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James M. Kohler
( out of 30 reviews )

James M. Kohler, MD

Languages spoken: English
  • Specialties

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 30 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

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    Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    June 23, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Kohler and his team are proficient and experienced, and also kind and caring. My condition is very serious and may result in partial blindness in one eye, so their team acted quickly and efficiently, and my surgery went well. I highly recommend this medical facility and its team of doctors and nurses.

    June 20, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    He is great! Explained everything!

    June 12, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Kohler is a professional, knowledgeable, and compassionate physician. He listens carefully and explains everything thoroughly and clearly. I would highly recommend Dr. Kohler to anyone needing care in ophthalmology.

    June 04, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    He is an amazing practitioner!! His care is exemplary!!! I¿m so grateful for him!!

    May 25, 2024
    SOUTH JORDAN HEALTH CENTER

    Dr Kohler stepped in for Dr Hwang¿s patients while she is on maternity leave. He had fully reviewed my lengthy retina history prior to our visit, and I was very confident in having him administer the ongoing treatment I needed.

    May 25, 2024
    SOUTH JORDAN HEALTH CENTER

    Great provider. Very concerned about patient. Explained all voncerns and tratment plan. Postive person

    May 24, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Dr. Kohler is quite effective, thorough in his explanations, and compassionate.

    May 18, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    I like Dr. Kohler. I know he's done all he can.

    May 10, 2024
    MORAN EYE CENTER

    Very professional and listened to my concerns.

  • 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)