Benjamin Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Ophthalmology
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
benjamin.kim@uphs.upenn.edu
benjamin.kim@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S. (Molecular Biology )
Vanderbilt University , 1999.
M.D.
Yale School of Medicine , 2004.
B.S. (Molecular Biology )
Vanderbilt University , 1999.
M.D.
Yale School of Medicine , 2004.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship (Internal Medicine), Mount Auburn Hospital - Cambridge, MA , 2004-2005.
Residency (Ophthalmology), Harvard Residency Program - Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston, MA , 2005-2008.
Fellowship (Medical and Surgical Retina), Johns Hopkins University - Wilmer Eye Institute - Baltimore, MD , 2008-2010.
Internship (Internal Medicine), Mount Auburn Hospital - Cambridge, MA , 2004-2005.
Residency (Ophthalmology), Harvard Residency Program - Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston, MA , 2005-2008.
Fellowship (Medical and Surgical Retina), Johns Hopkins University - Wilmer Eye Institute - Baltimore, MD , 2008-2010.
Certifications
Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, 2010.
Permanent linkBoard Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, 2010.
Description of Clinical Expertise
age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular hole, macular puckerDescription of Research Expertise
age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, geographic atrophy, choroidal neovascularization, retinal neovascularization, clinical trials, retinal imagingSelected Publications
Kim BJ, Ibrahim MA, Goldberg MF.: Use of Spectral Domain OCT to Visualize Photoreceptor Abnormalities in Cone/Rod Dystrophy-6. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 5(1): 56-61, Winter 2011.Kim BJ, Do DV, Nguyen QD, Arevalo F, Van Gelder RN.: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Acute onset panuveitis. Retina. 30(2): 364-8, Feb 2010.
Kim BJ, Do D, Nguyen QD.: Ranibizumab for Macular edema. Visual Dysfunction in Diabetes: The Science of Patient Impairment and Improvement. Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J Barnstable, and Thomas W Gardner. (eds.). Springer and Humana Press, 2010.
Andreoli MT, Morrison MA, Kim BJ, Chen L, Adams SM, Miller JW, DeAngelis MM, Kim IK. : Comprehensive analysis of complement factor H and LOC387715/ARMS2/HTRA1 variants with respect to phenotype in advanced age-related macular degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol. 148(6): 869-74, December 2009 Notes: Epub 2009 Oct 1.
Kim BJ, Waheed NK, Romano M, Scotti F, Hafezi-Moghadam A, D’Amico DJ.: Elevated Erythropoietin and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in An Adolescent With Retinal Neovascularization From A Chronic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2(2): 117-120, Spring 2008.
Kim BJ, Andreoli MT, Ji F, Morrison MA, Adams SM, Ott J, Miller JW, DeAngelis MM, Kim IK. : Correlation of advanced age-related macular degeneration phenotype with variants in the LOC387715/ARMS2/HTRA1 region. Annual Meeting, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2008.
Kim BJ, Fulton AB.: The genetics and ocular findings of Alagille syndrome. Semin Ophthalmol. 22(4): 205-10, Oct-Dec 2007.
Kim BJ, Waheed N, Romano M, Scotti F, Hafezi-Moghadam A, D’Amico DJ. : Retinal neovascularization secondary to a chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in an adolescent with a history of retinopathy of prematurity. Annual Meeting, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2006.
Kim BJ, Li Z, Fariss RN, Shen DF, Mahesh SP, Egwuagu C, Yu CR, Nagineni CN, Chan CC, Nussenblatt RB.: Constitutive and cytokine-induced GITR ligand expression on human retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 45(9): 3170-6, September 2004.
Z Li, Kim BJ, Fariss RN, Shen DF, Sankaranarayana MP, Egwuagu C, Yu CR, Nagineni CN, Chan CC, Nussenblatt RB.: Identification and characterization of GITRL (ligand for glucocorticoid induced TNF related receptor) in ocular tissues. Annual Meeting, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2004.
