TearScience has assembled the finest group of corneal and dry eye experts in the world. From assisting us in honing our science, validating our scientific and clinical hypotheses, and providing invaluable feedback throughout the development process, they have helped shape a firm foundation in dry eye care.
Our scientific and medical advisors helped get TearScience where it is today: poised to launch disruptive technologies into a market, which is starving for innovation, with a solution to the problem of chronic dry eye.
Alan Carlson, MD is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Corneal and External Disease at Duke University Eye Center.
Eric Donnenfeld, MD is one of the leading refractive cataract surgery surgeons in the U.S. He is a partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island in Long Island, New York and president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
Christopher Fleming, MD is a practicing ophthalmologist in Cary, North Carolina and Clinical Research Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Beth Friedland, MD is a practicing ophthalmologist and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
D. Rex Hamilton, MD is the Director of the UCLA Laser Refractive Center and Assistant Professor in the Cornea-External Ocular Disease & Uveitis Division at UCLA.
David Hardten, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist and founding partner of Minnesota Eye Consultants.
Edward Holland, MD is the Director of Cornea Services at the Cincinnati Eye Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati.
John Hovanesian, MD is editor of the Ophthalmic News and Education network and is listed among the world’s top 250 eye surgery innovators by the journal The Premier Surgeon.
Manus Kraff, MD is a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Northwestern University Medical School.
Stephen Lane, MD is an Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota and past president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Michael Lemp, MD is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Georgetown and George Washington Universities and a member of the scientific advisory panels to the National Eye Institute and Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Lemp also servers as TearScience Medical Director.
Marguerite McDonald, MD is a practicing ophthalmologist at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island in Long Island, New York who specializes in corneal, cataract and refractive surgery.
Parag Majmudar, MD serves as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Rush University in Chicago and has recently received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award.
J.E. McDonald II, MD is a practicing ophthalmologist in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Shirley McGarvey is a nationally recognized expert in ophthalmologic clinical and regulatory strategies and activities.