* The first retina center in Korea

  Kim's Eye Hospital opened its Retina Center in 1998. It has grown into the top retina treatment center in Korea by continuously increasing specialists and equipment since then. In addition, with the view to the opening of first retina hospital in the world in 2008, construction of a building with 6 above the ground floors and 3 underground floors is underway.

 * World's best retina specialists

  As of May 2007, Kim's Eye Hospital has 11 specialists who treat diseases that affect the retina. Treatment of retina is the most difficult eye care area that requires the longest training period. We have more retina specialists than any other hospitals.

 * Numbers of outpatients and surgery patients are on the rise

 The number of outpatients at the Retina Center in 2000 was 45,000. In 2006, it exceeded 87,000. The number of surgery patients at the Retina Center in 1996 was 761. It increased continuously and it reached 3,500(including intraocular injection) in 2007. The number of retina related surgeries performed at Kim's Eye Hospital from 1996 to 2005 is over 18,000 in total.

1 of every 20 cataract patients who had cataract surgery in Korea had the surgery at Kim's Eye Hospital.

On average, 120 cataract surgeries a week and 6,000 cataract surgeries a year are performed at Kim's Eye Hospital. You can never overemphasize the importance of experience in medicine.  And the cataract surgery technique of the staff at our Cataract Center has been well recognized in the ophthalmology field in Korea.

We provide one stop cataract treatment service for customers' convenience from eye examinations, laboratory medicine(clinical pathology), diagnostic radiology(X ray), tests, and scheduling of surgery.

Kim's Eye Hospital opened its LASIK Center on Dec. 7, 1999 to provide diagnosis, consultation, testing, and surgery with state of the art equipment. Lasik Center at Kim's Eye Hospital provides the best quality service with its state of the art equipment and skilled medical staff through thorough presurgery testing and long term follow up services.

 Several surgery methods utilizing excimer laser are used to correct nearsightedness; LASIK that corrects vision by removing 1/4 of cornea with microkeratome to make a corneal flap and irradiating necessary amount of laser on the remaining cornea;  LASEK that loosens the surface cells of cornea, applies laser treatment, and restores the surface cells; IntraLASIK that creates a corneal flap with femtosecond infrared laser rather than a mechanical microkeratome; Wavefront LASIK that measures and analyzes irregular astigmatism and high order aberration, which are hard to measure with traditional testing methods, and irradiates laser according to the analysis; and Intraocular lens implantation that inserts phakic intraocular lens to correct nearsightedness. Each surgery has its own advantages and disadvantages and we recommend the best surgery method in consideration of each patient's condition and circumstance.

Glaucoma is a group of diseases of the optic nerve involving loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy. Once the optic nerves are damaged, they cannot be restored. And people can recognize problems only after about 50% of optic nerves have been damaged. Dept. of Glaucoma is working hard to discover glaucoma, which is called a soundless thief of vision, in its early stage, provide treatment to stop deterioration, and does research on the disease. In addition to the basic glaucoma tests such as intraocular pressure test, and vision test, we use state of the art equipment such as OCT, GDx, and HRT for the accurate diagnosis. And the glaucoma specialists with a lot of experiences are working hard to provide high quality care by learning the findings of new medical research.

Dept. of Oculoplastic Surgery treats patients who have blocked tear ducts and excessive watering of the eyes using nasal endoscope without leaving any scar. The reputation of hospital in the areas of orbital fracture surgery without leaving any scar and thyroid eye diseases has been well recognized in Korea. In addition, treatment and surgeries related to blepharoptosis, which is a disorder of having droopy upper eyelids, and entropion of the eyelid are performed actively. This department also has excellent achievements in the treatment and surgery of orbital tumor and eye cancer.

This department is specialized in the treatment of various cornea diseases. The cornea is the outermost part of the eye. The light passes through this part first and it is the part exposed to external environment(air) all the time. Due to this, various diseases occur in this part, such as xerophthalmia due to reduced secretion of tears and unstable tear film, keratitis due to the infection of bacteria and viruses, keratopathy due to systemic disease, congenital corneal opacity, and corneal ulcer. These diseases are treated by using drugs, treatment lens, or laser treatment according to the condition. In severe cases, surgery is performed. Amniotic membrane transplantation or cornea transplantation is performed if necessary. The department has 7 cornea specialists who are engaged in the treatment and research.

Our doctors in this department has treated about 200 patients a day for the past 40 years. About 600-700 surgeries are performed a year. Based on this experience, hard- to- treat pediatric patients are treated successfully and high-quality medical service is provided.

At the Dept. of Internal Medicine, high quality service is provided especially in the area of endocrinology.

This department provides excellent care in the endocrinology area such as diabetes and thyroid diseases.

Dept. of Clinical Pathology performs tests necessary for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment including blood, urine, and body fluid tests. In recent years, the importance of clinical pathology  for successful treatment and surgery, and effective care has been recognized.

Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology provides services from simple X-ray to imaging using contrast media, CT, and ultra sound to give accurate diagnosis.

Kim's Eye Hospital has stood unchallenged in the area of ophthalmology since its establishment 40 years ago. Especially, its clinical performance is the best in Korea. But the hospital is not satisfied with this achievement and established Myunggok Eye Research Center, an affiliated research center, to vitalize basic research on ophthalmology, which is lagging behind clinical achievements.

The research center aims to contribute to the welfare of society and improve quality of life for people through academic research and clinical trials. We will not spare investment for the research that will contribute to the treatment of hard to cure eye diseases.