James M. Kohler
( out of 30 reviews )

James M. Kohler, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Specialties

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 30 reviews )

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    Patient Comments

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    December 07, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr Kohler waited for my arrival from Park City after hours for emergency retinal surgery. He was so thoughtful and professional. Super grateful!!

    July 11, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    He was very Nice and friendly and had good bedside manner and the injection he gave him my eye was hardly felt it all he is the best

    July 11, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Great Sense of Humor and he was very Gentle with me!

    July 09, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Very caring

    July 03, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    He explains things in a way that is clear to me so I am not confused about.

    May 26, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Poliski treated me at the moran eye center .

    April 29, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    It was my first experience with Dr.. Kohler and found him extremely competent and caring.

    April 14, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    I was sent over to him from triage, and but I was treated just as well as when I have an appointment. Excellent experience!

    February 23, 2023
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Kohler is great in both professional skills and personality. he is very caring, easy-going, and knowledgable, always willing to answer questions in the best way. he is definitely one of the best phisicians i have ever met.

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  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Primary

    Education history

    Chief Resident Ophthalmology - University of Minnesota Medical School Chief Resident
    Ophthalmology - University of Minnesota Medical School Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Minnesota Medical School Intern
    Medicine - University of Minnesota Medical School M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - St. Olaf College B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Mundae R, Velez A, Sodhi GS, Belin PJ, Kohler JM, Ryan EH, Tang PH (2021). Trends in the Clinical Presentation of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Ophthalmol, 237, 49-57. (Read full article)
    2. Kohler J, Tran TM, Sun S, Montezuma SR (2021). Teaching Smartphone Funduscopy with 20 Diopter Lens in Undergraduate Medical Education. Clin Ophthalmol, 15, 2013-2023. (Read full article)
    3. Vijayakumar V, Koozekanani DD, White R, Kohler J, Roychowdhury S, Parhi KK (2017). Artery/vein classification of retinal blood vessels using feature selection. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2016, 1320-1323. (Read full article)
    4. Schwinefus JJ, Menssen RJ, Kohler JM, Schmidt EC, Thomas AL (2013). Quantifying the temperature dependence of glycine-betaine RNA duplex destabilization. Biochemistry, 52(51), 9339-46. (Read full article)

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