Alan G. Kabat, OD, FAAO
Alan G. Kabat, OD, FAAO, is the former Associate Director of Medical Communications at Eyes On Eyecare. He is currently the Senior Medical Science Liaison for Ophthalmology, US at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Salus at Drexel University in Philadelphia. An experienced academic clinician, educator, researcher, and administrator with over 30 years of private and institutional practice, Dr. Kabat is a subject matter expert on ocular disease diagnosis and management, with a specialization in anterior segment disease.
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The Impact of the Ocular Surface On Contact Lens Comfort
Learn how optometrists can take a proactive approach to ocular surface optimization and contact lens selection and fit to maintain ocular surface health.
Don’t Make Them Wait: The Blueprint To Dry Eye Treatment Patient Financial Assistance Programs
Gain a comprehensive understanding of available dry eye treatment patient assistance programs (PAPs) to improve accessibility to prescription drugs.
The Power of Myopia Control: Three Long-Term Success Stories
Three real case studies demonstrate the tremendous impact that eyecare providers can have on young, developing myopes.
From Symptoms to Solutions: Appropriate Prescribing for Inflammatory Versus Evaporative Dry Eye Disease
Review the distinctions between dry eye disease (DED) subtypes and how optometrists can treat evaporative, aqueous-deficient, and inflammatory dry eye.
Eye Dilation Dilemma: Strategies for Drop-Defying Patients
Discover how optometrists can address patient concerns during routine dilated funduscopy with phentolamine mydriasis-reversing drops.
The Ultimate Guide to Evaporative Dry Eye
Gain a comprehensive understanding of evaporative dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and learn how optometrists can address them with MIEBO.
Tear Down Old Habits: Are Drops a Drop in the Bucket?
Discover how optometrists can effectively manage dry eye disease by using approaches other than simply prescribing an eyedrop in most cases.
Prescribing Precision: Ocular Anti-Infectives & Corticosteroids
Review clinical pearls for prescribing combination agents with broad-spectrum antibiotics and corticosteroids to manage various etiologies of acute red eye.