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Utilizing the latest and most advanced plastic surgery techniques, we strive to obtain beautiful, natural looking results with minimal scars.

Certifications & Professional Recognition

BOARD CERTIFIED , AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC SURGERY

DIPLOMATE, NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGERY, ACTIVE MEMBER

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

LOS ANGELES PLASTIC SURGERY SOCIETY

Academic Background

Undergraduate:

University of California, Berkeley.
Magna Cum Laude, UC Berkeley, 1993
Departmental Honors, UC Berkeley, 1993
Phi Beta Kappa, 1993
John Bixby Scholarship, 1991
National Merit Scholar

Graduate:

Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD.) in Molecular and Cell Biology

Medical:

University of California, Irvine
M.D.,PhD., MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program)
Full Scholarship
Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society
National Institute of Health (NIH) Training Grant Recipient
American Cancer Society Fellowship Award Recipient, Gold Crest Award Recipient,
American Heart Association Fellowship Award Recipient
UCI Alumni Association’s Golden Crest Award,
Steven Blumenthal Academic Excellence Award
Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, Junior Year, 1999
Virology Training Fellowship, NIH, 1997-1999
NIH Travel Award, Meeting at NIH, 1998.
American Cancer Society Fellowship Award, 1997
American Heart Association Fellowship Award, 1996-1997
Lordinois Award, Western Student Medical Research Forum, 1997
Excellence in Research Award, Western Student Medical Research Forum, 1997
Academic Excellence Award, UCI College of Medicine, 1995
Pathology Honor Society

Residency:

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

“Nipple Reconstruction with C-V Flap using Dermofat Graft.”
SuRak Eo, M.D., Ph.D., Steve S. Kim, MD., PhD., Andrew L. Da Lio, M.D.
Annals of Plastic Surgery Feb 2007 (Vol. 58, Issue 2, Pages 137-40)
“Use of a replication-defective vector to track cells initially infected by SIV in vivo: infected mononuclear cells rapidly appear in the draining lymph node after intradermal inoculation of rhesus monkeys.” Yichuan Wang, Steve S. Kim, Ding Lu, Xue J You, Hung Y. Fan H, Christopher J. Miller. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2004 Dec;20(12):1298-305.
“Use of helper-free replication-defective simian immunodeficiency virus-based vectors to study macrophage and T tropism: evidence for distinct levels of restriction in primary macrophages and a T-cell line.” Steve S. Kim, Xian You, Mary Harmon, Julie Overbaugh, Hung Fan. J Virol. 2001 Mar;75(5):2288-300.
“Generation of replication-defective helper-free vectors based on simian immunodeficiency virus.”
Steve S. Kim, Nyantara Kothari, Xian You, West Robinson, Thomas Schnell, Klaus Uberla, Hung Fan
Virology. 2001 Mar 30;282(1):154-67.

“ In Vivo Vaginal Infection of Rhesus Macques with a High Titer Replication Defective SIVmac239 Based Vector: Identification of the First Cells Infected During Vaginal Mucosal Transmission of SIV.”
Steve S. Kim, Christopher J. Miller*, Hung Y. Fan. Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 *California Regional Primate Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. (Work in Progress)

“Bilateral Inguinal Node Challenge with M-tropic and T-tropic SIV-Vectors: Establishment of Infection Versus Replication Capacity.” Steve S. Kim, Jinjie Hsu*, Christopher J. Miller*, Hung Y. Fan. Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 *California Regional Primate Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. (Work in Progress)
"Functional Patella Alta Determined with Axial-Plane Imaging of the Patellofemoral Joint: Association with Abnormal Patellar Alignment and Tracking." FG Shellock, S. Kim, J. Mink, A. Deutsch, J. Fox. J. of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 1992, Vol. II.

Societies, Memberships, and Affiliations

Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgery, Active Member,
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Academic Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center (UCLA), Westwood, California