Professor Mee Kum Kim is a graduate of Seoul National University College of Medicine with summa cum laude and received her doctorate in ophthalmology from Seoul National University College of Medicine. She received a 1year-research-fellowship from the Charles Surh’s immunology lab of Scripps Research Institute in 2008, and has been a professor till now. Her profession focuses on 1) corneal transplantation, 2) regenerative medicine in limbal deficient disease, and 3) the relation of gut microbiota to the autoimmune dry eye disease. She has published 224 SCI(E) articles in answering important scientific questions about these ocular immune reactions in variable ophthalmic disease.
Treatments / Specialities
cornea ,
Corneal transplantation ,
Dry eye syndrome ,
Presbyopia ,
Cataract
Paper Published
Corneal Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in Children with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
Ten-year analysis of microbiological profile and antibiotic sensitivity for bacterial keratitis in Korea.
Effect of the retention ring-assisted continuous application of riboflavin in pulsed-light accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking on the progression of keratoconus.
Association of human antigen class I genes with cold medicine-related Stevens-Johnson syndrome with severe ocular complications in a Korean population.
Bilateral Effect of the Unilateral Corneal Nerve Cut on Both Ocular Surface and Lacrimal Gland.
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