Dr. Kazuo Tsubota is an MD, PhD, FARVO, MBA, and emeritus professor at the Department of Ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine, his alma mater. As an internationally recognized dry eye specialist, Prof. Tsubota has been working on the pathogenesis and treatment of dry eyes for much of his career. Prof. Tsubota was the first Japanese recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award and is the author of more than 700 scientific peer-reviewed articles. He has 1349 publications with more than 52 thousand citations (from Scopus, 11 April 2024) and an h-index of 107. His latest research activities spotlight myopia due to the myopia epidemic affecting Japan and East and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on the hypothesis that violet light has a suppressive effect against the progression of myopia and on blue light’s role in determining circadian rhythm, mood, and memory.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Aging
Dry Eye
presbyopia
Myopia
ocular surface
Fingerprints
41%
Aging
28%
Dry Eye
13%
ocular surface
12%
Myopia
5%
presbyopia
Short Biography
Dr. Kazuo Tsubota is an MD, PhD, FARVO, MBA, and emeritus professor at the Department of Ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine, his alma mater. As an internationally recognized dry eye specialist, Prof. Tsubota has been working on the pathogenesis and treatment of dry eyes for much of his career. Prof. Tsubota was the first Japanese recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award and is the author of more than 700 scientific peer-reviewed articles. He has 1349 publications with more than 52 thousand citations (from Scopus, 11 April 2024) and an h-index of 107. His latest research activities spotlight myopia due to the myopia epidemic affecting Japan and East and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on the hypothesis that violet light has a suppressive effect against the progression of myopia and on blue light’s role in determining circadian rhythm, mood, and memory.
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