Dr. Kenneth K. Kim

Kenneth Kwanyoung Kim (born April 4, 1972), best known as Dr. Kenneth Kim, is a Korean born, Korean American board certified plastic surgeon and medical researcher residing in Southern California who is an active member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Dream Medical Group. He currently is in private practice in Los Angeles and specializes in Asian aesthetic surgery.
Early life and Education
Kenneth Kwanyoung Kim was born in Seoul, Korea to nurse Sun Ae Kim and banker Seuk Doo Kim. Kim is the youngest of four children and has an older brother, David D. Kim, who also went into medicine. He lived with his family in South Korea until 1981, when his family moved to Southern California during the early years of his adolescence.
Kim's decision to go into medicine was influenced by his mother, who fell sick with a chronic heart condition when Kim was just a boy.
Kim studied Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, where he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship and was also inducted as a junior into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Kim later completed a 7-year residency at Northwestern University.
Kim has done research in plastic surgery in North America, Europe, Canada, South America, and Asia.
Career
Kim is best known for his work in plastic and reconstructive surgery. At Yale, Kim was granted the Yale Department of Surgery Research Award and became a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where he led the research on growth factors and tissue regeneration at the molecular and cellular level. His work led to a first author publication in the scientific journal, Gene, in 2006.
During this time, Kim was inducted into Switzerland's AO Craniomaxillofacial Research and Development Fellowship. As an AO Fellow, Kim led the research on ways to prevent injury during orbital surgery through minimally invasive surgical techniques. His work was published in "Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery" in 2007.
Kim also led the research on using a person's own rib cartilage to autoaugment the tip and bridge of the nose. His work was presented to the Rhinoplasty Society on April 28, 2005 and led to a first author publication in 2007.
In 2008, Kim conducted research on ways to autoaugment a sagging breast without the use of an implant, which was presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting in 2008.
Kim is partnered with Dream Medical Group, and is the only non-Seoul National University graduate to become a member. In Korea, Kim developed his skill in Asian aesthetic surgery, and in particular, the double-eyelid crease surgery. According to one article, Kim's plastic surgery operations uses "the best techniques" when it comes to performing eyelid, breast, nose, dark circle correction, and wrinkle correction procedures. By combining both the techniques he learned in Korea with the American approach to the surgery, Kim has become one of few plastic surgeons who is able to perform the double-eyelid crease surgery in a manner that gives patients the option to alter not only the size, but also the tilt and angle of the eye.
Publications
*Kim KK, Zhao L, Belafsky P, Patel PK, Strong EB., "Technical note: "look-ahead" navigation method for K-wire fixation in rhinoplasty.", Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008 Feb;105(2):168-72.
*Kim KK, Mueller R, Huang F, Strong EB., "Endoscopic repair of anterior table: frontal sinus fractures with a Medpor implant.", Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Apr;136(4):568-72.
*Kim KK, Ji C, Chang W, Wells RG, Gundberg CM, McCarthy TL, Centrella M. Repetitive exposure to TGF-beta suppresses TGF-beta type I receptor expression by differentiated osteoblasts. Gene. 2006 Sep 1;379:175-84.
*Kim P, Kim KK, Casas L, "Superior Pedicle Autoaugmentation Mastopexy: A Review of 34 Consecutive Patients", Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2010 Apr; 30 (2): 201-210
*Strong EB, Kim KK. Diez RC., "Endoscopic Approach to Orbital Blowout Fracture Repair." Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2004;131:683-95.
*McCarthy, T.L., C. Ji, Y. Chen, K. Kim, M. Centrella. "Time- and dose-related interactions between glucocorticoid and cAMP on C/EBP-dependent IGF-I statement by osteoblasts." Endocrinology 2000;141:127-137
*McCarthy, T.L., C. Ji, Y. Chen, K. Kim, M. Imagawa, Y. Ito, M. Centrella. "Runt domain factor Runx-dependent effects on C/EBPd statement and activity in osteoblasts." J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275:21746-21753
*Chang, D.L., C. Ji, K.K. Kim, S. Casinghino, T.L. McCarthy, M. Centrella. "Reduction in CBFa1 and TGF ß receptor 1 on bone cells by glucocorticoid." J.Biol.Chem. 1998; 273:4892-4896
*Chen Y., H. Shu, C. Ji, S. Casinghino, K. Kim, C. Gundberg, M. Centrella, T.L. McCarthy. "Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins localize to discrete cell culture compartments in periosteal and osteoblast cultures from fetal rat calvariae." J. Cell. Biochem. 1998; 71:351-362
*Kim, K., McCarthy TL, Centrella M. “Autologous Regulation of the TGF-β Type I Receptor on Osteoblasts.” 1998. (Abstract) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scientific Publication
*Kim KK, Lear ST, Erickson SK. “Expression of LDL Receptors Along the Small Intestine and its Regulation due to Various Cholesterol Levels.” 1992. (Abstract) American Heart Association Publication

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