Dry Eye Disease: A Clinical Handbook illuminates the translation of cutting-edge research on dry eye disease into practical situations, allowing clinical diagnosis and management of the condition using the latest evidence-based methods. It first presents research on the core pathophysiological features of dry eye disease, including tear film instability, hyperosmolarity, inflammation and ocular surface damage. Thereafter, it champions a patient-centered approach to dry eye management, emphasizing the necessity of classifying the ocular surface disease(s) most relevant to each case. History-taking, which also supports individualized approaches to dry eye disease, is given in-depth analysis. The book also offers an understanding of how modifiable risk factors may be contributing to dry eye disease, to determine mitigating strategies for each sufferer. Dry Eye Disease: A Clinical Handbook also presents research about disease distribution globally, including the role that key non-modifiable risk factors of age, sex and ethnicity play in its prevalence. It also describes the key tools used to monitor changes in patient symptoms over time and in response to treatment. Readers will discover methods of assessing the subtle signs associated with dry eye disease, and will learn a range of techniques (from simple to advanced) to foster patients' improvement in both the office and at home. This book will doubtless become sought after by medical professionals requiring both contemporary evidence and practical guidance to ameliorate their patients' suffering.
1. Unmet needs (including epidemiology / prevalence)
2. Definitions and classification (including core pathophysiology)
3. History taking (including risk factors)
4. Measurement / assessment
5. Management
Professor James S. Wolffsohn is the head of both the School of Optometry and the Department of Audiology at Aston University. His main research areas are the development and evaluation of ophthalmic instrumentation, myopia management, contact lenses, intraocular lenses, presbyopia and the tear film. He is a National Teaching Fellow, has published more than 325 peer-reviewed papers, and has presented at numerous international conferences. He is the Academic Chair and a past president of the British Contact Lens Association.
He chaired the BCLA Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports (CLEAR), is on the Executive Board of TFOS, was a harmoniser and sub-committee chair for TFOS DEWS II & TFOS Lifestyle reports. Further, he is the International Myopia Institutes Chief Scientific Officer, and was joint-Chair of their white papers. Professor Wolffsohn holds the BCLA Medal (2021) and AAOptom Glenn Fry Award (2022).
Jennifer P. Craig is a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland. Her main research interest is ocular surface disease, including dry eye and tear film dysfunction, cornea, contact lenses, and refractive surgery. She leads international clinical trials at the Ocular Surface Laboratory, and lectures internationally. She is a past chair of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of New Zealand, and a current Director on the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand.
She co-authored the book The Tear Film, and contributed to the Tear Film and Ocular Surface (TFOS) International Workshops on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Contact Lens Discomfort. Professor Craig is Vice-Chair of the TFOS DEWS II workshop, and invited Chair of the A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease workshop. She holds visiting academic appointments at Aston University, the Universities of Waterloo and Montreal, and the University of Medical Sciences in Wenzhou, China.
Lyndon Jones is a professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, and director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) at the University of Waterloo. He has authored over 500 refereed and professional papers, a textbook, and given over 1200 invited lectures at conferences worldwide.
Professor Joness textbook Common Contact Lens Complications was awarded the Peter Abel Contact Lens Award from the German Contact Lens Society. In 2012, he was appointed University Research Chair at the School of Optometry and Vision Science. In 2020, he earned the distinction of University Professor, a researcher who exemplifies exceptional scholarly achievements and international pre-eminence." He was later appointed Director of the Centre for Contact Lens Research, elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and of the Royal Society of Canada.
