Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Dr. Kim completed a 7-year residency program in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Yale University
Yale University School of Medicine, Dean’s Award
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Research Award
University of California, Berkeley
Rhodes Scholarship Nominee
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
University Medal Finalist
Dean’s List (4 years)
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship
Dr. Kim was a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship, a non-profit medical research organization recognized as one of the nation’s largest philanthropies. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) boasts 350 investigators who play a significant role in advancing biomedical research and science education by pushing the boundaries of knowledge as research pioneers. The current group of investigators includes 14 Nobel Prize winners and 131 members of the National Academy of Sciences.
AO Craniomaxillofacial Research and Development Fellowship, Switzerland
Dr. Kim spent one year studying abroad on surgical instrumentation design and development as part of his seven-year residency program. Dr. Kim was given the honor of being the first U.S. plastic surgery resident to be inducted into the AO Craniomaxillofacial Research and Development Fellowship. As an AO Fellow, Dr. Kim investigated minimally invasive orbital – eye, eyelid, and surrounding bone structures – surgery techniques. Dr. Kim’s research included ways to prevent injury during surgery and led to multiple publications in various scientific journals.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2013
On Apr 27th and 28th, Dr. Kim gave a presentation at the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery conference that was taken place in Coex Convention Center, Seoul, Korea.
Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum 2012
On June 16th and 17th, Dr. Kim was given the honor to lecture as a guest speaker at the first ever Seoul Rhinoplasty Forum.
The Rhinoplasty Society
In 2005, Dr. Kim was invited by The Rhinoplasty Society to present on innovative surgical technique in rhinoplasty using one’s own cartilage to augment the tip and bridge of the nose.
AO North America
Table Instructor
Advances In Minimally Invasive Techniques, 2004
Facial and orbital (eyelid and surrounding bone) reconstruction
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Diplomate
ACSAmerican College of Surgeons
Fellow
ASPSAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member
Medtronic
USA; 2003 – 2005
Porex Surgical
USA; 2003
Synthes Maxillofacial
USA; 2002 – 2003
Implantech
USA; 2009 – Present
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles VA (Veterans Affairs) Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
“Transareolar-Perinipple (Areolar Omega) Zigzag Incision for Augmentation Mammaplasty”
Plast Reconstr Surg
2015 Mar; Vol 135, No. 3, 517e-525e
“Adjunctive Techniques to Traditional Advancement Procedures for Treating Severe Blepharoptosis”
Plast Reconstr Surg
2014 Apr; 133(4): 887-96
“Correction of Asian Short Nose with Lower Lateral Cartilage Repositioning and Ear Cartilage Grafting”
Plast Reconstr Surg
2013 Sept; Vol 1, Issue 6, e45
“Double-Eyelid Surgery Using Septoaponeurosis Junctional Thickening Results in Dynamic Fold in Asians”
Plast Reconstr Surg
2013 May; Vol 1, Issue 2, 1-9
“Correcting upper eyelid retraction by means of pretarsal levator lengthening for complications following ptosis surgery”
Plast Reconstr Surg
2012 Jul; 130(1): 73-81.
“Cases of Mild Ptosis Correction with Suture-Method”
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2012; Vol 18, No.1, 15-20.
“Superior Pedicle Autoaugmentation Mastopexy: A Review of 34 Consecutive Patients”
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
2010 Mar; 30(2):201-10.
“Endoscopic repair of anterior table: frontal sinus fractures with a Medpor짰 implant.”
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2007 Apr; 136(4):568-72.
“Repetitive exposure to TGF-beta suppresses TGF-beta type I receptor expression by differentiated osteoblasts”
Gene
2006 Sep 1;379:175-84. Epub 2006 May 19.
