There is a growing need for more concise presentation of medical knowledge that simplifies not only the initial assimilation of critical information, but also allows a quick review of basic but comprehensive data.  Residents, fellows, and medical practitioners in all fields face increasing demands on their valuable time.  Ophthalmology residents must absorb a vast amount of clinical and surgical information and pass annual exams and national boards.  Fellows have only one or two years to learn detailed information on a vast array of disease entities that will serve them during their initial years in practice.  And most importantly, all ophthalmologists Board certified in the United States since the late 1980’s must periodically take exams for recertification every 10 years. World-wide, 80,000 – 100,000 ophthalmologists are required to undergo some formal recertification process. Currently, there are approximately 19,000 ophthalmologists and 44,000 optometrists in the United States.  In addition there and more than 1500 residents in training, with 516 new residents entering the 120 training programs each year, and more than 50 oculofacial fellows training in the 54 ASOPRS-approved fellowship programs.  In addition, practitioners in many other medical fields such as dermatology, otolaryngology, and plastic surgery, must frequently access information on eyelid and periocular disorders and orbital diseases encountered in their daily practice.  

The purpose of this book is to distil the most fundamental relevant information about a very wide array of oculoplastic disorders and diseases in a short series of bulleted sentences presented in a telegraphic style, omitting all unnecessary and redundant verbiage. Chapters cover the most critical information in several pages, thus simplifying initial learning and the later review process. 

This book will be of interest to ophthalmology residents and fellows in training, as well as all ophthalmologists who must sit for Board recertification every 10 years. In addition, this manual will also serve as an important reference source for optometrists, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, ENT facial surgeons, and family medicine specialists who require a brief review of eyelid and orbital information at their point of practice.

Jonathan J. Dutton, MD, PhD

Dr. Jonathan Dutton grew up in New York City, USA, where he attended college at Queens College (later part of the City University of New York) from 1960 to 1964.  He earned a Master’s Degree in Animal Behavior and a PhD degree in Evolutionary Biology and Vertebrate Paleontology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1970.  He spent the first ten years of his professional career as a Vertebrate Paleontologist working primarily in East, North, and South Africa, and worked extensively in Europe and Northern India.  Dr. Dutton was Sinclair Professor of Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey from 1970 to 1973.  He then received an MD degree from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1977, and served as a Fight-for-Sight Fellow in glaucoma research until 1979.  Following his residency in Ophthalmology, also at Washington University, he completed a second fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ophthalmic Oncology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1983.  Dr. Dutton served as Professor of Oculoplastic Surgery and Ophthalmic Oncology at Duke University in Durham North Carolina from 1983 until 1999.  He then served as CEO and Oculoplastic Surgeon at the Atlantic Eye and Face Center in Cary, North Carolina from 2000 until 2002.  From 2002 until 2014, he was Professor of Oculoplastic Surgery and Ophthalmic Oncology, and Vice Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

Currently Dr. Dutton is Professor Emeritus at UNC.  He is author of 14 books on African mammalian evolution, orbital anatomy, ptosis, oculoplastic surgery, eyelid diseases, orbital diseases, thyroid eye disease, and orbital radiology.  He has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed 88 book chapters.  He has been an invited speaker at more than 180 meetings in 68 foreign countries.  His major areas of interest include eyelid and orbital anatomy, intraocular tumors, orbital disease, thyroid eye disease, facial dystonias, and orbital radiology.  Dr. Dutton was Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, from 2009 until December 2024. 

 Hatem A. Tawfik, MD

Dr. Hatem A. Tawfik served as a tenured lecturer of ophthalmology at The University of Ain Shams in Cairo from 1998 to 2011. He has led a Middle East -wide orbital and adnexal regional referral practice for over 26 years. Dr. Tawfik’s practice currently focuses on surgical treatment of orbital tumors, eyelid cancers, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery in the periocular region, and endonasal DCR. His research interests include basic anatomy and innovations in surgical eyelid and orbital techniques.

Dr. Tawfik has authored over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts, one book, and several book chapters. Despite quitting his University position in 2011, he continues to teach widely throughout the Middle East and is a frequent guest speaker at national and international meetings. He has received many prestigious awards and honors including the Marvin Quickert ASOPRS Thesis award in 1999 American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), and the Lester T. Jones anatomy award from ASOPRS in 2019.