TFOS: Unique challenges and unmet needs for the management of ocular surface diseases throughout the world

Affiliations

• ¹ Brookline, MA, USA.
• ² TFOS, Boston, MA, USA.
• ³ Department of Ophthalmology, Antioquia Ophthalmology Clinic-Clofan, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
• ⁴ Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁵ Ocular Surface Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Sacco Hospital, Milan University, Milan, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
• ⁷ Ophthalmology Department, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
• ⁸ Earlam and Christopher Optometrists and Contact Lens Specialists, Taunton, UK.
• ⁹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo/Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ¹⁰ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ¹¹ Sankara Nethralya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• ¹² Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Beirut Eye and ENT Specialist Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, and Mediclinic Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• ¹³ Department of Frontier Medical Science and Technology for Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
• ¹⁵ Cabinet Ophthalmologie, Alger Centre, Algiers, Algeria.
• ¹⁶ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
• ¹⁷ Ophthalmology Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
• ¹⁸ Institute of Ophthalmology, Conde de Valenciana, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
• ¹⁹ Department of Optometry, School of Health Sciences at the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
• ²⁰ University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
• ²¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
• ²² School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• ²³ Section of Academic Ophthalmology, King's College London, London, UK, and Departments of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
• ²⁴ Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ²⁵ TFOS, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].