Carolyn G. Begley, OD, MS, FAAO is Emerita Professor of

optometry Optometry is the healthcare practice concerned with examining the eyes for visual defects, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye abnormalities. In the United States and Canada, optometrists are those that hold a post-baccalaureate f ...

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

. She holds an M.S.(1979) and O.D. (1983) from Indiana University Bloomington. She has been the recipient of several awards, such as the Garland M. Clay Award from the

American Academy of Optometry The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) is an organization of optometrists based in Orlando, Florida. Its goal is to maintain and enhance excellence in optometric practice, by both promoting research and the dissemination of knowledge. The AAO hol ...

for her most cited paper, “Characteristics of corneal staining in hydrogel contact lens wearers” and the Max Schapero Memorial Lecture Award, also from the AAO. She is a Fellow of the AAO. As an NIH-funded researcher, she participated in a Congressional briefing on

dry eye syndrome Dry eye syndrome, also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is the condition of having dry eyes. Symptoms include dryness in the eye, irritation, redness, discharge, blurred vision, and easily fatigued eyes. Symptoms range from mild and occas ...

therapies. According to the

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, she has published over 80 articles in

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medical journals Medical literature is the scientific literature of medicine: articles in journals and texts in books devoted to the field of medicine. Many references to the medical literature include the health care literature generally, including that of denti ...

that, , had been cited more than 1100 times, giving her an

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of 19.

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