Apr 23, 2019
Dr. Baruch Kim obtained his undergraduate degree in Psychology
at Stony Brook University with a simple desire to study the "human
mind." At Stony Brook University, he participated in
conducting a research study in human memory. He has
extensive experiences in teaching his peers and students including
a self-developed course in Rapid Reading, Optimization of
Human Memory, Mid Mapping, as well as his online Chemistry
Series and many others.
Dr. Kim finished his medical school in New York, completed his
internship in Michigan. He then moved back to New York to join his
residency program at the Rusk Rehabilitation of NYU Langone Health,
where he has been serving as an administrative chief resident.
Dr. Kim will soon begin his journey in pain medicine at
the ACGME-Accredited Pain Management Fellowship Program at
NYU.
Dr. Kim has featured in the newsletter at NYU on multiple
occasions with his institutionwide projects in patient safety. Has
contributed to improving the interpretation service at NYU Tisch,
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital and NYU Brooklyn Hospital for all
physicians. He also made official institutional guides (tutorial
animations) on how to report patient safety events at three
hospital sites, and how to perform the IPASS (handoff). He has also
created tutorial animations on High Reliability Organization
for all house staff at NYU with his sincere dedication to
supporting "the culture change" in patient safety.
At the beginning of his PGY 4 year, he was nominated by NYU
residency program and the Association of Academic Physiatrists
as an ACGME Review Committee member of his field. Dr. Kim has
numerous leadership positions on a regional, and national level. He
is currently serving as the secretary of the executive committee of
Eastern Pain Association, co-chair of the Korean American Medical
Residents and Fellows, national chapter, resident chair of social
communication committee of the New York Society of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, and quite a few other positions. He
manages multiple websites and many social media accounts for
medical organizations and national leaders/physicians. He is a
founder of BestDocz.com and also
a brand strategist for Samuel Shem for his new book, Man's 4th Best
Hospital (sequela to the House of God) which is to be released in
November 2019.