Preventive Medicine – ABPM – American Board of Preventive Medicine
Acupuncture – ABMA – American Board of Medical Acupuncture
Integrative Medicine – ABIHM American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine

EDUCATION
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Health Promotion May 2002
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, May 1991
Honors: Valedictorian: Bachelor of Hood Award, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
PICAS Scholar, Merck Index Award, CRC Freshmen Achievement Award

MEDICAL EDUCATION
UCLA CME Medical Acupuncture for Physicians, Los Angeles, California
Completed 300-hour medical acupuncture course in March 2000
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Doctor of Medicine, May 1997
Honor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Research Fellowship

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION:
University of Arizona – Program in Integrative Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
Fellow Jan 2003 to Dec 2004

Family Medicine: Aurora Health Care – St. Luke’s

UCSD-SDSU General Preventive Medicine Residency

U of Arizona Integrative Medicine Fellowship –

AAMA (American Association of Medical Acupuncture), PIMA – Program Integrative Medicine Alumni

Integrative Medicine for treating autoimmune conditions, chronic pain including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID symptoms, neuropathy, and integrative oncology, and integrative approach to GI conditions including IBS, allergy, and toxic mold. Functional medicine testing.

Over two decades, Dr. Kim has been a pioneer in integrative medicine, creating sustainable and impactful integrative medicine programs in various settings, including healthcare systems, academic medicine, and private practice.

Because underlying causes of illness involve lifestyle choices, lifestyle medicine has become more important in the last few years. Lifestyle medicine means using lifestyle choices (things that we can do for ourselves), including (but not limited to): choices in food, physical activity, breathing exercises, meditation, having strong positive relationships, and having meaningful spiritual practices.

My own experience with illness and the experiences of my family has influenced my clinical practices. For example, I had developed devastating chronic pain unresponsive to conventional medicine, including surgery, which now is no longer an issue due to the successful application of a neuroanatomical approach to pain. Based on my own experience, I have been developing integrative approaches to living with chronic pain, overcoming pain, and thriving despite the pain.

Some of my close family members have overcome cancer, toxic mold, and severe allergies, which I was involved closely with and subsequently developed effective clinical programs.