Mental Health Advisory Council

Kim is a clinical scientist with research interests in inherited retinal degenerations and use of novel high-resolution retinal imaging to characterize the earliest retinal changes associated with retinal pathology. She is currently PI or co-investigator for several clinical trials exploring novel therapies for inherited retinal degenerations and other retinal pathology, and she serves as an investigator at the Fundus Photography Reading Center at UW-Madison. She has significant interest in use of non-invasive high resolution retinal imaging to characterize cellular retinal findings in a variety of retinal pathologies including those with inherited retinal degenerations. As a medical retina specialist, she brings important clinical expertise and has a significant base of patients including those with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, posterior uveitis, and inherited retinal degenerations.

Dr. Stepien also serves as Co-Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director of the Adult Inherited Retinal Degenerations Clinic, UW-Madison; and co-director of the Ocular Genetics Service, UW-Madison.