Stefano Barabino is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Head of the Ocular Surface Center at the Sacco Hospital, Milan University, Italy. He received his medical doctorate from Genoa University in 1998, completed his residency in Ophthalmology in 2002, and received his Ph.D. degree in Immunology in 2005. He completed a two-year fellowship at Harvard University, in Boston, USA. As a specialist in dry eye and ocular surface diseases, he has published more than 100 scientific articles in Italian and International scientific journals. He is an active member of several European and International professional societies, President of the Italian Society of Ocular Surface, and a board member of Ocular Immunology & Inflammation, Eye & Contact Lens, The Ocular Surface, and BMC Ophthalmology. He has been an active member of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) since its inception in 2000.