Dr. Kim received his B.S in Biochemistry and M.S in Biophysics and Physiology from Stony Brook University. He earned his medical degree in New York Medical College and completed his internal medicine internship in Mount Sinai Beth Israel. He subsequently completed his dermatology residency in New York Medical College and clinical research fellowship in Columbia University with specialty training in hair loss. Dr. Kim served as the cosmetic and laser chief and was awarded scholarships through the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and the recipient of the Rising Derm Star award. Dr. Kim is part of several honorary research and dermatology societies and continues to be active in educational and research work through Mount Sinai Hospital and Weill Cornell.

Dr. Kim has published widely in leading national and international dermatological journals. His research is focused on pigmentary and autoimmune hair loss disorders including melasma and scarring and non-scarring alopecias. He was the early group of co-investigators who piloted the use of JAK inhibitors for treating alopecia areata and also investigated optimal treatments incorporating lasers in skin of color patients with recurrent melasma.