Dr. Asbell is a professor of Ophthalmology and director of the Cornea Service and the Refractive Surgery Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. At the same institution, she initiated the Lowenstein Foundation Sjögren's Center to provide multispecialty care for patients with dry eyes and associated systemic problems. Dr. Asbell received her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and then trained as a resident and fellow in Ophthalmology and Immunology at the New York University Medical Center. She went on to fellowship studies in Cornea at Louisiana State University Eye Center in New Orleans. Dr. Asbell is currently on the board of directors of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (ISRS/AAO) and is a past president of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO) and of the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration. She serves as the editor-in-chief for Contact Point, the CLAO’s resident journal, and is a contributing member of the Specialty Information Team for Refractive Surgery at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.