LeoAmKimMD

Retinal Disease

Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Monte J. Wallace Chair in Retina

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Dr. Leo Kim is an ophthalmologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Massachusetts Eye and Ear, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, Mount Auburn Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in retinal disease and is experienced in retina surgery and vitreoretinal disease.

University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Ophthalmology, 2006 - 2009
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2005

PubMed

1 citations
Associations Between Contrast Sensitivity, Optical Coherence Tomography Features and Progression From Intermediate to Late Age-related Macular Degeneration.
Cade Bennett, Francesco Romano, Filippos Vingopoulos, Mauricio Garcia, Xinyi Ding
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2025-03-01
1 citations
Dietary Supplementation for Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Nieraj Jain, Maureen G Maguire, Christina J Flaxel, Stephen J Kim, Shriji Patel
Ophthalmology. 2025-03-01
Therapies for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Leo A Kim, Maureen G Maguire, Christina Y Weng, Justine R Smith, Nieraj Jain
Ophthalmology. 2025-03-01

Journal Articles

Retinal Imaging Findings in Carriers with PSEN1-Associated Early-Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease Before Onset of Cognitive Symptoms
Grayson W Armstrong, Leo A Kim, Itika Garg, Megan Kasetty, JAMA Ophthalmology

Preclinical Tests Show mRNA-Based Treatments Effective for Blinding ConditionDecember 3rd, 2024
Current Practice Preferences and Safety Protocols for Intravitreal Injection of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AgentsMarch 22nd, 2020
Researchers Identify Genetic Mutation Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease ProtectionNovember 4th, 2019
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