TFOS European Ambassador meeting: Unmet needs and future scientific and clinical solutions for ocular surface diseases
Susan Erickson, Amy Gallant Sullivan, Stefano Barabino, Enesa Begovic, Jose Benitez-del-Castillo, Stefano Bonini, José Salgado Borges, V.V. Brzheskiy, Nina Bulat, Alma Čerim, Jennifer P. Craig, Valeriu Cușnir, Valeriu Cușnir, Vitalie Valeriu Cușnir, Serge Doan, Erol Dülger, Sarah Farrant, Gerd Geerling, David Goldblum, S. Yu. Golubev, José Álvaro Pereira Gomes, Jose Manuel González‐Méijome, Christina N Grupcheva, Ömür Uçakhan Gündüz, Jutta Horwath‐Winter, Fredrik Källmark, N. A. Karanadze, Huda Hajjir Karcic, Suvad Karcić, Georgios A. Kontadakis, Elisabeth M. Messmer, Małgorzata Mrugacz, Conor C. Murphy, Olivia O'Leary, Vitalie Procopciuc, Heiko Pult, Peter Raus, Afsun Şahin, Niko Setälä, Adriana Stănilă, Dan Stănilă, Tor Paaske Utheim, Jelle Vehof, Piera Versura, Edoardo Villani, Mark D.P. Willcox, James S. Wolffsohn, Z Zagórski, Gunnar Már Zoëga, David A. Sullivan
Abstract
The mission of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) is to advance the research, literacy, and educational aspects of the scientific field of the tear film and ocular surface. Fundamental to fulfilling this mission is the TFOS Global Ambassador program. TFOS Ambassadors are dynamic and proactive experts, who help promote TFOS initiatives, such as presenting the conclusions and recommendations of the recent TFOS DEWS II™, throughout the world. They also identify unmet needs, and propose future clinical and scientific solutions, for management of ocular surface diseases in their countries. This meeting report addresses such needs and solutions for 25 European countries, as detailed in the TFOS European Ambassador meeting in Rome, Italy, in September 2019.