
  • After passing the post-test, print out your electronic CE certificate.
  • In order to successfully complete this activity learners must achieve a minimum of 70% on the post-test.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Allergan.

This activity is sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education.

Release Date: September 3, 2013
Expiration Date: September 3, 2014
 
Accreditation Statements
Ophthalmologists
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Optometrists
This course is COPE-qualified for 1.0 hour of CE credit. Please check with your state licensing board to see if this approval counts towards your actual CE requirements for relicensure. (COPE-ID #38587-SD)
 
Disclosure
It is the policy of the Institute to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All persons in control of content must disclose any significant financial interest or other relationships that may affect the content of this activity.
 
Relationships are abbreviated as follows: E, Educational Planning Committee; G, Grant/research support recipient; A, Advisor/review panel member/educational planning committee; C, Consultant/Independent Contractor; SS, Stock shareholder; SB, Speaker bureau; PE, Promotional Event Talks; H, Honoraria; O, Other.

Faculty

Mark T. Dunbar, OD
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Dr. Dunbar has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Carl Zeiss, Allergan, Artic Dx, Sucampo, Reed Exhibitions/A, PE, G, Carl Zeiss, Allergan, Artic Dx, Sucampo/SB 

Mark Bloomenstein, OD
Schwartz Laser Eye Center
Scottsdale, Arizona

Dr. Bloomenstein has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Allergan, B&L, AMO, TearLab/A, Allergan, B&L, AMO/PE, Allergan/G, Odysset, Allergan, B&L, TearLab, Alcon/SB

Kelly Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
University of Houston, College of Optometry
Houston, Texas

Dr. Nichols has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Allergan, Alcon, B&L/PE, Allergan, Alcon, B&L, Sarcode, Nicox, RPS, TearLab/C, Allergan, NIH, TearLab, Alcon/CIBA, Vistakon/G, Sarcode, TearLab/SS

Stephen C. Pfugfelder, MD
Cullen Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Dr. Pflugfelder has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Allergan, GSK, Bausch and Lomb, Inc./C, Allergan, GSK/G

Neda Shamie, MD
Doheny Eye Institute
Beverly Hills, California

Dr. Shamie has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: B&L, Nicox/C, Allergan, Alcon, B&L, Merck/SB

Clark Springs, MD
Glick Eye Institute
Indiana University, School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dr. Springs has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships that have occured in the last 12 months: Santen, Tear Science/A, R-Tech, Veno/G, Merck, Alcon/H

Medical Writer

Tim Donald
Donald Editorial Services, LLP
Woodstown, New Jersey

Mr. Donald has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships specific to the subject matter of the content of the activity.

Peer Reviewer

Mark Schaeffer, OD
Schaeffer Eye Center
Birmingham, Alabama
 
Dr. Schaeffer has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships specific to the subject matter of the content of the activity.

Activity Development and Management Team

Cathy Pagano, CCMEP; Allison A. Muller, Pharm.D, D.ABAT; Scott Kober, MBA, CCMEP; April Reynolds, MS, ELS; Sandra Davidson; and Megan Small are employees of the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education (the Institute) and have no relationships to disclose.

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