Dong Kim

Who is Dong Kim?

Dr. Dong H. Kim is the Director of the Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Professor and Chair of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Dr. Kim is well known for his role in the surgery and recovery of Representative Gabrielle Giffords. After attending college at Stanford University, he attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. He underwent training in general surgery at Harvard University, followed by an internship at Harvard University. He completed his residency at UCSF and went on to a fellowship at the University of Florida. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a member of the Society of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Kim joined the Mischer Neuroscience Institute in November 2007. He has held faculty and hospital appointments at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell University Medical College, The New York Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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