Dr. Leo Am Kim M.D., PH.D.
Ophthalmologist
243 Charles St Retina Service Boston MA, 02114Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Leo Kim is an ophthalmologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Kim specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Kim can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Kim can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
Yale School of Medicine 2005
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Charybdotoxin binding in the I(Ks) pore demonstrates two MinK subunits in each channel complex.
- Ito channels are octomeric complexes with four subunits of each Kv4.2 and K+ channel-interacting protein 2.
- Three-dimensional structure of I(to); Kv4.2-KChIP2 ion channels by electron microscopy at 21 Angstrom resolution.
- Modulatory influence of stimulus parameters on optokinetic head-tracking response.
- A brief history of anti-VEGF for the treatment of ocular angiogenesis.
- Clinical characteristics of a large choroideremia pedigree carrying a novel CHM
- Vascular endothelial growth factor is important for brown adipose tissue development and maintenance.
- Tamoxifen toxicity in cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells is mediated by concurrent regulated cell death mechanisms.
- Ocriplasmin for treatment of stage 2 macular holes: early clinical results.
- Retinal microangiopathy in a mouse model of inducible mural cell loss.
- Fully automated detection of diabetic macular edema and dry age-related macular degeneration from optical coherence tomography images.
- Conversion to aflibercept for diabetic macular edema unresponsive to ranibizumab or bevacizumab.
- Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor A Acts via Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α To Promote Viability of Cells Enduring Hypoxia.
- Orbital Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Thyroid Eye Disease: An Analysis of Vascular Growth Factors with Clinical Correlation.
- Small-Caliber Retinal Vasculitis Associated With Giant Cell Arteritis: A New Finding.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Type 2 Diabetes
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Practice At 2010 Zonal Ave
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