Jennifer Lim
UIC Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Marion H. Schenk Esq. Chair of Ophthalmology for Research in the Aging Eye, Director of Retina Service, University of Illinois College of Medicine, UIC Dept of Ophthalmology Vice-Chair for Diversity and Inclusion
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Lim, professor of ophthalmology. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)
Dr. Jennifer Lim is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a leading authority on retinal and vitreoretinal diseases. She has performed more than 6,000 vitreoretinal surgeries and directed more than 60 clinical studies and trials on age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema and retinal vein occlusion and complex retinal detachments. She is active in clinical and AI research and has a National Institutes of Health Research Project grant focused on retinal imaging.
Lim is one of only a few surgeons in the United States to perform implantation surgery for Argus II Retinal Prosthesis, which can restore vision in patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare eye disease that damages the retina and causes loss of vision.
In 2013, she published a book, “Age-Related Macular Degeneration,” now in its third printing. In 2024, she published her second book, “Case Studies in Medical Retina: A Diagnostic Approach.” She has published over 380 articles and 30 book chapters on topics in ophthalmology.
Lim is currently president of the Retina Society, deputy editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s EyeWiki information website, associate editor of JAMA Ophthalmology and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society UIC Councilor. She is also a co-founder of Women in Retina, a peer mentorship network section within the American Society of Retina Specialists.
