TFOS DEWS III Editorial

Victor L. Perez; Wei Chen; Jennifer P. Craig; Murat Dogru; Lyndon Jones; Fiona Stapleton; James S. Wolffsohn; David A. Sullivan

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2025.05.038

TFOS DEWS III Editorial

Victor L. Perez
, Wei Chen
, Jennifer P. Craig
, Murat Dogru
, Lyndon Jones
, Fiona Stapleton
, James S. Wolffsohn
, David A. Sullivan

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
University of Auckland
Tokyo Dental College
University of Waterloo, School of Optometry and Vision Science
University of New South Wales, Australia
(D.A.S.)

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Abstract

The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) , a nonprofit organization, was created to advance the research, literacy, and educational aspects of the sci- entific field of the tear film and ocular surface. Since its formation in 2000, TFOS has launched numerous global initiatives. Perhaps the best-known are the TFOS Work- shops, especially those related to dry eye disease (DED). DED afflicts hundreds of millions of people worldwide, is a leading cause of patient visits to eye care practition- ers, and, if moderate or severe, is associated with signifi- cant pain, role limitations, low vitality and poor general health...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	166-167
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume	278
Early online date	28 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2025.05.038 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2025.09.038
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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Copyright © 2025 The Author. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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The TFOS DEWS III effort was supported by unrestricted donations from Alcon, Bausch + Lomb, Azura, AbbVie, CooperVision, Dompé, Espansione Group, Harrow, Laboratoires Théa, SIFI, SINQI, Tarsus, Topcon and Trukera.

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TFOS DEWS III Editorial
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