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Edward W. Kim, MD

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31872 Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
2272.4 miles away
Speaks: English
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Providence Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach

31872 Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

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About Edward W. Kim

Dr. Edward W. Kim has been a practicing ophthalmic surgeon at Harvard Eye Associates since 1980. After graduating with honors in chemistry at Occidental College, he went on to receive his medical degree from UC San Francisco. Finishing his medical school early, he went to UC Berkeley in his senior year to earn a Masters of Public Health, followed by an internal medicine internship at San Francisco General Hospital. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, followed by a specialty fellowship in retinal diseases at MEEI. He was appointed Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School.

He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has been board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1980.

Dr. Kim has served as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UC Irvine, where he has taught ophthalmology residents for nearly 20 years. He has served as Chief of Staff at South Coast Medical Center. He has volunteered in numerous international eye surgical missions. He has taught other practicing ophthalmologists in techniques of advanced cataract surgery, serving as program director in courses given in Denver, Boston, and Dallas. He has published in peer reviewed journals and has been selected as a Physician of Excellence by Orange Coast Magazine.

Dr. Kim stays active by hiking, sculling, and skiing. He also enjoys meditation, cosmology, exotic plants (including orchids), and traveling with his wife Carole (they hope to see the Northern Lights one day). He is a member of Mensa. He and his wife have 2 grown children and 2 granddaughters who have lit up their lives! His son, Dr. Brian Kim, is an accomplished retina specialist with whom he enjoys practicing with at Harvard Eye Associates.

“I am grateful to have the opportunity to help patients in whatever way I can. We are fortunate to live in a time with amazing technologies. I feel privileged that we can apply them to make real differences in patients’ lives.”

Medical School

University of California

Internship

San Francisco General Hospital
1976

Residency

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary - Opthalmology
1979

Fellowship

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary - Retinal - Vitreous
1980

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
Affiliated Locations
Providence Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo

Clinical Interests

  • Abnormal Pupil Function
  • Abnormal Red Reflex
  • Abnormalities Of The Eyes
  • Absence Of Eye
  • Accommodating Lens Implant
  • Accommodation
  • Achromatopsia
  • Acute Inflammation Of Orbit
  • Agenesis Of Eye
  • Allergic Conjunctivitis
  • Alternating Hyperphoria
  • Aniseikonia
  • Anisocoria
  • Anisometropia
  • Aphakia
  • Arterial Biopsy
  • Aspheric Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Astigmatism
  • Astigmatism Lenses
  • Autoimmune Retinopathy
  • Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
  • Biopsy Of Eye
  • Blepharoptosis
  • Blepharospasm
  • Blind In One Eye
  • Blood Clot In Eye
  • Blurred Vision
  • Brown Syndrome
  • Buphthalmos
  • Cataract
  • Cataract Removal
  • Ciliary Body Adenocarcinoma
  • Ciliary Body Degeneration
  • Color Blindness
  • Complex Cataract Surgery
  • Cone Rod Dystrophy
  • Conjunctival Injury
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Contact Lens Induced Corneal Edema
  • Contact Lens Infections
  • Contact Lenses
  • Corneal Diseases
  • Dacryocystorhinostomy
  • Diabetic Eye Exam
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation
  • Diplopia
  • Disorders Of The Vitreous
  • Dissociated Vertical Deviation
  • Divergence Insufficiency
  • Dry Eyes
  • Ectopia Lentis
  • Ectropion
  • Enhanced S Cone Syndrome
  • Entropion
  • Epiretinal Membrane
  • Esotropia
  • Extramacular Disciform Lesions
  • Eye Cancer
  • Eye Health
  • Eye Lesions
  • Eye Pain
  • Farsightedness
  • Floaters
  • Floppy Eyelid Syndrome
  • Foreign Body (Cornea)
  • Fuchs Dystrophy
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Glaucoma
  • Grave's Disease
  • Herpes Simplex With Ophthalmic Complication
  • Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Disease
  • Inflammation Of The Eyelid
  • Iritis
  • Keratitis
  • Keratoconus
  • Laceration Of Eye
  • Laser Vision Correction
  • Legal Blindness
  • Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome
  • Lipiflow
  • Lipiview
  • Lupus Eye Conditions
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Macular Hole
  • Melanoma Of Eye
  • Microsurgery
  • Monofocal Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Multifocal Lens Implant
  • Myopia
  • Neurotrophic Keratopathy
  • Night Blindness
  • No Stitch Cataract Surgery
  • Nystagmus
  • Nystagmus Testing
  • Ocular Hypertension
  • Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
  • Ophthalmic Trauma
  • Optic Nerve Disease
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Optic Neuropathy
  • Optic Neve Hypoplasia
  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Orbital Floor Fracture
  • Papilledema
  • Pars Planitis
  • Premium Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Presbyopia
  • Pseudophakia
  • Pseudostrabismus
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Pterygium
  • Punctal Plugs For Dry Eyes
  • Red Eye
  • Red Reflex Exam
  • Refractive Amblyopia
  • Refractive Lens Exchange
  • Replacement Of Contact Lens
  • Retinal Degeneration
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Retinal Neovascularization
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa
  • Ruptured Vessel Of Eye
  • Scleritis
  • Sensitivity To Light
  • Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Test
  • Shingles Of The Eye
  • Sjogrens
  • Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Strabismus
  • Stye
  • Sudden Vision Loss
  • Tear Osmolarity Test
  • Toric Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Toric Lenses
  • Uveitis
  • Viral Conjunctivitis
  • Virtual Care
  • Vision Loss
  • Visual Discomfort
  • Visual Disturbance
  • Visual Field Defects
  • Visual Impairment
  • Weakness Of Eye Closure
  • Xerophthalmia