Dr. Reut Ifrah
Head of the Optometry Program at the Strauss Campus and a Senior Lecturer
Dr. Reut Ifrah is the Head of the Optometry Program at the Strauss Campus and a Senior Teacher. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Optometry (B.Optom, M.Optom) from the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Medical Neurobiology (Biomedical Sciences) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Doctorate (PhD) in Optometry from UPC University in Barcelona.
Dr. Ifrah teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate optometry programs, with teaching areas including geometrical and physical optics, clinical optometry, scientific writing, and clinical seminars. In addition, she serves as the Director of the college’s Dry Eye Clinic.
She is also a board member of the Israeli Society for Eye and Vision Research (ISVER).
Dry Eye Disease, Keratoconus, contact lenses, Static and Dynamic Visual Acuity
Ifrah R, Besser A, Goldstein A, Beiderman Y, Gantz L. Psychological Stress as a Mediator in the Relationships Between Personality Characteristics and Eye-Blinking Behavior. Behavioral Sciences. 2025, 15, 1567, https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111567.
Gantz L, Besser A, Bloom R, Ifrah R. Functional and emotional impact of dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction in keratoconus. Biomedicines. 13(8), 1918. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines13081918.
Bitton E, Ifrah R, Gantz L. Prevalence of Demodex folliculorum in a university-based population. Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Published online June 26, 2025. doi:10.1080/08164622.2025.2517754.
Ifrah R, Paritzky D. Comparison of Online visual acuity testing with dynamic dyop and static logmar optotypes in healthy non-presbyopic and presbyopic individuals. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2025 Apr; 19:1289-1297. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S519947
Gantz L, Wilks J, Ifrah R. Reproducibility and within-subject-variability of HRK-9000A meibography in normal young participants. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 2025 Jan; doi: 10.1111/opo.13437.
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;19(9): e0308538. doi:10.1111/opo.13437
Ifrah R, Quevedo L, Hazrati G, et al. Contact lens wear and follow-up and its association with signs and symptoms of meibomian gland dysfunction. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2024;44(1):153-167. doi:10.1111/opo.13247
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;43(2):183-194. doi:10.1111/opo.13074
Ifrah R, Quevedo L, Gantz L. Topical review of the relationship between contact lens wear and meibomian gland dysfunction. Journal of Optometry. 2023 Jan-Mar; 16(1):12-19. doi:10.1016/j.optom.2022.03.004.
Brandwine T, Ifrah R, Bialistoky T, et al. Knockdown of Dehydrodolichyl Diphosphate Synthase in the Drosophila Retina Leads to a Unique Pattern of Retinal Degeneration. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021;14:693967. Published 2021 Jul 5. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2021.693967
Gordon-Shaag A, Millodot M, Ifrah R, Shneor E. Aberrations and topography in normal, keratoconus-suspect, and keratoconic eyes. Optom Vis Sci. 2012;89(4):411-418. doi:10.1097/OPX.0b013e318249d727
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