J. Daniel Nelson, MD
Distinguished Scholar, HealthPartners Institute
About

Academic appointment: Professor of ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.

Education and training: MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis; internship, St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, St. Paul, MN; ophthalmology residency and cornea/external disease fellowship, University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology.  

Overview/research interests: Artificial tears, corneal epithelial and endothelial wound healing, dry eye, neuropathic and hypersensitivity pain in patients with dry eye, Sjogren’s syndrome, tear film.

Publications

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Publications While At HealthPartners
Highlights
selected publications
Journal Article
  • The effect of time on grading corneal fluorescein and conjunctival lissamine green staining. 
    The ocular surface. 2022
  • Canonical grading scales of corneal and conjunctival staining based on psychophysical and physical attributes. 
    Translational vision science & technology. 2021
  • Perspective on systematic medical literature reviews and meta-analyses. 
    American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020
  • The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: executive summary. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013
  • The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: introduction. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013
  • The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the definition and classification subcommittee. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013
  • The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the management and therapy subcommittee. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013
  • The TFOS International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: report of the subcommittee on epidemiology. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013
  • Improving awareness, identification, and management of meibomian gland dysfunction. 
    Ophthalmology. 2012
  • Development and validation of the impact of dry eye on everyday life (IDEEL) questionnaire, a patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measure for the assessment of the burden of dry eye on patients. 
    Health and quality of life outcomes. 2011
  • The Ocular Surface. 
    The ocular surface. 2010
  • A link between tear instability and hyperosmolarity in dry eye. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2009
  • Antibodies to endogenous tear protein in normal human tears. 
    Current Eye Research. 2009
  • Human lipocalin-1 association with 3H-testosterone and 3H-estradiol. 
    Current Eye Research. 2009
  • Secretoglobins: lacrimal gland-specific rabbit lipophilin mRNAs. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2008
  • Development and validation of a short global dry eye symptom index. 
    The ocular surface. 2007
  • Secretoglobins: sexually dimorphic expression of androgen-binding protein mRNA in mouse lacrimal glands. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2005
  • Diagnosis and treatment of the dry eye: a clinical perspective. 
    Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2002
  • Lipase mRNAs expressed in lacrimal and harderian glands. 
    Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2002
  • mRNA encoding a new lipolytic enzyme expressed in rabbit lacrimal glands. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2002
  • A new look at dry eye disease and its treatment. 
    Advances in Therapy. 2000
    • Editorial Article
  • Grateful and thankful [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  16. 2018
  • Bias to basis [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  15. 2017
  • Interests [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  15. 2017
  • Tidbits [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  15. 2017
  • An enigma [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  14. 2016
  • Complex, complicated, simple [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  14. 2016
  • Dogma [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  14. 2016
  • Helpful and useful [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  14. 2016
  • Transitions [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  14. 2016
  • Debate, discussion, or dialogue [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  13. 2015
  • Impressions on The Ocular Surface: the entity and the journal [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  13. 2015
  • Questions [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  13. 2015
  • Transitions and tritospecialists [editorial]. 
    The ocular surface.  13. 2015
    • Chapter
  • The conjunctiva. 
    Cornea: fundamentals of cornea and external disease. 2010
  • Diagnostic tests: in the office. 
    Dry eye disease: the clinician's guide to diagnosis and treatment. 2006
    • Conference Poster
  • FGF2 enhanced lentoid formation in ciliary body cell culture [poster]
    2010
    • Review
  • Corneal staining: beyond the grade [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2026
  • Review and analysis of grading scales for ocular surface staining [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2019
  • TFOS DEWS II definition and classification report [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2017
  • TFOS DEWS II introduction [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2017
  • TFOS DEWS II report executive summary [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2017
  • Clinical guidelines for management of dry eye associated with Sjogren disease [review]. 
    The ocular surface. 2015
  • The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the definition and classification subcommittee [review]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2011
    • Abstract
  • FGF2 enhanced lentoid formation in chicken ciliary body cultures [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2009
  • Lens fiber cell proteins expressed in chicken ciliary body cultures [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2008
  • Evidence for corneal glutamate receptor expression and function [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2007
  • Lipocalin-1 associates with lysozyme and with endogenous antibodies in tears [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2007
  • Lipocalin-1 binds steroid hormones in ocular tears [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2007
  • Mouse homologue of cat Fel dI chain 2 [abstract]. 
    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2001
  • Diagnosis and treatment of dry eye: a clinical perspective [abstract]. 
    Cornea. 2000
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