Paul D. Kim, M.D.

“One of the most professionally rewarding experiences is to see your patients get better and help them achieve what they want to do in life. Having seen family members suffer though medical problems, I try my best to treat each patient as if they were my own family and understand the worry and concern of having a relative be sick. It is an honor to be entrusted with my patient’s health and promise to use my knowledge and skills to provide the best possible well-informed, spine care to my patients.”

Paul D. Kim, M.D. was raised in southern California and graduated with honors as a College Scholar from Cornell University. He then completed medical school at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons and then his orthopedic surgery residency training at The New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center where he served as a chief resident and awarded the Franch E. Stinchfield award for orthopaedic research. Subsequently, he completed his spine fellowship at The Spine Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Saint John’s Health Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Paul Kim has a strong interest in academic medicine and has authored multiple book chapters and peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. He has also presented many podium and poster presentations in addition to being awarded several research grants and academic honors. He also has an interest in volunteer international medicine.

Treating complex disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, Dr. Kim has a particular interest in minimally-invasive spine surgery, motion-sparing technology/artificial disc replacement, and the use of computer-assisted navigation in the appropriate patients. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society and AO Spine.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Spine Institute, Saint John’s Health Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship in Spine Surgery

Columbia University Medical Center, New York Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY

Residency if Orthopaedic Surgery
Harrison McLaughlin Orthopedic Research Fellow

Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY

Medical Degree (M.D.)

Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, Ithaca, NY

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) cum laude in College Scholar with Biology concentration

HONORS AND AWARDS

2010 Franch E. Stinchfield Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital
2008 1st Place Poster Presentation. Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Competition. New York, NY. May 2008.
2008 & 2005 Robert E. Carroll Orthopedic Scientific Research Foundation Grant
2005 2nd Place Podium Presentation. Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Competition. New York, NY. May 2005.
2001 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Research Fellowship, Columbia University
1999-2004 National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant, Harvard University
1998-1999 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genetics Training Grant, Harvard University
1998 Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University
1997 Phi Kappa Phi, Cornell University
1997 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Scholar, NOAA station, Key Largo, FL
1996 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Scholar, Shoals Marine Laboratory, NH
1994-1998 Cornell College Scholar (Honors Independent Study Major), Cornell University
1994-1997 Dean’s List, Cornell University
1994-1998 National Merit Special Scholarship, Cornell University