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- Dong H. Kim, M.D. is a Professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at The McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Kim is also the former Chair of the Department, which he led froom 2007 to 2021. Kim is well known for his role in the surgery and recovery of Representative Gabby Giffords. After attending college at Stanford University, he attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) 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 October 2007, where he served as Director until 2021. He has also 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. Kim's specialties and areas of interest include brain aneurysm, brain tumor, pineal gland cyst, meningioma, trigeminal neuralgia and chiari malformation. His interest in aneurysms stems from his own family history. Three of Kim's four grandparents died of brain hemorrhages. Kim has been recognized by America's Top Surgeons, Marquis Who's Who and Who's Who in America. He is the recipient of grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Stroke Association. Kim has authored studies in journals including Nature Genetics, Brain Research, International Journal of Cancer, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery and Genes, Chrom, Cancer. (en)
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- Dong H. Kim, M.D. is a Professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at The McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Kim is also the former Chair of the Department, which he led froom 2007 to 2021. Kim's specialties and areas of interest include brain aneurysm, brain tumor, pineal gland cyst, meningioma, trigeminal neuralgia and chiari malformation. His interest in aneurysms stems from his own family history. Three of Kim's four grandparents died of brain hemorrhages. (en)
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