Heung Bae Kim , MD


  • Assistant in Surgery
  • Director, Pediatric Transplant Center
  • Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program
  • Surgical Director, Liver, Intestine & Multivisceral Transplantation Center
Office Phone: 617-355-8544
Appointment Line: 617-355-8544
Fax: 617-730-0752
NPI: 1144249632

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

Hepatobiliary Surgery
hepatobiliary surgery
liver, intestine and kidney transplantation
minimally invasive surgery
neonatal surgery
pediatric general surgery
thoracic surgery

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Certifications

Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

Expanded Biography

Dr. Kim serves as both the Director of the Pediatric Transplant Center and Surgical Director of the Liver, Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs. He is currently the only pediatric transplant surgeon in New England who is fellowship-trained in both pediatric surgery and liver transplantation. Dr. Kim and his colleagues performed the first successful multivisceral transplant in New England and the world's smallest multivisceral transplant in a 7 lb baby. He also developed the Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) procedure for short bowel syndrome. He holds an Academic Appointment as Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

College

Yale University, New Haven, CT  (1989)

Medical School

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY  (1993)

Internship

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  (7/93-7/94)

Residency

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  (7/94-7/00)

Fellowships

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (7/00-7/02)
Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA  (7/02-6/04)

In the News

Duggan, C.P, Jaksic, T., Kim, H.B.
Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) Webcast
Children's Hospital Boston

Publications

Kim HB, Gregor MB, Boley SJ, Kleinhaus S
Digitally assisted laparoscopic drainage of multiple intraabdominal abscesses , 1993
J Laparoendoscopic Surgery
  • Children's Hospital Boston
    300 Longwood Avenue
    Fegan 3
    Boston, MA  02115
    Phone: 617-355-8544
    Fax: 617-730-0752