Won Kim

Finished residency in 2005. Finished glaucoma fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 2009. Served active duty in the Army for 21 years serving at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Benning, and finishing as the Program Director for the Ophthalmology Residency Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. I retired out of the Army in 2021 and went into private practice with Eye Doctors of Washington with offices in Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. I currently specialize in cataract and glaucoma surgery. My current passion is adopting new glaucoma procedures, keeping track of outcomes, and finding innovative ways to perform or combine glaucoma surgeries. I currently perform trabeculectomy, glaucoma drainage implants both valved and non-valved, Xen 45 gel stent, micropulse TLT, endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation, iStent, Hydrus, ab interno canalplasty, goniotomy, and trabeculotomy. I love educating residents and patients and very much enjoy the constant exchange of ideas with peers. I aim to never become stagnant or complacent and hope to keep pressing forward seeking ways to deliver better care.

1. Yuan L, Rana H, Lee I, Lai G, Raiciulescu S, Kim W. Short-term Outcomes of Xen 45 Gel Stent ab Interno Versus ab Externo Transconjunctival Approaches. Journal of Glaucoma. 2023 March 13.

2. Creagemile J, Scouarnec C, Kim W. Hydrus Microstent implantation with OMNI Surgical System Ab interno canaloplasty for the management of open-angle glaucoma in phakic patients refractory to medical therapy. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports.

3. Ruda R, Yuan L, Lai G, Raiciulescu S, Kim W. Clinical outcomes of ab interno placement versus ab externo placement of Xen 45 gel stents. Ophthalmology Glaucoma. 2022 July 14.

4. Danielson DT, Purt B, Jin SJ, Cox AR, Hess RL, Kim WI. Fixed High-Energy Versus Standard Titrated Energy Settings for Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty. Journal of Glaucoma. 2023 May 25.

5. Chang TC, Budenz D, Liu A, Kim W, Dang TQ, Li C, Iwach A, Radhakrishnan S, Singh K. Long-term Effect of Phacoemulsification on Intraocular Pressure Using Phakic Fellow Eye as Control. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2012 May;38(5): 866-70.

6. Chen KH, Kim WI. Implantation of a Cypass supraciliary stent combined with targeted iStent trabecular microbypass stents in a phakic patient with primary open-angle glaucoma. J Glaucoma. 2018 Feb;27(2):e37-39.

7. Kim, W. Key factors for combining MIGS: a review of the rationale and outcomes of combining multiple microinvasive glaucoma surgeries. Ophthalmology Management. 2021 March: 24-29.

8. Kim, W. Subconjunctival Glaucoma Devices: the number of choices is growing. Glaucoma Physician. 2021 June, page(s): 36-38.

9. Kim W. Traumatic Glaucoma. In: Calvano CJ, Enzenauer RW, Johnson A, eds. Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Care. Springer; 2019