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About Dr. Paul Karpecki:

Dr. Karpecki received his doctor of optometry degree from Indiana University and
completed a fellowship in cornea in Kansas City, in affiliation with the
Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He currently serves as Director of Cornea
and External Disease at Kentucky Eye Institute in Lexington KY and for Center for
Sight in Carmel IN. He also serves as an Associate Professor at the Kentucky
College of Optometry in Pikeville, and is the Medical Director for KEPLR Vision.
Dr. Karpecki was appointed to the Delphi International Society, which included
the top 25 dry eye experts in the world. He co-chaired the Dry Eye Summit for
the profession, was selected to the TFOS DEWS II Diagnostic Methodology sub-
committee and appointed co-chair of the upcoming and previous Tear Film and
Ocular Surface Society Symposia. He served as Co-chair of the Dry Eye
Showcase at the Ophthalmic Innovations Summit. He has an extensive cornea
practice and as an example he has over 600 positive diagnosed Sjogrens’
Syndrome patients under his care.

He currently serves as the Chief Clinical Editor for Review of Optometry and he is
on the board of the charitable organization Optometry Giving Sight.