BenjaminJKimMD

Ophthalmology • Philadelphia, PA

Retinal Disease

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
51 N. 39th Street
Scheie Eye Institute
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-8100

Fax+1 215-662-1721
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Education & Training

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 2005 - 2008
Mount Auburn HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2012 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2010 - 2014
MD State Medical License 2008 - 2010
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Factors associated with outcomes of suprachoroidal hemorrhage: an individual participant data systematic review.
Elnahry, A., Yu, Y., Ying, G., Liu, T., Tauqeer, Z., Kim, B.> ;Retina. 2024 Mar 6
UTILITY OF OCULAR β- d -GLUCAN TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS.
Tian Xia, Malcolm Finkelman, Anton Kolomeyer, Gui-Shuang Ying, Peter Bracha, Charles G Miller, Ayman G Elnahry, Robert Carroll, Yonglong Zhang, Adrienne Saluadades, Al...> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2023 Nov 1
OUTER RETINOPATHY AND MICROANGIOPATHY IN ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA.
Charles G Miller, Alexander J Brucker, Linda M Perry, Benjamin J Kim, Mary Ellen Martin, Noelle V Frey, Tomas S Aleman> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2023 Nov 1
Iris and Retinal Findings in Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome.
Jonathan C Tsui, Benjamin J Kim> ;Ophthalmology. 2023 Jul 19
Bilateral retinal hemorrhages after sequential endovascular treatment of bilateral unruptured cerebral aneurysms.
Tianyu Liu, Jonathan C Tsui, Omar A Choudhri, Benjamin J Kim, Alexander J Brucker> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2023 Jul 13
8 citations
Appropriateness of ophthalmic symptoms triage by a popular online artificial intelligence chatbot.
Jonathan C Tsui, Michael B Wong, Benjamin J Kim, Albert M Maguire, Drew Scoles, Brian L VanderBeek, Alexander J Brucker> ;Eye. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Visual and Anatomic Outcomes of Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Tianyu Liu, Ayman G Elnahry, Zujaja Tauqeer, Yinxi Yu, Gui-Shuang Ying, Benjamin J Kim> ;Ophthalmology. Retina. 2023 Jun 1
Retinal photoreceptor layer thickness has disease specificity and distinguishes predicted FTLD-Tau from biomarker-determined Alzheimer's disease.
Benjamin J Kim, Murray Grossman, Tomas S Aleman, Delu Song, Katheryn A Q Cousins, Corey T McMillan, Adrienne Saludades, Yinxi Yu, Edward B Lee, David Wolk, Vivianna M ...> ;Neurobiology of Aging. 2023 May 1
4 citations
Emerging opportunities for C3 inhibition in the eye.
Benjamin J Kim, Tianyu Liu, Dimitrios C Mastellos, John D Lambris> ;Seminars in Immunology. 2022 Jan 1
22 citations
BAMM (BRAF Autophagy and MEK Inhibition in Melanoma): A Phase I/II Trial of Dabrafenib, Trametinib, and Hydroxychloroquine in Advanced BRAFV600-mutant Melanoma.
Janice M Mehnert, Tara C Mitchell, Alexander C Huang, Tomas S Aleman, Benjamin J Kim, Lynn M Schuchter, Gerald P Linette, Giorgos C Karakousis, Sheryl Mitnick, Lydia G...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2022 Mar 15
3 citations
Approach of an Academic Ophthalmology Department to Recovery During the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Alexandra C Brodin, Madhura A Tamhankar, Gideon Whitehead, David MacKay, Benjamin J Kim, Joan M O'Brien> ;Clinical Ophthalmology. 2022 Jan 1
2 citations
Retina tissue validation of optical coherence tomography determined outer nuclear layer loss in FTLD-tau.
Benjamin J. Kim, Vivian S. Lee, Edward B. Lee, Adrienne Saludades, John Q. Trojanowski, Joshua L. Dunaief, Murray Grossman, David J. Irwin> ;Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2021 Nov 18
18 citations
Intraocular iron injection induces oxidative stress followed by elements of geographic atrophy and sympathetic ophthalmia.
Y. Liu, Brent A. Bell, Ying Song, Hye J. Kim, Jacob Sterling, Benjamin J. Kim, Maura Poli, Michelle Guo, Kevin Zhang, Aditya M Rao, Janet R. Sparrow, Guanfang Su, Josh...> ;Aging Cell. 2021 Oct 9
8 citations
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a 46-Year-Old Man with COVID-19: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Charles G. Miller, Benjamin J. Kim> ;Case Reports in Ophthalmology. 2021 Jul 19
8 citations
CLINICAL UTILITY OF BETA-D-GLUCAN TESTING FOR ENDOGENOUS FUNGAL CHORIORETINITIS OR ENDOPHTHALMITIS.
Michael J. Ammar, Robert Carroll, Anton M. Kolomeyer, Gui-Shuang Ying, Gideon Whitehead, Alexander J. Brucker, Benjamin J. Kim> ;Retina. 2021 Feb 1
A 47-Year-Old Woman Urgently Referred for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Management.
Tianyu Liu, Ayman G Elnahry, Benjamin J. Kim> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2021 Jan 28
1 citations
BETA-PERIPAPILLARY ATROPHY AND GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY IN THE COMPARISON OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION TREATMENTS TRIALS.
Anton M. Kolomeyer, Eli Smith, Ebenezer Daniel, Gui-Shuang Ying, Wei Pan, Max Pistilli, Juan E. Grunwald, Maureen G. Maguire, Benjamin J. Kim> ;Retina. 2021 Jan 1
33 citations
Targeting complement components C3 and C5 for the retina: Key concepts and lingering questions
Benjamin J. Kim, Dimitrios C. Mastellos, Yafeng Li, Joshua L. Dunaief, John D. Lambris> ;Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 2021 Jul 1
14 citations
Orally Administered Alpha Lipoic Acid as a Treatment for Geographic Atrophy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Benjamin J. Kim, Allan A. Hunter, Alexander J. Brucker, Paul Hahn, Karen M. Gehrs, Apurva Patel, Albert O. Edwards, Yafeng Li, Rahul N. Khurana, Itzhak Nissim, Ebeneze...> ;Ophthalmology. Retina. 2020 Sep 1
14 citations
Prolonged intraocular residence and retinal tissue distribution of a fourth-generation compstatin-based C3 inhibitor in non-human primates.
Sarah Hughes, Justin T. Gumas, Rebecca Lee, Merita Rumano, Nadja Berger, Avneesh Gautam, Georgia Sfyroera, Anna Lorena Chan, Gopalan Gnanaguru, Kip M. Connor, Benjamin...> ;Clinical Immunology. 2020 Mar 27
2 citations
Comparison of the Iowa Reference Algorithm to the Heidelberg Spectralis optical coherence tomography segmentation algorithm.
Jasmine Q. Sun, Brendan McGeehan, Kim Firn, David J. Irwin, Murray Grossman, Gui-Shuang Ying, Benjamin J. Kim> ;Journal of Biophotonics. 2020 Feb 14
3 citations
Asymptomatic adults in a single family with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and TSPAN12 variant
Robert M Carroll, Benjamin J. Kim> ;Ophthalmic Genetics. 2019 Nov 22
1 citations
Resolution of subretinal abscess from presumed Nocardia chorioretinitis with serial intravitreal amikacin.
Kurt Scavelli, Yafeng Li, Robert Carroll, Benjamin J. Kim> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2019 Aug 8
2 citations
Utility of Ophthalmic Consultations for Patients With Candidemia.
Benjamin J. Kim> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2019 Jun 1
16 citations
Five-Year Follow-up of Nonfibrotic Scars in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials
Ebenezer Daniel, Gui-Shuang Ying, Benjamin J. Kim, Cynthia A. Toth, Frederick L. Ferris, Daniel F. Martin, Juan E. Grunwald, Glenn J. Jaffe, Joshua L. Dunaief, Wei Pan...> ;Ophthalmology. 2019 May 1
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Journal Articles

A 47-Year-Old Woman Urgently Referred for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Management
Tianyu Liu, Benjamin J Kim, JAMA Ophthalmology

Press Mentions

Effect of Initial Management with Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual AcuityMay 1st, 2019
Eye Changes May Signal Frontotemporal Lobe DegenerationSeptember 8th, 2017