Who Are We?
The International Dacryology Society (ISD) was the earliest society founded in 1982 which addressed tears and lacrimal disease.
ISD was founded in 1982. It held periodic triennial congresses.
It is now known as the International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) and now holds a biennial congress hosted in a different country each time.
ISD-DE unifies medically qualified professionals concerned with the management of patients with watering and dry eyes. This includes common conditions such as blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and ocular surface inflammation, as well as patients with lacrimal outflow obstruction from whatever cause.
ISD-DE links primarily ophthalmic specialists interested in the ocular surface, external eye diseases and corneal diseases, with the oculoplastic and lacrimal ophthalmologists interested in the medicine and surgery of the orbit, lacrimal gland, eyelids and tear ducts, the lacrimal drainage apparatus and the inside mucosal lining of the nose.
- ISD-DE is also for other medical specialists in otolaryngology, endocrinology, oncology, interested in the medicine and surgery of the tearing, dry eyes, the lacrimal drainage system, nasal mucosa, and related sinus and gut.
ISD-DE is involved in teaching and dissemination of knowledge about wet and dry eyes through its congresses, with webinars and podcasts. As well as basic core subjects, the Education program promotes the latest clinical and scientific advances from all over the world.