Eva Kim, M.D. – Front Range Medical Director & Ophthalmologist

Meet Dr. Eva Kim

Named a Top Ophthalmology Doctor by 5280 magazine. Eva Kim, MD, is the Front Range Medical Director and Market President for ICON Eyecare in Denver, CO since 2018 as well as an ophthalmologist who is fellowship-trained Uveitis and Cornea/External Diseases. She specializes in cataract surgery, refractive surgery, and uveitis. She enjoys high volume cataract surgery and refractive surgery with a high percentage of advanced technology lens use with Femtosecond laser-assistance. She has performed over 20,000 cataract surgeries in her career with and exceedingly low complication rate of below 0.1%. She also performs corneal and lens-based refractive surgery. Dr. Kim is also a consultant and speaker for various industry-leading companies such as Alcon, Staar Surgical, RxSight, Lenstec, Sonomed Escalon, Glaukos, Bausch & Lomb, and ArcScan.

After receiving her Bachelors in Science from Stanford University, Dr. Kim obtained her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. Her ophthalmology residency took place at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary before finishing her clinical fellowship in Uveitis and Cornea/External Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Kim practiced with Northern California Kaiser Permanente from 2006-2016 as a comprehensive ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon, uveitis specialist, and Chief of Patient Service. For seven years she also held the role of Lead Communications Consultant, focusing on elevating the quality of physician to physician and physician to patient communication and service experience. For five years straight based on patient feedback, Dr. Kim was ranked 1st patient service scores out of 258 Ophthalmologists in Northern California.

In 2013, Dr. Kim was elected to the Northern California Permanente Medical Group Emerging Leaders Cohort, a two-year leadership and business course led by professors from the most prestigious business schools in the United States. She also has over 20 years of medical research and resident teaching experience and is a member of the AAO, ASCRS, AECOS, and CEDARS ASPENS and has co-authored many published medical chapters, papers, and posters.

Outside of work, Dr. Kim loves spending time with her family. She and her husband Chuck have three amazing children who inspire her to be the best mother and doctor that she can be. As a family, they love to ski and attend the many sporting events in which the children are involved. She is also a lover of music and dance.