Research, Scientific Presentations and Conference Faculty

Dr. Laura Periman is actively involved in clinical research and clinical trials at Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, helping advance the understanding and treatment of Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease. A recognized educator and scientific speaker, she has shared her expertise with audiences around the world through invited lectures, international and national conference faculty roles, and continuing medical education (CME) and continuing education (CE) programs.

Clinical Trials

  • Sponsor: Novartis, Phase: 2. Protocol: CASF312B12201 (Sahara)

    Sponsor: Novartis, Phase: 2b. Protocol: CECF843A2201

    Sponsor: Novaliq, Phase: 3. Protocol: CYS-004 (Essence 2)

    Sponsor: B&L, Phase: 3. Protocol: BL904

    Sponsor: Lumenis, Protocol: LUM-VBU-M22-IPL-19-02

    Sponsor: Tarsus, Phase: 3. Protocol: TRS-010 (Saturn 2)

    Sponsor: Oyster Point, Phase: 2. Protocol: OPP-102 (The Olympia Study)

    Sponsor: Oyster Point, Protocol: OPP-006

    Sponsor: Aerie, Phase: 3. Protocol: AR-15512-LTSS (Comet 4)

    Sponsor: Olympic Ophthalmics, Protocol: CLP-011

    Sponsor: Mark Abelson, MD, Phase: 2. Protocol: 18-290-0002

    Sponsor: Periman Eye Institute, PLLC. Protocol: PEI-IIT-70111343

    Sponsor: Combangio, Inc./Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Phase: 2b Protocol: KPI-012-C-001

    Sponsor: Dompe. Phase: 4. Protocol: DEV0123

    Sponsor: Family Life Sciences, a Viatris Company. Protocol:PCLS-OMZ-3001

    Sponsor: Lumenis. Protocol: LUM-VBU-IPL-26-01

    Sponsor: BTL. Protocol: BTL-699_CTUS700

Scientific Speaking and Conference Faculty

2025

  • Cedars Aspens: “Dry Eye Disease:  Current and Upcoming Treatment Options

    Vision Expo West: CE: “Ask the Experts: OSD Edition”, “Beauty in Focus: Elevating Eyecare Through Ocular Aesthetics”, “Case Files - OS”, Workshops: “IPL Workshop”

    Twin Cities Ocular Surface Disease (TCOSD) Conference CE and CME Faculty: Panel Discussions: “Industry leaders and physicians discuss the future of OSD research and treatment”, “Patient-tailored In Office Treatments Part II”, “The Role of Regenerative Medicine and Light Treatment in OSD”, Workshops: Workshop A and B: Patient - Tailored In-Office OSD Treatments Part I and Part II, Workshop C: Key Diagnostics In OSD, Workshop D: Regenerative Medicine and Light

    ASCRS faculty: “How Many Types of Dry Eye Disease are There? Is All Dry Eye Disease the Same?”

    Dubai Middle East Ophthalmology Meeting

  • ASCRS

    Twin Cities OSD

    Vision Expo West

    Cedars Aspens

2024

  • Hawaiian Eye: “Breaking the Drought: Diagnosing and treating Evaporative Dry Eye Disease” Vindico

    AAO faculty: “Evaluation and Management of Painful Dry Eye Symptoms: Nerves vs. Tears”

    WIO: Cooking Up Something Good: Recipe to your own boutique practice”

    Taiwan Ophthalmic Congress: Taipei, Taiwan (Lumenis)

    AECOS: “Plasma Pen CCh Plasty”

  • Realworld Ophthalmology

    Eyes on Dry Eye

    ASCRS

    AAO

    Vision Expo East

    Vision Expo West

    EyeCon

    Twin Cities OSD

    Chair of OIS Dry Eye Innovations Panel 

2023

  • Hawaiian Eye: “The Demodex Under Your Nose: a novel clinical sign in Demodex Blepharitis patients”

    Optometry Diva’s: Invited Lecture

  • Realworld Ophthalmology

    Eyes on Dry Eye

    ASCRS

    AAO

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit

    Vision Expo East

    Vision Expo West

2022

  • ASCRS Instructional Course Chair: “Surgical Stop Sign: Is it a dry eye”

    ASCRS faculty: “Demodex Blepharitis: Prevalence, burden and current scientific evidence”

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit: “Cosmetics Mythbusters”

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit: “Basic Science and Diagnostics in Dry Eye”

    Eyes on Dry Eye: “Cosmetics and Tear Film Inflammation”

    Eyes on Dry Eye: “Dry Eye on a Dime”

    Hawaiian Eye: “Severe DIOSD: Effective adjunctive treatment with IPL”

  • Realworld Ophthalmology

    Eyes on Dry Eye

    ASCRS

    AAO

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit

    Vision Expo East

    Vision Expo West

2021

  • Eyes on 2021: “Wheels in the Sky Keep on Turning: Exploring new trends in dry eye disease clinical care and science”

    Dry Eyelash Whiplash: “The Head-turning beauty practices of your Chronic Dry Eye Patients”

  • Realworld Ophthalmology

    Eyes on Dry Eye

    ASCRS

    AAO

    Cornea Society

2020

  • “The D.A.O. To Healthy, Beautiful Eyes: Exploring the dermatologic, aesthetic and ophthalmologic overlaps.”

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit: “Jumping to Light Speed: Exploring the science of IPL”

  • Cornea Society

    Eyes on Dry Eye

2019

  • AAO CCLRT ISO Symposium: Invited Lecturer: “Peri-Operative Care and Control of Pathogens at the Ocular Surface”.

    ASCRS: Course Faculty: “Beauty and the Ocular Surface Beast”.

  • ASCRS

    AAO

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit

    Millennial Eye

    ARC July

    Vancouver BC Optometric Society

    Dry eye boot camp

2018

  • European Vendors Meeting. February 2018. Madrid, Spain (Lumenis)

    American Academy of Optometry: Invited Lecturer: “Understanding Biologics and Ocular Surface Disease”.

    AAO: Course Faculty: “Beauty and the Ocular Surface Beast”.

    JCAHPO/APTO: Invited lecturer: “1 hour advanced technician CE lecture on Dry Eye Disease”.

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit: “Chronic Dry Eye Disease: 80s Dance Party and Film Style”

    A+MD Summit: “The D.A.O. of Healthy, Beautiful Eyes: Exploring the Dermatology, Aesthetics and Ophthalmology overlaps in the chronic dry eye disease patient”.

    European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. September 2018. Vienna, Austria (Lumenis)

    CE Wire: “Chronic Dry Eye Disease: 80s Dance Party Style”.

    ICO First Annual Sjogren’s Symposium: Keynote speaker.

  • ASCRS

    AAO

    American Academy of Optometry

    Dry Eye Boot Camp

    Caribbean Eye

    Caribbean Eye

    Millennial Eye

    Dry eye boot camp

    ESCRS

    EyeWorld

2017

  • CE Wire 2017: “The Vicious Circles of Ocular Surface Disease”.

    Advanced Refractive Congress: “Perils of OSD in the Premium IOL Patient”.

    Restates prescriptive authority by Optometrists: “OSD, It’s Easy as 1-2-3”.

    Pan Chinese Congress of Ophthalmology. September 2017. Fuzhuo, China (Lumenis)

    Latin American Academy of Ophthalmology, South America. August 2017. Lima, Peru (Topcon)

  • ASCRS

    Chinese Congress of Ophthalmology

    Millennial Eye

    ARC

    Canadian Dry Eye Summit

    AAO

    Millennial Eye

    EyeWorld

2016

  • AAO: PentaVision, Dry Eye Center of Excellence Breakfast: “OSD and the KISS Principle”.

    AAO: Refractive Subspecialty Day Lecture: “OSD and Refractive Surgery: Next steps in ensuring a performance vision machine is built”.

    ASCRS: Allergan Technician Education Event.

    ARC Annual Meeting: “New Therapies for OSD: Understanding the cytokine dance”.

    ICSC Inaugural Meeting: “What’s in Your Bowl: Therapeutic options for the scleral RGP bowl”.

    Calgary, Canada Ophthalmologic Meeting: “Practical Pearls for the Integrated Approach to DED”.

    Calgary, Canada Ophthalmologic Meeting: Resident Grand Rounds teaching: “Inflammation StoryTime: Understanding disease, diagnostics and treatments”.

    King County Optometric Society: Guest CE Lecture: “The Wizard of Oz and Dry Eye Disease”.

    WAEPS: Invited Technician’s Talk: “Inflammation Story Time: overview of disease, diagnostics and therapeutics”.

  • AAO

    ASCRS

    EyeWorld

2015

  • ASCRS: Allergan Technician Education Event.

    Advanced Refractive Congress: Invited Lecture: “The Cytokine Dance in OSD and Why New Drugs Fail FDA Approval”.

  • AECOS

2014

  • WAEPS (WA Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons): Invited Technician’s Talk: “The How and Why of Dry Eye Disease”.

    Empire Eye CE Lectures: Guest Faculty.

    Alaska Nurse Practitioners Association CE Lectures