Laura M. Periman, MD

Dr. Periman is a Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship trained physician and surgeon with  roots as a molecular biologist.

As the Founder and Director of Dry Eye Services and Clinical Research at the Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, WA, she finds immense joy in combining her scientific interests, clinical interests and creativity into start up collaborative projects, advanced medical education projects, clinical research as well as innovative, state of the art clinical care.

She has lectured internationally, is a frequent keynote speaker at dry eye educational conferences, has written several dozen articles, and has over 30 peer reviewed publications. Her communication style is warm, friendly and full of common sense analogies that she learned as the granddaughter of hard-working Montana cattle ranchers. Her passion for understanding the immunopathophysiology and treatment of diseases has its roots in her experiences as a Molecular Biology Research and Development Associate at Immunex Corporation (now Amgen) prior to medical school.

Nicknamed The DryEyeMaster, she has a talent for applying basic science to clinical medicine, and teaching to a wide variety of audiences with a sense of discovery, forward thinking and a healthy dose of fun.