Who we are
In 2010, the EAACI Executive Committee established a new Interest Group called Ocular Allergy, according to the EAACI bylaws. IGOA began its activity during the EAACI London Congress 2010.
Until now IGOA has not gathered much members and we hope to find much more, especially ophthalmologists. Our group which will regroup immunologists, allergologists and ophthalmologists would like to stimulate interdisciplinary research on ocular allergy diagnosis and treatment.

The aims of IGOA are:

1.    To unify the definitions and classifications of ocular allergy diseases.
2.    To prepare of  algorithm(s)  for diagnosis  of ocular allergy, whilst taking into consideration general practitioner, ophthalmologists and allergologists references.
3.    To prepare state-of-the-art groundwork on contemporary knowledge of ocular pathophysiology in allergic diseases and research courses which will explain the current lack of knowledge in this area, eg. dependence between the dry eye and the allergy eye.
4.    To asses of specificity and sensitivity of available  diagnostics methods in ocular allergy, especially CAC, SPT, lacrimal and serum sIgE.
5.    To prepare recommendations for available treatment of ocular allergy according to the GRADE system evaluation, especially about alfa-mimetic ocular drops, corticosteroids and SIT.
6.    To prepare proposals for Practical Workshops on diagnosis and management of the “red eye”.

IGOA was commissioned in March 2010 by the EAACI Executive Committee in a bench composed of:

Chairperson
Ewa Bogacka, MD, Wroclaw
bogacka@alergia.gigabox.pl

Secretary
Jean-Luc Fauquert , Clermont-Ferrand
jlfauquert@chu-clermontferrand.fr

Members at large
Pia Allegri
pallegri@asl4.liguria.it

Anna Groblewska
agrobl@poczta.onet.pl


Members:

1.  Prof Andrea Leonardi (Padua) andrea.leonardi@unipd.it
2.  Prof Luis Delgado (Porto) ldelgado@med.up.pt
3.  Prof Pascal Demoly (Montpellier) pascal.demoly@inserm.fr
4   Prof Mark L. Kowalski (Lodz) Marek.Kowalski@csk.am.lodz.pl
5.  Anna Groblewska MD, (Lodz) agrobl@poczta.onet.pl
6. Monika Jedrzejczak- Czechowicz MD,  (Lodz) monikajedrzejczak@hotmail.com
7.  Marcin Grabowski (Wroclaw) mgrabow@poczta.onet.pl
8.  Anna Matysik-Wojcik (Lublin)  anna.matysik@am.lublin.pl
9   Frederic De Blay MD (Strasbourg) frederic.deblay@chru-strasbourg.fr
10. Farid Marmouz MD, (Paris)   marmouz.farid@wanadoo.fr
11. M.Raffard MD ( Paris)
12. Gisele Kanny MD (Nancy)
13 Franz Marache MD,(Paris)
14. F. Gayraud MD (Pau)
15. Marie Francoise Fardeau MD (Paris)
16. M.Grosclaude  MD (Aubenas)
17. Omar Outtas MD (Montlucon)