Biography
Edward Kim, M.D. is a colorectal surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Kim is also Director of the Surgical Skills Center for general surgery residents.
Dr. Kim completed his undergraduate education at Yale University, graduating magna cum laude. Before starting his medical education at UCSF, he served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in the Fiji Islands as a fisheries extension officer.
Dr. Kim earned his medical degree at UCSF in 2000, where he received the Nusz-Galante Award for outstanding medical students in surgery. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF in 2006. After his residency, Dr. Kim completed a colorectal surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He joined the UCSF faculty in 2007.
Dr. Kim has a strong clinical interest in laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery and also the management of perianal fistula.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California, San Francisco | M.D. | Medicine | 2000 |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 2007
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2009
Clinical Expertise
Anal Cancer
Colitis
Colon Cancer
Constipation
Crohn's Disease
Diverticulitis
Fecal Incontinence
Hemorrhoids
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Pelvic Floor Disorders
Presacral Tumors
Rectal Cancer
Ulcerative Colitis
Research Pathways
Publications
- Surgical support team: Lessons learned after piloting a near peer support program for medical students during their core surgery clerkship.| | PubMed
- Third year medical student knowledge gaps after a virtual surgical rotation.| | PubMed
- Paying it forward: A pilot program for near-peer support for medical students during the surgery clerkship.| | PubMed
- Where Do We Go From Here? Assessing Medical Students' Surgery Clerkship Preparedness During COVID-19.| | PubMed
- Near-Peer Learning During the Surgical Clerkship: A Way to Facilitate Learning After a 15-Month Preclinical Curriculum.| | PubMed
- Surgery Clerkship Curriculum Changes at an Academic Institution during the COVID-19 Pandemic.| | PubMed
- Using Technological Advances to Improve Surgery Curriculum: Experience With a Mobile Application.| | PubMed
- Med Ed Portal| | UCSF Research Profile
- Evaluation of a Surgery-Based Adjunct Course for Senior Medical Students Entering Surgical Residencies.| | PubMed
- American Journal of Surgery| | UCSF Research Profile
- From novice to master surgeon: improving feedback with a descriptive approach to intraoperative assessment.| | PubMed
- A better way to teach knot tying: a randomized controlled trial comparing the kinesthetic and traditional methods.| | PubMed
- Home Video Curriculum for Basic Surgical Skills| | UCSF Research Profile
- Peer assisted learning in surgical skills laboratory training: a pilot study.| | PubMed
- Bringing the skills laboratory home: an affordable webcam-based personal trainer for developing laparoscopic skills.| | PubMed
- Do Side-by-Side Anastomoses Decrease the Risk of Recurrence in Crohn's Disease?| | UCSF Research Profile
- Clinical Colorectal Cancer| | UCSF Research Profile
- Activation of nociceptive neurons in T9 and T10 in cerulein pancreatitis.| | PubMed
- Surgery| | UCSF Research Profile
- Substance P inhibits pancreatic exocrine secretion via a neural mechanism| | UCSF Research Profile
- Evaluation of Ertapenem Use as a Perioperative Antibiotic in Colorectal Surgery| UCSF Research Profile