Ralph R. Lim, D.O. - Comprehensive Ophthalmologist specializing in Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Ralph R. Lim comes to Midwest EyeCenter after a distinguished twelve year career in the US Air Force. He served as the Director of Ophthalmology Services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio where he specialized in cataract and corneal refractive surgery. Dr. Lim also medically and surgically treats eye diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, strabismus, retinal diseases and facial plastics. Dr. Lim received both his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sciences at the University of California, Irvine in 1991. He later attained his medical training at the University of Health Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri in 1997. After internship at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Lim served his country as a flight surgeon at Wright Patterson Air Base for three years where he flew numerous missions with the 47th Air Lift Flight and the 178th Fighter Squadron, Springfield, Ohio. Dr. Lim completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute – University of Southern California in 2004, and received his corneal refractive training at the US Naval Refractive Surgery Center in San Diego, CA. Dr. Lim was also deployed to Iraq where he served as Ophthalmology Theater Consultant and member of the Head and Neck Trauma team in 2008.

Dr. Lim is a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology and fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has also serves as clinical assistant professor of surgery at Wright State medical school and assistant professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. He is married and has four children.