Blink Collective

In this special episode Jimmy and Roya focus on dry eye disease and talk about practice patterns that will help you become a dry eye expert and exam room changes to guide you to best treat the true etiology.

SOURCES

1. TFOS DEWS II Executive Summary
2. TFOS DEWS II Definition and Classification Report
3. http://www.tfosdewsreport.org/report-diagnostic_methodology/131_36/en/
4. Dry Eye Foundation
5. Comparison of two questionnaires for dry eye symptom assessment
6. A Review of Dry Eye Questionnaires: Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life
7. Reliability and Validity of the Ocular Surface Disease Index
8. Ocular surface disease index for the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome
9. Assessment of vision-related quality of life in dry eye patients
10. Patients’ perception of DED and its relation with time to diagnosis and quality of life: an international and multilingual survey
11. Dry Eye Disease: Impact on Quality of Life and Vision
12. Management and Therapy of Dry Eye Disease: Report of the Management and Therapy Subcommittee of the International Dry Eye Workshop
13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470411/ 
14. https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2717240 
15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836968/
16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cxo.12849 
17. Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease Following Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant: Review of Current Knowledge and Recommendations
18. TFOS DEWS II Management and Therapy Report
19. Click here to your free CE or CME credit: http://trynot2blink.com/freece

Jimmy and Roya talk with Rebecca Petris,  about her history dealing with dry eye, why she created The Dry Eye Zone and what should doctors consider when treating dry eye.

SOURCES 

Mindfulness + Glaucoma Control

100 worst cities for dry eye 

Ziena Eyewear

Intrepid eye society TED Talks: Update on Thyroid Eye Disease

Scleral Lens Tutorial

Dry Eye Zone

Dry Eye Foundation

Dry Eye Patreon

Dry Eye Shop

[email protected] 

Jimmy and Roya talk with guests Scott Hauswirth and Ken DauSchmidt about Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, tear restore clinical trials, dry eye and maskne.

SOURCES 

Maskne

Struggle is real with MASKNE

9 Ways to prevent MASKNE

MADE Infographics

Mask + Dry Eye

Dr Scott Hauswirth

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

TFOS DEWS II Report

Tear Restore

Pending TearRestore Clinical Trial

Eye Drop for MGD?

Jimmy and Roya talk about the importance of voting, the first FDA approved preservative-free allergy drop, and meet long time listener optometry tech, Nicholas Oudompradith.

SOURCES:

PF Alaway

Eysuvius

1800 Contacts Contact Lens Fitting

Tips for defending contact lens fees

Nick O on Insta

Jimmy and Roya talk with "EYEcon" Dr. Richard Castillo about his career path, how he started teaching Optometry and how he sees the eyecare landscape and community in 25 years from now...

SOURCES:

ASOS

OD SLT

Dr. Richard Castillo, OD, DO, NSUOK

Jimmy and Roya share some big news and talk to Meghan Endicott from Optometry Cares, the American Optometry Association Foundation.

SOURCES

AOA Recovery Fund 

AOA Foundation

Archives & Museum

Scholarships

Healthy Eyes Healthy Children

InfantSEE®

National Optometry Hall of Fame

Optometric Historical Society

Optometry's Fund for Disaster Relief

VISION USA

Camp Courage: A Helen Keller Experience

Jimmy and Roya talk about current news, new meds, conversion rate and how to clean your Phoropter.

SOURCES 

The Skimm

ODs on Facebook

Optitech Phoropter Cleaning Tips

Jimmy and Roya talk with Dr. Mitch Ibach about his career path, his collaboration with Avedro, floppy eyelid syndrome and more...

SOURCES 

American Academy of Optometry Virtual Meeting

How to Become a Fellow of Academy

Dr. Mitch Ibach

Dr. Tom Samuelson @ ME

@mitchelibach on Twitter

Why do patient’s rub?

Need to know about SLT

Jimmy and Roya talk about the end of Truetear, its alternative iTEAR100 and more.

SOURCES:

• ASOS Membership
• Bye TrueTear
• Hello iTear100
• Zimura for GA
• APL 2 for GA
• Doxycycline for GA
• New Pathways for Dry AMD Treatment
• Durysta

Jimmy and Roya talk about the latest FDA approved medication like Upneeq, Dextenza and Zerivate.

SOURCES:

• Tweets about ODs
• Upneeq 
• Zerivate
• Loratadine v Ceterizine
• Dextenza
• IOP with Dextenza