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American Board of OphthalmologyPatient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 392 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
November 22, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERExcellent care by Dr. Kim
November 22, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERVery nice and a good Dr
November 22, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERVery competent. Delightful to speak with. Explains things well.
November 14, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERDr. Kim is one of the best surgeons I've ever come in contact with. She has amazing talent and is very considerate. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to anyone who needs ocular surgery.
November 10, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERDr. Kim is the best. Totally committed to me, my surgery, my recovery and my final outcome. Exactly what you would expect from a first class eye surgeon at Moran, a first class facility.
November 07, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERKind, professional, knowledgeable
November 06, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERCarefully listened and very good on the surgery and it's healing very nicely and with a minimum of pain
November 02, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERProfessional, great bedside manner, made me confident that she would take good care of me, respected by her peers
October 31, 2025MORAN EYE CENTERDr. Kim is very very good at what she does.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification American Board of OphthalmologyEducation history
Fellowship Teaching - Emory University School of Medicine, Woodruff Health Educators Academy Fellow Fellowship Oculoplastics, Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery - Emory University School of Medicine Fellow Chief Resident Ophthalmology - University of Texas Medical School at Houston Chief Resident Residency Ophthalmology - University of Texas Medical School at Houston Resident Internship University of Texas Medical School at Houston Transitional Internship Professional Medical Medicine - University of Texas Medical School at Houston M.D. Undergraduate Majors: Chemistry & Biology; Minors: Philosophy & Theology - University of St. Thomas B.A. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Ho TC, Maamari RN, Kossler AL, Sears CM, Freitag SK, Reshef ER, Shinder R, Rootman DB, Diniz SB, Kahana A, Schlachter D, Do TH, Kally P, Turner S, Mokhtarzadeh A, Harrison AR, Hwang CJ, Kim HJ, Avila SA, Thomas DA, Magazin M, Wester ST, Lee WW, Clauss KD, Holds JB, Sniegowski M, Compton CJ, Briggs C, Malik AI, Lucarelli MJ, Burkat CN, Patel LG, Couch SM (2022). Outcomes of Patients With Thyroid Eye Disease Partially Treated With Teprotumumab. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 39(2), 150-155. (Read full publication)
- Avila SA, Nguyen G, Wojno T, Kim HJ (2022). Orbital osteomas associated with Gardner's syndrome: a case presentation and review of literature. Orbit, 1-6. (Read full publication)
- Mudri J, Lock J, Phadke O, Rouster-Stevens K, Kim HJ, Peragallo JH (2021). Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis causing optic neuropathy. J AAPOS, 26(1), 43-46. (Read full publication)
- Morel M, DeGrazia T, Ward L, Behshad S, Kim HJ, Feldman R (2020). Single Center Retrospective Study of Patients with Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid (MMP). Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 30(1), 256-261. (Read full publication)
- Ghanouni A, Avila SA, Kim HJ (2021). Occult Colon Adenocarcinoma and Multiple Myeloma Associated With Clostridium septicum Panophthalmitis With Orbital and Chiasmal Extension: A Case Report. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 38(1), e6-e10. (Read full publication)
- Mustak H, Liu W, Murta F, Ozgur O, Couch S, Garrity J, Shinder R, Kazim M, Callahan A, Hayek B, Kim H, Yu F, Esmaeli B, Rose G, Rootman D (2020). Carcinoid Tumors of the Orbit and Ocular Adnexa. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 37(3), 217-225. (Read full publication)
- Schaffer LR, Kim HJ, Grossniklaus HE (2019). Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Eyelid With Metaplastic Bone Formation. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 36(2), e44-e46. (Read full publication)
- Sagiv O, Bell D, Guo Y, Su S, Wester ST, Jiang K, Yin VT, Shinder R, Hayek B, Kim HJ, Tetzlaff MT, Esmaeli B (2018). Pathological Features and Clinical Course in Patients With Recurrent or Malignant Orbital Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 35(2), 148-154. (Read full publication)
- Hanif AM, Saunders JA, Hawkins CM, Wojno TH, Kim HJ (2018). Use of percutaneous bleomycin sclerotherapy for orbital lymphatic malformations. Orbit, 38(1), 30-36. (Read full publication)
- Adam CR, Shields CL, Gutman J, Kim HJ, Hayek B, Shore JW, Braunstein A, Levin F, Winn BJ, Vrcek I, Mancini R, Linden C, Choe C, Gonzalez M, Altschul D, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Paramasivam S, Fifi JT, Berenstein A, Durairaj V, Shinder R (2017). Dilated Superior Ophthalmic Vein: Clinical and Radiographic Features of 113 Cases. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 34(1), 68-73. (Read full publication)
- Shah M, Sun L, Elmann S, Vrcek I, Mancini R, Kim HJ, Carrasco J, Shinder R (2017). Self-inflicted enucleations: Clinical features of seven cases. Orbit, 36(3), 154-158. (Read full publication)
- Anzeljc AJ, Oliveira AM, Grossniklaus HE, Kim HJ, Hayek B (2016). Nodular Fasciitis of the Orbit: A Case Report Confirmed by Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 33(3S Suppl 1), S152-S155. (Read full publication)
- Chen VH, Grossniklaus HE, DelGaudio JM, Kim HJ (2016). A Concomitant Case of Orbital Granuloma Faciale and Eosinophilic Angiocentric Fibrosis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 33(2), e47-e49. (Read full publication)
- Tan JJ, Narang S, Purewal B, Langer PD, Blaydon S, Schwarcz RM, McCormick SA, Kim JY, Walrath JD, Burt BO, Shinder R (2015). Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman Disease of the Orbit: Clinical Features of 8 Cases. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 32(6), 458-461. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Grossniklaus HE, Wojno TH (2013). A cyst-like foreign body reaction to porcine decellularized membrane (TarSys). Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 30(4), e100-2. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Hayek B, Nasser Q, Esmaeli B (2012). Viability of full-thickness skin grafts used for correction of cicatricial ectropion of lower eyelid in previously irradiated field in the periocular region. Head Neck, 35(1), 103-8. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Wojno TH, Grossniklaus H (2012). Atypical bilateral orbital metastases of lobular breast carcinoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 28(6), e142-3. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Wojno TH, Grossniklaus HE (2012). Multiple intratarsal keratinous cysts of the eyelid. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 28(5), e116. (Read full publication)
- Li M, Zhang R, Li F, Wang H, Kim HJ, Becnel L, Yao Q, Chen C, Fisher WE (2005). Transfection of SSTR-1 and SSTR-2 inhibits Panc-1 cell proliferation and renders Panc-1 cells responsive to somatostatin analogue. J Am Coll Surg, 201(4), 571-8. (Read full publication)
- Li M, Li W, Kim HJ, Yao Q, Chen C, Fisher WE (2003). Characterization of somatostatin receptor expression in human pancreatic cancer using real-time RT-PCR. J Surg Res, 119(2), 130-7. (Read full publication)
Review
- Jung EH, Avila SA, Nastasi S, Kim HJ (2023). Immunoglobulin A vasculitis presenting as bilateral upper eyelid erythema: A case report and review of literature. [Review]. Pediatr Dermatol, 40(4), 733-734. (Read full publication)
- Kang JY, Kim HJ, Wojno TH, Yeung AM, Mendoza PR, Grossniklaus HE (2020). Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma of the Orbit: Three Cases and Review of the Literature. [Review]. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 37(3S), S134-S140. (Read full publication)
- Anzeljc AJ, Frias P, Hayek BR, Canter Weiner N, Wojno TH, Kim HJ (2018). A 15-year review of secondary and tertiary optic nerve sheath fenestration for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. [Review]. Orbit, 37(4), 266-272. (Read full publication)
- Chen VH, Hayek BR, Grossniklaus HE, Wojno TH, Kim HJ (2017). Review of periorbital nerve enlargement and biopsy techniques. [Review]. Orbit, 36(5), 293-297. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Grossniklaus HE, Wojno TH (2013). Periorbital ecthyma gangrenosum: a case report and review of the literature. [Review]. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 30(5), e125-8. (Read full publication)
- Kim HJ, Wojno T, Grossniklaus HE, Shehata BM (2013). Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the orbit: report of 2 cases with review of the literature. [Review]. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 29(6), e138-42. (Read full publication)
- Kleinmann G, Kim HJ, Yee RW (2006). Scleral expansion procedure for the correction of presbyopia. [Review]. Int Ophthalmol Clin, 46(3), 1-12. (Read full publication)
- Li M, Fisher WE, Kim HJ, Wang X, Brunicardi CF, Chen C, Yao Q (2005). Somatostatin, somatostatin receptors, and pancreatic cancer. [Review]. World J Surg, 29(3), 293-6. (Read full publication)
Patent
- Kim HJ (2023). Orbital Speculum (Disclosure No: 14200).
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