Michael Albert Lemp M.D., F.A.C.S.

Chairman of Scientific Board and Chief Medical Off
ophthalmology
TearLab Corporation
United States of America

Business Expert Ophthalmology
Biography

Dr. Michael Albert Lemp, M.D. F.A.C.S. serves as Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of Scientific Adivisory Board at TearLab Corporation. Dr. Lemp is an acknowledged leader in the field of dry eye/ocular surface disease. He serves as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board at TearLab Research, Inc. He also servers as TearScience Medical Director. He serves as Scientific & Medical Advisor at TearScience, Inc. He has been a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Novagali Pharma S.A. since 2005. He serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of SARcode Bioscience Inc. Dr. Lemp served as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Ocular at arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC. He served as Consultant of TearLab Corporation. He served as a Director of TearLab Corporation and OcuSense. He serves as a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Georgetown and George Washington Universities in Washington. Dr. Lemp serves as the Editor-In-Chief of The Ocular Surface. Dr. Lemp is a corneal specialist. In 2001 he retired from his clinical practice with University Ophthalmic Consultants of Washington where served as president. He served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Georgetown University, as an officer and board member of many national and international ophthalmic organizations, member of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Board, and NIH Study Sections and advisory committees. His major area of research interest is dry eye/ ocular surface disease. He organized and chaired the National Eye Institute/ Industry Workshop on Clinical Trials in Dry Eye. Over the last three decades he has published 187 scientific articles, four books and served on national, international and government advisory boards. He is a scientific reviewer for all the ophthalmic journals. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Insite Vision Inc. He served as a Fellow in Corneal Disease at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Eye Research Institute where he authored the initial papers on qualitative disorders of the tear film while at these Harvard institutions. He has been Visiting Professor at 68 universities, delivered nine named lectures and in 1998 received the Castroviejo Medal, the highest international award for professional accomplishment in the field of corneal disease. Dr. Lemp holds a B.S. and M.D. degrees from Georgetown University. Dr. Michael Albert Lemp, M.D. F.A.C.S. serves as Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of Scientific Adivisory Board at TearLab Corporation. Dr. Lemp is an acknowledged leader in the field of dry eye/ocular surface disease. He serves as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board at TearLab Research, Inc. He also servers as TearScience Medical Director. He serves as Scientific & Medical Advisor at TearScience, Inc. He has been a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Novagali Pharma S.A. since 2005. He serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of SARcode Bioscience Inc. Dr. Lemp served as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Ocular at arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC. He served as Consultant of TearLab Corporation. He served as a Director of TearLab Corporation and OcuSense. He serves as a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Georgetown and George Washington Universities in Washington. Dr. Lemp serves as the Editor-In-Chief of The Ocular Surface. Dr. Lemp is a corneal specialist. In 2001 he retired from his clinical practice with University Ophthalmic Consultants of Washington where served as president. He served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Georgetown University, as an officer and board member of many national and international ophthalmic organizations, member of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Board, and NIH Study Sections and advisory committees. His major area of research interest is dry eye/ ocular surface disease. He organized and chaired the National Eye Institute/ Industry Workshop on Clinical Trials in Dry Eye. Over the last three decades he has published 187 scientific articles, four books and served on national, international and government advisory boards. He is a scientific reviewer for all the ophthalmic journals. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Insite Vision Inc. He served as a Fellow in Corneal Disease at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Eye Research Institute where he authored the initial papers on qualitative disorders of the tear film while at these Harvard institutions. He has been Visiting Professor at 68 universities, delivered nine named lectures and in 1998 received the Castroviejo Medal, the highest international award for professional accomplishment in the field of corneal disease. Dr. Lemp holds a B.S. and M.D. degrees from Georgetown University.

Research Intrest

phthalmic Pathology