AAO 2026: How to become an ocular pain detective in dry eye

Many patients diagnosed with dry eye are actually experiencing ocular pain that may stem from the ocular surface, the nerves, or both, according to Anat Galor, MD, MSPH, a professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and a staff physician at the Miami VA. At the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Galor spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her instruction course, “Evaluation and Management of Painful Dry Eye Symptoms: Nerves vs. Tears,” which teaches clinicians to become “ocular pain detectives.”