Dr. Richard Maharaj is the director of interventional dry eye services at the Prism Eye Institute, a leading medical and surgical eye care and research institute with multiple locations in Southern Ontario. He obtained his Doctor of Optometry from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and is an active Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.

He is a clinical adjunct faculty for the University of Waterloo School of Optometry, the Canadian  Association of Optometrists Section Chair for Ocular Surface Disease, Editorial Board Member  for The Journal of Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease, and Chief Education Officer at  MyDryEye.ca and co-founder for the Canadian Dry Eye Summit - a national conference  dedicated to educating eye doctors in dry eye disease management. He also serves as the  chief scientific officer for AI4Eyes, developing artificial intelligence diagnostics for eye care. In  2018, he was honoured as one of the Top 40 Canadian Optometrists under 40 by Johnson and  Johnson Vision Care. As a published international speaker and clinical scientist on diseases of  the ocular surface and the psychology of health care, he remains an active member of both  national and international professional associations.

I talk to Dr Maharaj about his clinical practice, being able to zoom in and out of dry eye disease, misconceptions, research, positivity, body/mind/spirit, anxiety, and more!

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