Perez, Victor L, Chen, Wei, Craig, Jennifer P, Dogru, Murat, Jones, Lyndon, Stapleton, Fiona, Wolffsohn, James S and Sullivan, David A (2026). Tfos Dews Iii:Executive Summary. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 282 , pp. 135-145.
Abstract
This article presents an Executive Summary of the conclusions and recommendations of the TFOS DEWS III reports, published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO) in the Spring of 2025. Downloadable, pdf copies of the three comprehensive TFOS DEWS III reports are available on the AJO website (www.ajo.com).
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2025.09.035 |
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| Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG) College of Health & Life Sciences College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry Aston University (General) |
| Funding Information: | Funding/Support: The TFOS DEWS III effort was supported by unrestricted donations from Alcon, Bausch\u202F+\u202FLomb, Azura, AbbVie, CooperVision, Domp\u00E9, Espansione Group, Harrow, Laboratoires Th\u00E9a, SIFI, SINQI, Tarsus, Topcon and Trukera. Financial Disclosures: The authors report financial disclosures and/or conflicts of interest as listed, in full, within the individual TFOS DEWS III reports. All authors attest that they meet the current ICMJE criteria for authorship. Acknowledgments: TFOS expresses its gratitude to Anthony J. Bron (UK), the Chair of the TFOS DEWS, who laid the foundation for the TFOS Workshop series. His extraordinary contributions to TFOS are immeasurable. TFOS also greatly appreciates Amy Gallant Sullivan (TFOS Executive Director, France) for raising the funds that made TFOS DEWS III possible; Sabrina Zappia (Italy) and Optimed (UK) for illustrative expertise; and all participants of TFOS DEWS III for helping create this report. Dedication: TFOS dedicates this TFOS DEWS III report to the late Claes H. Dohlman, Gary N. Foulks, Michael A. Lemp and Juan Murube del Castillo for their pioneering efforts and outstanding achievements in tear film and ocular surface research. |
| Additional Information: | 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. |
| Publication ISSN: | 1879-1891 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2026 08:07 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2025 08:39 |
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PURE Output Type: | Review article |
| Published Date: | 2026-02 |
| Published Online Date: | 2025-09-24 |
| Accepted Date: | 2025-09-20 |
| Authors: |
Perez, Victor L
Chen, Wei Craig, Jennifer P Dogru, Murat Jones, Lyndon Stapleton, Fiona Wolffsohn, James S ( 
0000-0003-4673-8927)
Sullivan, David A |
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