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Dimitri T. Azar is affiliated with Twenty/Twenty Therapeutics in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of work cover several areas within ophthalmology and molecular science. These include:

  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

Their recent publications demonstrate active contributions to the fields of contact lens technology, ocular surface health, artificial intelligence application in ophthalmology, corneal epithelial homeostasis, and dry eye disease:

  • BCLA CLEAR - Contact lens technologies of the future, 2021, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye
  • TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of elective medications and procedures on the ocular surface, 2023, The Ocular Surface
  • Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology during COVID-19 and in the post COVID-19 era, 2020, Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
  • Therapeutic Strategies for Restoring Perturbed Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis in Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: Current Trends and Future Directions, 2022, Cells
  • TFOS DEWS III: Digest, 2025, American Journal of Ophthalmology

Dimitri T. Azar frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Jin-Hong Chang
  • Mark I. Rosenblatt
  • Kyu-Yeon Han
  • Lyndon Jones
  • Mark Willcox

The venues where this scientist most often publishes include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Ocular Surface
  • Cells
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology

Best Publications

  • TFOS DEWS II Report Executive Summary

    Jennifer P. Craig;J. Daniel Nelson;J. Daniel Nelson;Dimitri T. Azar;Carlos Belmonte

  • Dysfunctional tear syndrome: a Delphi approach to treatment recommendations.

    Ashley Behrens;John J. Doyle;Lee Stern;Roy S. Chuck

  • LASIK complications: etiology, management, and prevention.

    Samir A Melki;Dimitri T Azar

  • CORNEAL ANGIOGENIC PRIVILEGE: ANGIOGENIC AND ANTIANGIOGENIC FACTORS IN CORNEAL AVASCULARITY, VASCULOGENESIS, AND WOUND HEALING (AN AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY THESIS)

    Dimitri T. Azar

  • Laser in situ keratomileusis: Literature review of a developing technique

    Samir G. Farah;Dimitri T. Azar;Canan Gurdal;Johnny Wong

  • TFOS DEWS II iatrogenic report.

    José Alvaro P. Gomes;Dimitri T. Azar;Christophe Baudouin;Nathan Efron

  • Corneal neovascularization: an anti-VEGF therapy review.

    Jin-Hong Chang;Nitin K. Garg;Elisa Lunde;Kyu-Yeon Han

  • Success of monovision in presbyopes: Review of the literature and potential applications to refractive surgery

    Sandeep Jain;Indu Arora;Dimitri T. Azar

  • TFOS DEWS II Introduction

    J. Daniel Nelson;J. Daniel Nelson;Jennifer P. Craig;Esen K. Akpek;Dimitri T. Azar

  • Laser subepithelial keratomileusis: electron microscopy and visual outcomes of flap photorefractive keratectomy.

    Dimitri T. Azar;Robert T. Ang;Jae Bum Lee;Takuji Kato

  • Transplantation of adult human corneal endothelium ex vivo: a morphologic study.

    Ko Hua Chen;Dimitri T. Azar;Nancy C. Joyce

  • Monovision outcomes in presbyopic individuals after refractive surgery.

    Sandeep Jain;Richard Ou;Dimitri T Azar

  • Expression of gelatinases A and B, and TIMPs 1 and 2 during corneal wound healing.

    Hongqing Q. Ye;Dimitri T. Azar

  • Infections following laser in situ keratomileusis: an integration of the published literature.

    Margaret A Chang;Sandeep Jain;Dimitri T Azar

  • Laser eye surgery for refractive errors

    Tohru Sakimoto;Mark I Rosenblatt;Dimitri T Azar

  • Novel aspects of corneal angiogenic and lymphangiogenic privilege

    David Ellenberg;Dimitri T. Azar;Joelle A. Hallak;Faisal Tobaigy

  • Human corneal epithelial cell viability and morphology after dilute alcohol exposure.

    Chun Chen Chen;Jin Hong Chang;Jae Bum Lee;Joel Javier

  • Amniotic membrane inlay and overlay grafting for corneal epithelial defects and stromal ulcers

    Erik Letko;Stephen U. Stechschulte;Kenneth R. Kenyon;Nadia Sadeq

  • Compositional differences between infant and adult human corneal basement membranes.

    Andrea Kabosova;Dimitri T. Azar;Gregory A. Bannikov;Kevin P. Campbell

  • Risk factors associated with incident cataracts and cataract surgery in the Age-related Eye Disease Study (AREDS): AREDS report number 32.

    Jessica R. Chang;Euna Koo;Elvira Agrón;Joelle Hallak

Frequent Co-Authors

Chandan K. Sen
Chandan K. Sen University of Pittsburgh
Kurt R. Stenmark
Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Robert W. Redmond
Robert W. Redmond Harvard University
Irene E. Kochevar
Irene E. Kochevar Harvard University
Savita Khanna
Savita Khanna Indiana University
Sashwati Roy
Sashwati Roy The Ohio State University
Masatsugu Ema
Masatsugu Ema Shiga University of Medical Science
Ilene K. Gipson
Ilene K. Gipson Harvard Medical School
Christopher D. Byrne
Christopher D. Byrne University of Southampton

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