Ivana Kim, MD

Instructor in Ophthalmology, Retina Service, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area

Retina

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3367 Fax: 617-573-3698
Office hours: Tues. and Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Residency

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship

Retina Fellow Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Board Certification

Ophthalmology

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Clinical Interests

Diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment

Research Interests

Macular degeneration, ocular angiogenesis, molecular genetics of uveal melanoma

Selected Publications

Please see the CV (click).
See also below.

Kim I, Ryan AM, Rohan R, Amano S, Agular S, Miller JW, Adamis AP. Constitutive expression of VEGF, VEGFR-1, and VEGFR-2 in normal eyes. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 40:2115-2121, 1999

Ambati J, Canakis CS, Miller JW, Gragoudas ES, Edwards A, Weissgold DJ, Kim I, Delori FC, Adamis AP. Diffusion of high molecular weight compounds through sclera. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 41:1181-1185, 2000

Kim IK, Arroyo JG. Mechanisms in proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Ophthalmol. Clin. North Am. 15(1):81-86, 2002

Kim IK, Miller JW. Management of dislocated lens material. Semin. Ophthalmol. 17(3-4):162-166, 2002

Husain D, Kim IK, Gauthier D, Tsilimbaris MK, Ezra E, Connollly E, Michaud N, Lane AM, Gragoudas ES, O’Neill C, Miller JW. Safety and efficacy of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab in combination with vertporfin PDT on experimental choroidal neovascularization. Arch Ophthalmol. 123:509-516, 2005

Durand ML, Kim IK, D’Amico DJ, Loewenstein JI, Tobin EH, Kieval SJ, Martin S, Azar DT, Miller F, Lujan BJ, Miller JW. Successful treatment of exogenous Fusarium endophthalmitis with oral voriconazole and Aspergillus endophthalmitis with oral voriconizole plus intravenous caspofungin. Am J Ophthalmol. 140:552-554, 2005

Kim IK, Dryja TP, Lessell S, Gragoudas ES. Melanocytoma of the optic nerve associated with sound-induced phosphenes. Arch Ophthalmol. In press

Kim IK, Husain D, Michaud N, Connolly E, Durrani K, Gragoudas ES, O’Neill CA, Miller JW. Effect of intravitreal injection of rhuFab VEGF in combination with verteporfin PDT on normal primate retina and choroid. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., In press.

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Publications

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