Dr. Reut Ifrah

Senior Teacher, Director of the B.Optom Program at the Strauss Campus

Dr. Ifrah is an optometrist with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Optometry from Hadassah Academic College, a Master’s degree in medical neurobiology from the Hebrew University and a Doctoral degree in Optometry from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in collaboration with Hadassah Academic College.

She has been teaching at Hadassah Academic college since 2008 and is an active researcher in the field of meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye.

Meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye
Contact lenses
Keratoconus

Gantz L, Weissman BA, Ifrah R. Complications and compliance in professionally-managed and self-managed contact lenses compared with non-contact lens wearers. PLoS One. 2024 Sep 6;19(9):e0308538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308538. PMID: 39240979; PMCID: PMC11379192.

Ifrah R., Quevedo L., Hazrati G., Maman S., Mangisto H., Shmuel E., Gantz L. (2023) Contact lens wear and follow-up and its association with signs and symptoms of meibomian gland dysfunction. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. Accepted for publication

Ifrah R, Quevedo L, Gantz L. Repeatability and reproducibility of Cobra HD fundus camera meibography in young adults with and without symptoms of dry eye. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2023 Mar;43(2):183-194. doi: 10.1111/opo.13074. Epub 2022 Nov 30. PMID: 36449267.

Ifrah R, Quevedo L, Gantz L. Topical review of the relationship between contact lens wear and meibomian gland dysfunction. J Optom. 2023 Jan-Mar;16(1):12-19. doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2022.03.004. Epub 2022 Mar 26. PMID: 35351398; PMCID: PMC9811360.

Brandwine T, Ifrah R, Bialistoky T, Zaguri R, Rhodes-Mordov E, Mizrahi-Meissonnier L, Sharon D, Katanaev VL, Gerlitz O, Minke B. Knockdown of Dehydrodolichyl Diphosphate Synthase in the Drosophila Retina Leads to a Unique Pattern of Retinal Degeneration. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021 Jul 5;14:693967. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.693967. PMID: 34290587; PMCID: PMC8287061.

Gordon-Shaag A, Millodot M, Ifrah R, Shneor E. Aberrations and topography in normal, keratoconus-suspect, and keratoconic eyes. Optom Vis Sci. 2012 Apr;89(4):411-8. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318249d727. PMID: 22311193.