An interview with Christopher Starr, MD By Christine Yue Leonard, Senior Associate Editor D ry eye has a profound effect on quality of life. While we have a full armamentarium of treatments to offer patients, we can’ t always account for the impact of certain day-to-day lifestyle choices or situations when managing this chronic and often debilitating disease. Patients often want to know what else they can do to get through each day, in addition to the dry-eye treatments provided by their eye-care provider.