Dr. Terry Kim is a professor of ophthalmology at Duke University Eye Center in Durham, N.C., and associate director of cornea and refractive surgery services. He was formerly director of the residency program and now serves as director of fellowship programs. He is a principal and co-investigator on research grants from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
As consultant ophthalmologist for the Duke men's basketball team, Dr. Kim provides ophthalmic care for the players and coaches and has performed surgical procedures that have been featured on programs televised nationally on the Discovery Channel and broadcast in other places.
He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Emory Eye Center in Atlanta, where he served as chief ophthalmology resident. He continued with his training as a fellow in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
Dr. Kim has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, including more than 200 journal articles, textbook chapters and scientific abstracts. He also is co-author and co-editor of two well-respected textbooks on corneal diseases and cataract surgery. He has delivered more than 200 invited lectures both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Kim has received the Achievement Award and the Senior Achievement Award from the Academy. He serves on the governing board for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery as chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee, on the Annual Program Committee for the Academy, and on the executive committee and board of directors for the Cornea Society. He is a consultant to the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the FDA.
Dr. Kim sits on the editorial board for several journals, including Cornea, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ocular Surgery News, Eyeworld, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, Premier Surgeon, Review of Ophthalmology, Advanced Ocular Care, and Topics in Ocular Antiinfectives.