Address

425 W. 59th St., Suite 7B
New York, NY 10019
(212)-523-8700 – phone
(212)-523-8857 – fax
Email: gkim@chpnet.org

Education

Yale University, New Haven, CT Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, cum laude and distinction in the major, May 1996

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY Doctor of Medicine, May 2000

Postdoctoral Training

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY Internship in General Surgery, 2000-2001

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY Residency in General Surgery, 2001-2005

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery, 2005-2006

Certification

Certified, American Board of Surgery

Professional Organizations and Societies

American College of Surgeons, Fellow Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Christian Medical & Dental Association

Academic Appointment

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY 2007 -

Hospital Appointment

Attending Surgeon, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 2006-present

Department

General Surgery

Clinical Interests

Minimally invasive surgery

Award and Honors

Patient Choice Award 2010
Attending Teacher of the Year 2008
Chief Resident Teacher of the Year 2005
SLS Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Surgeon 2005

About the Doctor

Dr. Kim is a general surgeon with fellowship-training in laparoscopic surgery. When possible, Dr. Kim employs a minimally-invasive approach to abdominal operations to reduce pain and scars. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Kim helps to direct the resident core surgical science curriculum and has been recognized as the Teacher of the Year in 2008 for her outstanding commitment to the resident education. Dr. Kim also has a special interest in global missions and international health and has traveled to Peru, Ecuador and Nigeria to perform surgeries. In 2010, Dr. Kim founded the Surgical Mission Fund to help fund resident participation on surgical missions trips.

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles: Wang SM, Kim GJ, Gewirth DT. Structural studies of a yeast quaternary transcription-initiation complex. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2001 Mar;57(Pt 3):441-4.

Afthinos JN, Forrester GJ, Binenbaum SJ, Harvey EJ, Kim GJ, Teixeira JA. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using flexible endoscopy: saline infiltration gallbladder fossa dissection technique. Surg Endos. 2009 Mar 19.

Binenbaum SJ, Harvey EJ, Afthinos JN, Forrester GJ, Kim GJ, Teixeira JA. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using flexible endoscopy. Arch Surg. 2009 Aug;144(8):734-8.

Case reports: Kim GJ, Connery CP, Shrivdasani S, Ashton RC. Surgery vs. Transcatheter Embolization for Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation. Contemp Surg. 2004 Feb;60(2):72-4.

Chapters: General Surgery Board Exam Practice Questions, Rogers AM, ed. Kim GJ, contributor, 2005.

Videos: Nitzkorski JR, Teixeira JA, Kim GJ. Laparoscopic cystojejunostomy and choledochojejunostomy for pancreatic pseudocyst causing biliary obstruction. Presented at SAGES 2009.

Abstracts: Kim GJ, Garcia G, Fearing N, Kao L, Leggett PL. Pre-operative EGD may identify patients at risk for marginal ulceration following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Presented at SAGES 2006.

Afthinos JN, Teixeira JA, McGinty J, Binenbaum S, Forrester G, Kim GJ, Kosky N, Latif MK, Nunez DC, Todd GJ, Belsley SJ. How can inadvertent insufflation be limited in complex intragastric NOTES procedures? Presented at SAGES 2008, WCES 2008.

Afthinos JN, McGinty J, Binenbaum S, Forrester G, Fukumoto R, Kim GJ, Belsley SJ, Latif MJ, Todd GJ, Teixeira J. Durability of an endoscopic endolumenal gastric plication. Presented at SAGES 2008, WCES 2008.

Afthinos JN, Binenbaum S, Forrester GJ, Harvey EJ, Kim GJ, Teixeira JA. Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using flexible endoscopy. Presented at SAGES Emerging Technology 2008, SSAT 2008.

Afthinos JN, Burra A, Latif J, Attiyeh M, Li X, Fernandez J, Balaram S, Kim GJ, Bhora FY, Teixeira JA, McGinty JJ, Todd GJ, Belsley S. Can Parkinsonian movement metrics applied to DaVinci robot motion data assess surgical experience? Presented at SAGES Emerging Technology 2008.

Afthinos JN, Forrester GJ, Binenbaum S, Harvey EJ, Kim GJ, Koshy N, Shah A, Lung E, Teixeira JA. Flexible Endoscopic Surgery: Report of an Institutional Experience. Presented at NOSCAR 2008.

Afthinos JN, L:atif, Forrester, GJ, Binenbaum S, Texeira JA, Attiyeh M, Kim GJ, McGinty JJ, Nunez DC, Todd GJ, Belsley SJ. What is the practical feasibility of robotic-assisted natural orifice translumenal surgery? Presented at WCES 2008.