Four Kim's Eye Hospital Clinicians Recognized for Achievements in Ophthalmic Care and Research

[Financial News] The ophthalmic research achievements of clinicians at Kim's Eye Hospital—from developing strabismus surgery techniques to predicting myopia using artificial intelligence (AI)—have received academic recognition.
Kim's Eye Hospital said on the 5th that ophthalmologist Oh Se-yeol received the Academic Pioneer Award at the 136th Korean Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, held at the Grand Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul from the 30th of last month through the 1st of this month. Specialist Jung Jong-jin received the Best Lecture Award, specialist Kim Dae-hee the E-Poster Award, and resident Na Dong-gyu the Video Award.
The Academic Pioneer Award is given to researchers who have raised the standard of ophthalmic care in Korea and contributed to the advancement of the field through the development and adoption of new diagnostic and treatment methods. Recipients are selected through a comprehensive evaluation of their lifetime research achievements, including papers and academic presentations.
Oh has continued his research in strabismus, pediatric ophthalmology, and neuro-ophthalmology. In particular, he devised a new surgical technique called the muscle union procedure, offering a new treatment option for patients with paralytic strabismus whose response to existing surgical methods had been limited. He also helped improve the accuracy of strabismus diagnosis by identifying the anatomical mechanisms of the eye muscles and standardizing methods for measuring eye movements.
He has also studied the relationship between eye diseases and systemic neurological conditions, including by analyzing links among ischemic optic neuropathy, ocular motor nerve palsy, and dementia. To date, he has published some 160 papers in SCI-indexed journals and has served as president of the Korean Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and an executive director of the Korean Ophthalmological Society, among other roles.
The other award recipients were also recognized for research achievements in glaucoma treatment, AI-based myopia prediction, and the diagnosis of optic nerve diseases.
Specialist Jung Jong-jin received the Best Lecture Award for a talk titled “MBTI for Glaucoma Medication Selection: What Is Your Prescribing Personality?” He explained that the choice of glaucoma medication can vary depending on the factors clinicians prioritize, including clinical guidelines, new drugs, patients’ treatment adherence, and the pathophysiology of the disease.
Specialist Kim Dae-hee received the E-Poster Award for research in which he developed a machine-learning ensemble model to predict myopia progression using clinical data from about 7,900 children. The research team said that AI models using different prediction periods achieved greater predictive accuracy than the existing method based on percentile charts.
Resident Na Dong-gyu received the Video Award for “Imaging Peripapillary Hyperreflective Ovoid Mass-like Structures (PHOMS),” a study conducted jointly with specialists Hwang Jeong-min and Kim Dae-hee. The study presented optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination settings and image interpretation methods that can be used to distinguish PHOMS-related pseudopapilledema from true optic disc edema.

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