International Society of Dakryology News
The Dry Eye Institute is a nonprofit
organization incorporated in Texas under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Charter Number : 00680108
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The logo of the Dry Eye Institute contains the latin
expression "Multum in Parvo per Quod Videre" which means "Much in Little
by which To See." This symbolizes the fact that the tear film covering
the eye, though having a thickness comparable to the diameter of a red
blood cell, is highly complex and plays an indispensable role in vision
and the health of the ocular surface.
Goals of the Institute
The purpose of the Institute is to assess and critically
review available information on the lacrimal system and its abnormalities
and to disseminate information to researchers, clinicians, and the public
to actively promote and assist research efforts in this area. This is
directed toward the achievement of successful management of the poorly
understood debilitating and painful diseases collectively known as ocular
surface disease or more traditionally by the misnomer
"dry
eye syndrome."
Officers:
Frank J. Holly, Ph.D., - president
David W. Lamberts, M.D., - vice president
Thomas F. Holly, B.Sc. -treasurer
Board of Directors:
(as established in 1984)
Joseph D. Andrade, Ph.D.
Stella Y. Botelho, Ph.D.
Stuart I. Brown, M.D.
Claes H. Dohlman, M.D., Ph.D.
Gary N. Foulks, M.D.
Richard M. Hill, O.D., Ph.D.
Herbert A. Kaufman, M.D.
Michael A. Lemp, M.D.
David M. Maurice, Ph.D.
James E. McDonald, M.D.
Robert J. Morrison, O.D.
Nicholas Nicolaides, Ph.D. (dec)
Miguel F. Refojo, D.Sc.
C. Montague Ruben, M.D.
Dinesh O. Shah, Ph.D.
Richard A. Toft, M.D. (dec)
Graeme Wilson, O.D., Ph.D.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mailing Address:
Frank J. Holly
335 County Road 1995
Yantis, TX 75497
Fax: (903) 383-2900
E-mail:
info@dry-eye-institute.org
BRIEF
HISTORY:
The Dry Eye Institute was initially founded by
Professor Frank J. Holly in 1983 for the sole
purpose of organizing an international symposium on the preocular tear
film upon request by the National Eye Institute/National Institutes of
Health. The primary goal of the meeting was to invite the actual
researchers (both laboratory and clinical) in the field and to provide a
forum of idea exchange first hand for these active workers. The
international symposium was held the next year and was an unqualified
success. At the meeting the International Society of Dakryology was formed
with the cooperation of Professor Juan Murube del Castillo of Madrid,
Spain. The Society now has members in 23 countries around the world.
The Institute receives some income from the sales of a lacrimal
research reference book containing the edited version of the proceedings
of the first international symposium on the tear film that was published
by the Institute in 1986. The Institute also occasionally solicits funds
for special projects and meetings from private foundations and the
pharmaceutical industry. Its president, Frank J. Holly, Ph.D., former
professor of ophthalmology and biochemistry, is an internationally
recognized expert of the lacrimal system and its disorders, who has done
pioneering research in lacrimal and tear film physiology since 1968. Dr.
Holly was also the acting president of the International Society of
Dakryology between 1984 and 1987, and its elected president between 1987
and 1990. Currently, Dr. Holly, together with past presidents Nicholas van
Haeringen, Ph.D. of Amsterdam and Professor Juan Murube del Castillo of
Madrid, Spain, The Netherlands, is an advisor to the International Society
of Dakryology.
Click on the accomplishments of the Dry Eye Institute which is
summarized by calendar year from 1984-2004.
