Shane K. Kim, M.D.

Dr. Shane Kim, M.D., is a fellowship-trained cornea and external diseases specialist with expertise in corneal transplantation, blade-less LASIK, and advanced femtosecond laser cataract surgery. Creating deep connections with patients is what drew Shane K. Kim, MD to ophthalmology.

“I try to put myself in my patients’ shoes and treat them like I would want them to treat my own family”

Shane Kim, MD attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and earned a B.A. in Chemistry. He subsequently attended New York University School of Medicine where he was awarded a teaching fellowship in Gross Anatomy.

After his medical school training, he completed his internship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Presbyterian Medical Center. He went on to residency training at the University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute. After completing residency training, Dr. Kim spent an additional year at the University of Pennsylvania as a Clinical Instructor. In addition to teaching residents, he served as a clinical fellow in cornea and refractive surgery. Dr. Kim completed a second year of fellowship training in cornea and external disease at the University of California, San Francisco’s Proctor Foundation.

Dr. Kim has an interest in cataract and refractive surgery as well as corneal transplantation surgery. He also has a special interest in contact lens-related corneal infection and herpetic eye disease.