Grace J Kim, MD
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Program Associate, Surgery
Medical School
Surgery
1500 E Medical Center Drive SPC 5331
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5331

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Grace J Kim, MD
Clinical Professor
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    About

    Dr. Kim is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Director of General Surgery at the Brighton Center for Specialty Care. She serves as the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery as well as an Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program.

    Dr. Kim graduated from Yale University and received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Texas in Houston. Prior to joining Michigan Medicine in 2019, she served as the Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at St. Luke’s – Roosevelt.

    Dr. Kim is a dedicated and skilled surgeon with specific clinical interests in hernias, surgery of the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder surgery, and minimally invasive approaches to broad-based general surgery. In recognition of her devotion to patient care, Dr. Kim has received numerous patient choice awards over the last ten years and a wide variety of honors commending her compassionate care as well as her care as a top doctor.

    Dr. Kim is a passionate surgical educator and has won numerous teaching awards including election into the Academy of Surgical Educators. Dr. Kim’s research interests are in surgical education and global surgery.

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    • ALL-SAFE
    Qualifications
    • Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Fellowship
      University of Texas Health Science Center, Surgery, 2006
    • General Surgery Residency
      St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, 2005
    • MD
      Weill Cornell Medicine, 2000
    • BS, cum laude
      Yale University, 1996
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      Global REACH
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      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Surgery Education, Global Surgery

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    • Journal Article
      The Language We Use to Teach Surgery: Language Inaccessibility of Minimally Invasive Surgical Training in Francophone Countries
      VanWinkle CK, Jordan TNM, Ngam B, Thelander K, Kim GJ. World Journal of Surgery, 2025 Jun 14; DOI:10.1002/wjs.12656
    • Presentation
      Teaching the Faculty: Becoming and Staying a Great Educator
      Kim G. 2025 May 11;
    • Journal Article
      Assessing Learner Growth on a Low-cost Laparoscopic Simulation Platform
      Kim E, Bidwell S, Ngam B, Thelander K, Barnard M, El-Hayek K, Snell M, Jeffcoach D, Kim G, Rooney D. Journal of Global Surgery (ONE), 2025 May 2; DOI:10.52648/jogs.1209
    • Journal Article
      Generalizability of Artificial Intelligence Assessments in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulation
      Kim E, Rosenthal L, Ryder Y, Anidi C, Bidwell S, Rooney D, Yu J, Forczmanski P, Jeffcoach DR, Kim GJ. Journal of Surgical Research, 2025 Apr 23; 309: 249 - 256. DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.030
    • Journal Article
      Generalizability of Artificial Intelligence Assessments in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulation
      Kim E, Rosenthal L, Ryder Y, Anidi C, Bidwell S, Rooney D, Yu J, Forczmanski P, Jeffcoach DR, Kim GJ. Journal of Surgical Research, 2025 Apr 23; 309: 249 - 256. DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2025.03.030
    • Journal Article
      A novel tool for assessing psychomotor proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using simulation-based training
      Kim E, Tchinde M, Rooney D, Ngam B, Rettig L, Gross C, Snell M, Barnard M, El-Hayek K, Jeffcoach D, Kim GJ. Surgical Endoscopy, 2025 Apr 18; DOI:10.1007/s00464-025-11708-2
    • Journal Article
      A novel tool for assessing psychomotor proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using simulation-based training
      Kim E, Tchinde M, Rooney D, Ngam B, Rettig L, Gross C, Snell M, Barnard M, El-Hayek K, Jeffcoach D, Kim GJ. Surgical Endoscopy, 2025 Apr 18; DOI:10.1007/s00464-025-11708-2
    • Journal Article
      Surgeon as teacher Scott Warner Woods Memorial Lecture Midwest Surgical Association Mackinac Island, Michigan
      Kim GJ. American Journal of Surgery, 2025 Mar 1; 241: DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.115946
      PMID: 39289129
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    Department News
    Inside-the-box thinking: Simulator looks to increase laparoscopic surgery uptake in Africa
    Laparoscopy is a well established surgical technique, but it has a different learning curve compared to open surgery. The ALL-SAFE module developed as part of a global surgery challenge hopes to bridge the education and practice gap in Africa.