Kaleb Abbott is an optometrist and assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is faculty in both the Dry Eye Clinic and the Center for Ocular Inflammation where he specializes in complex ocular surface disease and participates in clinical trials/research pertaining to ocular surface disease. He serves on the board of directors for the Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society; is Vice Chair of the Nutrition, Disease Prevention, and Wellness SIG for AAO; and is on the advisory council for the Academic Medical Center Optometry AAO SIG. Recently he also became the host of the Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease section of the Clinical Podcast Series through the American Academy of Optometry Foundation.