- DepartmentOphthalmology
- Specialty Drooping eyelid (ptosis) , Introverted eyelash , Lacrimal duct obstruction Exophthalmos , Eyelid tumor , Orbital tumor , Tumors around the eyes , Orbital fracture , Ocular prosthesis
- DepartmentOphthalmology
- Specialty Macular degeneration , diabetic retinopathy , Retinal detachment and retinal tear , Retinal disease , Uveal disease , Behcet's disease
- DepartmentOphthalmology
- Specialty Optic nerve disease , Strabismus , Neuro-Ophthalmology
- DepartmentOphthalmology
- Specialty cornea , Corneal transplantation , Dry eye syndrome , Presbyopia , Cataract
Mee Kum Kim is a professor in department of Ophthalmology of Seoul National University College of Medicine of South Korea. She earned her M.D. in Seoul National University College of Medicine and received her doctorate (Ph.D.) in ophthalmology from Seoul National University College of Medicine. She has an expertise in corneal transplantation, especially Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) and corneal immunology. Her current research focuses on 1) the relation of gut microbiota to the autoimmune dry eye disease. 2) regenerative medicine in limbal deficient stem cell disease such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and chemical burn and 3) corneal transplantation She has published 240 SCI(E) articles in answering important scientific questions about these ocular immune reactions in variable ophthalmic disease.