Meet the editor

Dorota Kopacz MD, Ph.D., is professionally connected with the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, where she is a tutor for medical, dentistry, and rescue students; a tutor for doctors during specialization in general practice, diabetology, rheumatology, and ophthalmology; and a thesis supervisor for bachelor's degrees. She is also a consulting ophthalmologist at Infant Jesus Teaching Hospital, Warsaw, Po-

land. Protector for doctors during specialization in ophthalmology. Dr. Kopacz is a member of the Polish Society of Ophthalmology, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and Cornea Society. Her clinical experience includes diagnostic procedures and non-invasive ophthalmological treatment (especially of the anterior eye segment and ocular surface), cataract surgery, secondary intraocular lens implantations, glaucoma, and ocular surface problems. She is author/coauthor of more than 160 publications, book chapters, congress papers, and posters. She is also a reviewer for local and international ophthalmological journals.

Contents

*and Piotr Maciejewicz*

after Pterygium Surgery

*by Juan Wang*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 45**

**Chapter 5 55**

Tear Film – Physiology and Disturbances in Various Diseases and Disorders

*by Maria Vincent, Jose Quintero, Henry D. Perry and James M. Rynerson*

Recent Advances in the Effects of Various Surgical Methods on Tear Film

*by Dorota Kopacz, Łucja Niezgoda, Ewa Fudalej, Anna Nowak* 

Biofilm Theory for Lid Margin and Dry Eye Disease

Hyperosmolarity of the Tear Film in the Dry Eye

Molecular Genetics of Keratoconus: Clinical Implications

*by Alejandro Aguilar and Alejandro Berra*

*by Yu Meng Wang and Calvin C.P. Pang*
