Alan G. Kabat, OD, FAAO
Alan G. Kabat, OD, FAAO, is the Associate Director of Medical Communications at Eyes On Eyecare and an Adjunct Professor at Salus University. He is an experienced academic clinician, educator, researcher, and administrator with more than 30 years of private and institutional practice. He is a subject matter expert on ocular disease diagnosis and management, with a specialization in anterior segment disease.
Dr. Kabat is an honors graduate of Rutgers University and received his Doctor of Optometry from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He completed a residency at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, and then spent 20 years on faculty at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry in Fort Lauderdale, FA. Subsequently, he rose from associate to tenured professor in his time teaching at Southern College of Optometry and Salus University.
In addition, Dr. Kabat has consulted for more than 25 companies in the ocular pharmaceutical and medical device space. He has also served as lead medical director in the areas of peer-reviewed scientific publications, continuing medical education, medical market access presentations, and promotional speaker training.
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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.